> Do you have an alternate explanation as to why smart product designers would make privacy controls complex/powerful rather than simple/less-customizable? Do y

> Do you have an alternate explanation as to why smart product designers would make privacy controls complex/powerful rather than simple/less-customizable? Do you really think they are TRYING to confuse people? Sure. I think it's in Facebook's best interest to make their users' data as public as possible. It would run counter to FB's interests if they had privacy settings that were as simple as: - "Hide all my stuff" - "Show my stuff to friends only" - "Show my stuff to friends of friends" - "Show my stuff to the whole wide world" I've yet to hear a good explanation as to why the default FB privacy option has become more and more open, while they added more granular privacy controls. Which likely means there isn't one that benefits users as much as it does Facebook. > Do you really think they are TRYING to confuse people? No. But I do think that responsible product design is about making difficult decisions for the benefit of one's users. And Facebook is shirking that responsibility by putting its own needs ahead of its users... while putting the onus on users to restore their privacy settings to what they were when they signed up by using confusing tools.