Comments on: The New Facebook Privacy Changes: A Primer and To Do List http://www.thematrixfiles.net/blog/the-new-facebook-privacy-changes-a-primer-and-to-do-list/ a blog by Joanna Pineda, CEO, Matrix Group Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:21:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: chrissy http://www.thematrixfiles.net/blog/the-new-facebook-privacy-changes-a-primer-and-to-do-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2911 chrissy Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:11:13 +0000 http://www.thematrixfiles.net/?p=1770#comment-2911 I think it's a huge violation of privacy. It isn't safe to open up like that. If you want to hurt someone you find their friends or family. Facebook now gives stalkers or harassers easy access. If you want to share your friends you should have the choice, but not be forced. They just published everyone's friends lists who had them hidden. Their excuse that it's the social norm completely invalidates those who value privacy. I have both friends and associates on my facebook page, and really don't want my casual acquaintances deciding to contact my close friends. Some people get on there because they want 500 friends, and some people just enjoy the occasional hello and photo update. I have read numerous people saying that they want to hide their friends from not just but the public, but also their friends. In what other situation, personal or business, are you forced to reveal your contacts? It's like facebook is saying if you want to be a social person then you can't have any personal boundaries. I think it’s a huge violation of privacy. It isn’t safe to open up like that. If you want to hurt someone you find their friends or family. Facebook now gives stalkers or harassers easy access. If you want to share your friends you should have the choice, but not be forced. They just published everyone’s friends lists who had them hidden. Their excuse that it’s the social norm completely invalidates those who value privacy.

I have both friends and associates on my facebook page, and really don’t want my casual acquaintances deciding to contact my close friends. Some people get on there because they want 500 friends, and some people just enjoy the occasional hello and photo update.

I have read numerous people saying that they want to hide their friends from not just but the public, but also their friends. In what other situation, personal or business, are you forced to reveal your contacts? It’s like facebook is saying if you want to be a social person then you can’t have any personal boundaries.

]]> By: David http://www.thematrixfiles.net/blog/the-new-facebook-privacy-changes-a-primer-and-to-do-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2878 David Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:37:44 +0000 http://www.thematrixfiles.net/?p=1770#comment-2878 Great blog! While some may not agree with the default decisions Facebook made, the new functionality was clearly an enormous step forward for making Facebook a more useful and practical tool for communication. Let’s face it, if cell phones dialed everybody in our phonebook every time we wanted to use them, their use would be limited. Facebook has given us the ability to communicate and collaborate with specific audiences versus a single broadcast. The biggest complaint I’ve heard regarding social media is the ability to separate business and personal. Now, not only can you do that, but you can create virtually limitless groups (or roles) allowing for relevant and specific dialogue to only those of your choice. e.g. family, college buddies, customers, co-workers, etc… This was not a devious plot by Facebook to divulge our deepest secrets to the world, but a necessary step in the evolution of social media. As for those infamous default decisions, I understand why it may disturbing to some, but it makes most sense in the open and viral spirit of social media. While I still believe each individual should use judgment when sharing information in any manner, they have now given us the tools to use social media in power new ways. …many of which, we still haven’t even thought of. Great blog! While some may not agree with the default decisions Facebook made, the new functionality was clearly an enormous step forward for making Facebook a more useful and practical tool for communication. Let’s face it, if cell phones dialed everybody in our phonebook every time we wanted to use them, their use would be limited. Facebook has given us the ability to communicate and collaborate with specific audiences versus a single broadcast. The biggest complaint I’ve heard regarding social media is the ability to separate business and personal. Now, not only can you do that, but you can create virtually limitless groups (or roles) allowing for relevant and specific dialogue to only those of your choice. e.g. family, college buddies, customers, co-workers, etc…

This was not a devious plot by Facebook to divulge our deepest secrets to the world, but a necessary step in the evolution of social media. As for those infamous default decisions, I understand why it may disturbing to some, but it makes most sense in the open and viral spirit of social media. While I still believe each individual should use judgment when sharing information in any manner, they have now given us the tools to use social media in power new ways. …many of which, we still haven’t even thought of.

]]> By: Joanna Pineda http://www.thematrixfiles.net/blog/the-new-facebook-privacy-changes-a-primer-and-to-do-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2838 Joanna Pineda Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:03:30 +0000 http://www.thematrixfiles.net/?p=1770#comment-2838 Thanks for all of the comments! Susan, thank you for posting to your Facebook page! 500 friends? Wow! Garry, I am now doing the same thing. I never reveal really personal, intimate stuff on Facebook; it's just too public. I used to only friend "true" friends but with the new privacy settings, I'm inclined to friend more people. I post family stuff to family and close friends, and less personal posts and links to everyone. So the new settings are working for me! Thanks for all of the comments!

Susan, thank you for posting to your Facebook page! 500 friends? Wow!

Garry, I am now doing the same thing. I never reveal really personal, intimate stuff on Facebook; it’s just too public. I used to only friend “true” friends but with the new privacy settings, I’m inclined to friend more people. I post family stuff to family and close friends, and less personal posts and links to everyone.

So the new settings are working for me!

]]> By: Garry http://www.thematrixfiles.net/blog/the-new-facebook-privacy-changes-a-primer-and-to-do-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2833 Garry Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:31:51 +0000 http://www.thematrixfiles.net/?p=1770#comment-2833 I opened things up more. I figure that I don't post things to Facebook to keep them to myself or certain people, so opening it up more allows me to continue to market myself, but to a wider group of people. I've always been pretty veiled about what I posted there, as I never trust anything posted to the internet to remain private anyways. Garry I opened things up more. I figure that I don’t post things to Facebook to keep them to myself or certain people, so opening it up more allows me to continue to market myself, but to a wider group of people. I’ve always been pretty veiled about what I posted there, as I never trust anything posted to the internet to remain private anyways.

Garry

]]> By: Susan http://www.thematrixfiles.net/blog/the-new-facebook-privacy-changes-a-primer-and-to-do-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2831 Susan Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:15:48 +0000 http://www.thematrixfiles.net/?p=1770#comment-2831 Great blog post. I reposted it to my own FB page and allowed all my 500+ friends to see it, urging them to take precautions. (Normally I only ppost status updates to my 80 or so closest friends--love using the "groups" on FB and the new privacy settings for each post). Great blog post. I reposted it to my own FB page and allowed all my 500+ friends to see it, urging them to take precautions. (Normally I only ppost status updates to my 80 or so closest friends—love using the “groups” on FB and the new privacy settings for each post).

]]> By: Katie http://www.thematrixfiles.net/blog/the-new-facebook-privacy-changes-a-primer-and-to-do-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2830 Katie Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:46:25 +0000 http://www.thematrixfiles.net/?p=1770#comment-2830 Thanks for another great post that makes the changes easy for everyone to understand. I didn't like that the new settings made all of my information public as the default, but at the same time I appreciated that it forced me to go in and change everything manually. I admit that that helped me better understand all of the privacy settings and functions of Facebook (because they're easier to understand in general now), and I have a better grasp of them. Thanks for another great post that makes the changes easy for everyone to understand.

I didn’t like that the new settings made all of my information public as the default, but at the same time I appreciated that it forced me to go in and change everything manually. I admit that that helped me better understand all of the privacy settings and functions of Facebook (because they’re easier to understand in general now), and I have a better grasp of them.

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