If I were getting started on FB and social media now, I would also default to 'public' and treat posts accordingly. However, I first got involved when it was pr

If I were getting started on FB and social media now, I would also default to 'public' and treat posts accordingly. However, I first got involved when it was private and I treated it very differently (this was before I became aware of what I was really giving access to). I'd also question your comment about having nothing in particular to hide. Everyone has things they don't want to make public but perhaps you won't appreciate what they are until someone exposes them for you? You're using a pseudonym here but would you post the following information: Who you are, where you live, how much you earn, whether you ever had any STIs, the last time you told a little white lie (to whom and and about what), whether you have kids (what school?). If your reaction to the above is that it's none of my business, you'd be absolutely right but if you really have "nothing to hide" then why not post answers here for the world? Perhaps some of it is 'public' anyway and I could dig up and post it for you but if I did, how would you feel? My point here is that you do have many things you don't want broadcast to the world and I'm trying to provoke you into thinking about them. Privacy is a complex thing and you might find the following article interesting. https://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/127461/ https://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/12...