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Facebook launches new Groups feature

• mrduncan 16y ago
  I'm curious how the frid.ge folks feel about this one. Seems very close to what they are doing.
  • jmathai 16y ago
    Our startup aimed at college students is basically shot in the head by this :). Yesterday we even talked about how we could pivot and every one of those options is dead in the water. It's back to the (nearly blank) drawing board.
    • mbyrne 16y ago
      what are you guys up to? I am doing something in this space but I think there are still tons of ways to create value.
      • jmathai 16y ago
        Check out http://thescholarapp.com http://thescholarapp.com. Feel free to email me at jaisen@jmathai.com if you want to chat.
• bps4484 16y ago
  From what I can tell, there are no privacy settings, and you can be added to a group without your permission. My friend just did a test where he created a group, added me, and it showed up in my feed to others without any confirmation from me adding myself to the group. To any readers here: 1. Is it correct that this is the default setup? 2. Is there any way to change these settings? I don't see any, but I may not be a power user of facebook's security settings. 3. If the answers to 1 and 2 are yes and no, respectively, are people as appalled by this as I am? As an example, right now someone could make a group called "Americans for Anal Fingerings", add me to it, and now it shows up in my grandfather's feed. I have done a lot of work to keep from my grandfather that I like anal fingerings, and now all that work is all down the drain!