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Facebook Settings Every User Should Check
- pmichaud 17y agoThe problem, of course, is that we who read this sort of thing via HN are the people who least need to read this sort of thing.
- jhancock 17y agoI'm guessing the number that saw this in the NYT outnumber those that saw it on HN...I could be wrong. Otherwise, its useful in two ways: 1 - I can go through this article and make changes quickly trusting the NYT is giving me better settings than Facebook defaults. 2 - I can post this link to my friends and family on Facebook. This enables less tech savvy and non-HN readers to know about it and follow the simple instructions.
- natrius 17y agoThis is currently the most emailed article on nytimes.com.
- akkartik 17y agoCorrect URL: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_3_facebook_settings_every_user_should_check_now.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_3_facebook_settings... Link jacking by the nytimes is still link jacking.
- pavs 17y agoI don't think you understand that this is not a link jacking in the traditional sense of linkjacking with partial information. This is the exact copy and paste of the article - word by word - to NYtimes obviously with permission from RWW. Same author. They even say it right on top. NYT do similar cross posting partnership with other bloggers.
- akkartik 17y agoI see, I apologize for calling it link-jacking. Yeah they're within their rights. I still prefer to see the original link here, though.
- RK 17y agoI'm not a "real" facebook user, except for a fake account to try out some features. It's been interesting looking around recently at people I know, because many of them haven't locked down their profiles yet. It's like the old myspace days. (I never had a real account there either.)
- natrius 17y agoAm I the only one who doesn't think what Facebook did was deceptive at all? They think the site will work better with less restrictions on what people can see. They asked people if they could change their settings, and clearly stated that it would be a change from their old settings. For a refresher, here's the dialog: http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=184142&page=1&zoomIdx=2 http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=184142&page=1&zoomIdx... I think the selected radio button depended on whether you had changed any privacy settings in the past for each item, so that's not a completely accurate picture of what each user saw, but you get the point. It is not confusing, and most users probably aren't bothered by the changes.
- larrywright 17y agoThis is reasonable advice, but the most important thing is left unsaid: there is no such thing as privacy on the internet. Even if only your friends can see your photos and updates, there's nothing to stop them from taking them and making them public. The only sound advice is this: if you're worried that what you're about to say might embarrass you if it were made public, leave it unsaid. If you are worried that the picture you're about to post would be problematic if a potential employer saw it, don't post it. Articles like this give people a false sense of security.