Facebook’s Privacy Pivot
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Facebook’s Privacy Pivot
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Re: Facebook’s Privacy Pivot
#2Still not sold on the idea of a company whose revenue source is targeted ads caring about their user's privacy. I think this is a good direction for Facebook to go, but to assume they now have the user's privacy at heart is probably too far. At best, they are controlling the user's data better so people not paying for ads don't get free information.
Re: Facebook’s Privacy Pivot
#3Still not sold on the idea of a company whose revenue source is targeted ads caring about their user's privacy. I think this is a good direction for Facebook to go, but to assume they now have the user's privacy at heart is probably too far. At best, they are controlling the user's data better so people not paying for ads don't get free information.
Funny that Facebook is citing the time when they used to have more privacy options. A bit late now. Business model changes would have a better chance of regaining lost trust.
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#4Facebook thinks "Privacy" is controlling what your friends see.
Controlling what my friends see is the least of my concerns on Facebook.
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#5Obviously Facebook wants people to feel comfortable so that people will share as much as possible, even if it's within a closer circle. (Facebook is still recording everything about you, and might tap into more intimate info this way.)
What might be less apparent is that this is a great way to make a news feed more relevant to people. By having posters self-select who sees what, it reduces noise and make's Facebook job easier for determining what content is displayed in the feed.
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#6Looks like slate bought right into some excellent PR that seeks to redefine "privacy" -- moving concerns away from how FB uses all of the data it gathers, and instead into how it presents a subset of that data amongst its users.
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#7Facebook thinks "Privacy" is controlling what your friends see. Controlling what my friends see is the least of my concerns on Facebook.
Everyone else doesn't want you to see what they can see.
They even pass secret laws about it.
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#8Facebook thinks "Privacy" is controlling what your friends see. Controlling what my friends see is the least of my concerns on Facebook.
This is probably just more propaganda attempting to redefine what privacy actually means.
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#9Facebook thinks "Privacy" is controlling what your friends see. Controlling what my friends see is the least of my concerns on Facebook.
So what is your real concern about Facebook?
Re: Facebook’s Privacy Pivot
#10Still not sold on the idea of a company whose revenue source is targeted ads caring about their user's privacy. I think this is a good direction for Facebook to go, but to assume they now have the user's privacy at heart is probably too far. At best, they are controlling the user's data better so people not paying for ads don't get free information.
Why does it matter that much? I am sure that there are good reasons why some users would care, but...