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Twitter needs that feature too to prevent people from Tweeting that they just saw Mary at the local store or something. If you think about your request a littl
by paul 16y ago
Twitter needs that feature too to prevent people from Tweeting that they just saw Mary at the local store or something.
If you think about your request a little more, you'll see that it's not plausible. There's a reason why people who really need to hide (e.g. witness protection) may have to change their names, cut off old connections, etc.
- gte910h 16y agoIt's very plausible in facebook's scenario. Allow Mary to flag "Do not show pictures with me in them to the public" in her profile. This is not the case with twitter, as you pointed out, but for facebook, it is.
- edanm 16y agoIs this not possible now? Account->Privacy Settings->Customize->Pick whatever you want to customize and you can choose who to share it with. Not to mention without going into customizations, you can just choose a "blanket" level which can be that only friends can ever see anything about you.
- gte910h 16y agoThe feature required they don't have now is "Block pictures with me tagged in them from public view". Only "Take them off my profile page"
- edanm 16y agoYou're talking about pictures that other people have taken, which happen to have you in them? I understand what you're saying, but I really can't imagine this makes any kind of sense to implement. They aren't your pictures, after all, and other people have a right (probably even a legal right) to those pictures.
- gte910h 16y agoYes, I'm talking about those. Facebook seems to partially agree with me on this, as it allows you to not show the tagged pics on your profile page currently with a setting. I mean, "Those arent' your tags, after all, and other people have a right to those tags".
- mike-cardwell 16y agoWhen I had a Facebook account, I thought it would be nice if I could configure it such that if somebody tried to tag me in a photo it would automatically show a comment to them saying either: User x has opted out of being tagged in photos. You will not be able to tag them. And/or: User x has requested that people don't post photos of them on Facebook. Please take this under advisement before posting such photos. You might want to ask their permission first.
- rhizome 16y agoI think that's reasonable. Any person tagged in a picture can prevent it from being public. It can be implemented so that the most restrictive permissions carry through, but as I write it that way and reflect upon Facebook's history and stated attitude, it sounds naive.
- edanm 16y agoI've wondered a few times how witness protection works in the world of Facebook. I can totally imagine someone's picture being randomly spotted by a 4-hop connection, being tagged and the cover being blown. Anyone have any interesting research on this subject?
- m0nastic 16y agoI would be very surprised if the Marshall Service doesn't have pretty straightforward guidelines about what sorts of things to avoid when under witness protection. I would expect that having a Facebook account at all is something to avoid. I can see a situation where eventually the idea of not having a Facebook account is in itself something unusual, in which case they might need to refine the policy, but I suspect that currently, it boils down to "don't use Facebook, don't use Twitter".