Comments on: facebook ceo announcement on privacy 12.01.09 http://btrandolph.com/2009/12/facebook-ceo-announcement-on-privacy-12-01-09/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss thoughts on (mostly) social media Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:37:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: btrandolph http://btrandolph.com/2009/12/facebook-ceo-announcement-on-privacy-12-01-09/comment-page-1/#comment-685 btrandolph Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:43:36 +0000 http://btrandolph.com/2009/12/facebook-ceo-announcement-on-privacy-12-01-09/#comment-685 thanks for the comment, Matt. I've been remarking here and over on my geeky blog http://smbar.posterous.com that facebook is looking to take over a lot of the communications functions that are handled now via phone and sms. the allfacebook blog said basically the same thing yesterday. while reporting study results that contradict the recent tempest in a fishbowl over younger users thinking fb wasn't cool anymore, the author got a bit OT and started talking about privacy settings, finishing: <blockquote cite="">"It will be interesting to see if new users find the new privacy settings to be easier to understand and take advantage of the soon to be released publishing features. For now it appears that Facebook is truly becoming a mass communication tool, not just a “social network” as many still refer to it."<cite> the full article: http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/12/facebook-popularity/ thanks for the comment, Matt. I’ve been remarking here and over on my geeky blog http://smbar.posterous.com that facebook is looking to take over a lot of the communications functions that are handled now via phone and sms. the allfacebook blog said basically the same thing yesterday. while reporting study results that contradict the recent tempest in a fishbowl over younger users thinking fb wasn’t cool anymore, the author got a bit OT and started talking about privacy settings, finishing:

“It will be interesting to see if new users find the new privacy settings to be easier to understand and take advantage of the soon to be released publishing features. For now it appears that Facebook is truly becoming a mass communication tool, not just a “social network” as many still refer to it.”
the full article: http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/12/facebook-popularity/

]]> By: Matthew T. Grant http://btrandolph.com/2009/12/facebook-ceo-announcement-on-privacy-12-01-09/comment-page-1/#comment-684 Matthew T. Grant Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:49:23 +0000 http://btrandolph.com/2009/12/facebook-ceo-announcement-on-privacy-12-01-09/#comment-684 Hey Todd - I'm also intrigued by the possibility of more nuanced privacy settings on Facebook and particularly the ability to control more precisely who sees each individual bit of posted content. Indeed, when you have the option to show everyone things posted to Facebook, Facebook makes itself a kind of universal publishing platform. Right? .-= Matthew T. Grant´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.matthewtgrant.com/2009/12/07/little-hands-of-silver/" rel="nofollow">Little Hands of Silver</a> =-. Hey Todd – I’m also intrigued by the possibility of more nuanced privacy settings on Facebook and particularly the ability to control more precisely who sees each individual bit of posted content.

Indeed, when you have the option to show everyone things posted to Facebook, Facebook makes itself a kind of universal publishing platform. Right?
.-= Matthew T. Grant´s last blog ..Little Hands of Silver =-.

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