http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/08/facebook-responds-bolsters-privacy-options-for-feed-features/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:47:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/08/facebook-responds-bolsters-privacy-options-for-feed-features/comment-page-1/#comment-5748 VentureBeat » Facebook’s new “social advertising” feature misunderstood Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:06:39 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=1829#comment-5748 [...] Wonder if the masses have already stirred? If they have, they can rest for now. [...] [...] Wonder if the masses have already stirred? If they have, they can rest for now. [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/08/facebook-responds-bolsters-privacy-options-for-feed-features/comment-page-1/#comment-5485 VentureBeat » Facebook opens to the masses Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:44:32 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=1829#comment-5485 [...] On the surface, this abrupt move toward openness flies in the face of the caution you’d think Facebook would have learned about privacy — caution it learned as a result of fierce protest from users last week in response to Facebook’s moves to expose updated profile information. However, it is clear that Facebook was headed in this direction, and wants to move forward, but is now testing the waters with users before doing so — and properly so! [...] [...] On the surface, this abrupt move toward openness flies in the face of the caution you’d think Facebook would have learned about privacy — caution it learned as a result of fierce protest from users last week in response to Facebook’s moves to expose updated profile information. However, it is clear that Facebook was headed in this direction, and wants to move forward, but is now testing the waters with users before doing so — and properly so! [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/08/facebook-responds-bolsters-privacy-options-for-feed-features/comment-page-1/#comment-5429 Jason Schramm Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:32:55 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=1829#comment-5429 Correction: I was mistaken. It was a global group that I thought was local. Correction: I was mistaken. It was a global group that I thought was local.

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/08/facebook-responds-bolsters-privacy-options-for-feed-features/comment-page-1/#comment-5428 Jason Schramm Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:29:37 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=1829#comment-5428 The new privacy features still don't go far enough, but it's a start. It's interesting that only 1% of facebook users complained, but on my campus the number of people who were in anti-feed groups totaled over 15% of the campus population. The new privacy features still don’t go far enough, but it’s a start. It’s interesting that only 1% of facebook users complained, but on my campus the number of people who were in anti-feed groups totaled over 15% of the campus population.

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