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It's complicated because advertising companies profit from networks that are open and visible. Facebook's privacy controls used to be very straight-forward and

It's complicated because advertising companies profit from networks that are open and visible. Facebook's privacy controls used to be very straight-forward and easy to use. Starting with Beacon, etc. Facebook's strategy has been to make it as complicated and time-consuming as possible in the hopes that you will just acquiesce and allow them to profit from your personal information and online social interactions.

drivebyacct2 14y ago
Facebook's made a lot of mistakes but I disagree with you pretty completely here. It doesn't help your case that Facebook just last week released a new dedicated privacy menu that is exceedingly nice, simple, straightfoward. It goes out of its way to summarize your privacy settings for you.
- jamesmcn 14y ago
  I'm not sure I agree completely with either of you. Instead, I prefer to not attribute to malice what can be attributed to stupidity. Or too many people deploying features willy-nilly.
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  - rhizome 14y ago
    It could also be a business model that is unwieldy to implement.
    - rayiner 14y ago
      Or a business model that is fundamentally based on exploiting your personal information.
      - rhizome 14y ago
        Of course, but maintaining the perception that it's harmless to continue to contribute it is the hard part.