I saw a story this morning saying that critics are slamming Facebook for their new privacy settings. The critics, from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, say that the new settings are actually designed to get people to open up more of their personal information to more people.
I don't get what all of the hullaballoo is about. I was on Facebook this week and got the pop-up message insisting that I specify my privacy settings. So I did. And then this morning, after reading what critics were saying, I went back to the privacy settings to see if I missed something. The only thing that I thought I should change was who could see my birthday. And maybe there are some photos that I don't want everyone to see.
I guess if I didn't want people to see things or know things about me, I wouldn't put them on Facebook, which after all is a social media web site. If you go to a party, you don't hide in the bathroom. If you join Facebook, it's because you want to socialize. Duh.I would say that if you're the type to join a social networking web and then spend your time bitching about how all of your personal information is slathered all over the Internet, you might want to send in a job application to the Electronic Frontier Foundation or at the very least become a fan of their Facebook page.
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