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Is it just me, or is this guy actually wrong (and contradicting himself)? From his article: That is not what I expected because I explicitly said that ONLY FRI

by Judson 16y ago

Is it just me, or is this guy actually wrong (and contradicting himself)? From his article: That is not what I expected because I explicitly said that ONLY FRIENDS could see my bio, birthday and posts by me. I never authorized FRIENDS OF FRIENDS but so long as I have a shared friend with someone, they get to see my sparse profile. When he stated earlier: If a person has a mutual friend with me, they will find pretty sparse results searching me and should find NO results from any post I have made. If you look at the posted image in the article, his birthday, bio, and posts are not showing (correct behavior). I think he may just have his terminology mixed up. The "posts" he is referring to google indexing are posts on the wall of a group or event, which aren't covered under "Post" privacy settings (which refer to your own wall posts). I am all for some Facebook bashing, but reading this article makes my head hurt, probably because privacy settings can just get complicated.

earl 16y ago
" this article makes my head hurt, probably because privacy settings can just get complicated." [emphasis mine] I think the point is that if the privacy settings are so complicated that even computer literate people have difficulty understanding them, then fb is duplicitous in the sense that this just isn't (and shouldn't!) be so complicated and they are exploiting users' misunderstanding to their own benefit. Assuming, of course, that fb having more information to share and target ads against is to their benefit, which I think is true. If fb wanted to make this right, they could start by giving you a simple set of settings, including one which reverted to the privacy settings of 2 or 3 years ago.
- natrius 16y ago
  I don't think there was much to be confused about there. He wanted something to show up unexpectedly, so he made it happen by interpreting everything wrong.

by Judson 16y ago

earl 16y ago

" this article makes my head hurt, probably because privacy settings can just get complicated." [emphasis mine] I think the point is that if the privacy settings are so complicated that even computer literate people have difficulty understanding them, then fb is duplicitous in the sense that this just isn't (and shouldn't!) be so complicated and they are exploiting users' misunderstanding to their own benefit. Assuming, of course, that fb having more information to share and target ads against is to their benefit, which I think is true. If fb wanted to make this right, they could start by giving you a simple set of settings, including one which reverted to the privacy settings of 2 or 3 years ago.

natrius 16y ago
I don't think there was much to be confused about there. He wanted something to show up unexpectedly, so he made it happen by interpreting everything wrong.