think tank forum

news and politics » Facebook offers new privacy options

lucas's avatar
18 years ago
link
lucas
i ❤ demo
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8K0UAL00.htm

"SEP. 8 5:48 P.M. ET Users of the online hangout Facebook revolted and won as the site agreed Friday to let them turn off a new feature that drew privacy complaints because it lets others easily see changes made to their personal profile pages."
lucas's avatar
18 years ago
link
lucas
i ❤ demo
"This was a big mistake on our part, and I'm sorry for it," he wrote users. "But apologizing isn't enough. I wanted to make sure we did something about it, and quickly. So we have been coding nonstop for two days to get you better privacy controls."

lovin' it
nestor's avatar
18 years ago
link
nestor
nestor
yeah, those changes were/are shifty.
 
18 years ago
link
Trent
I like the changes, I think the problem everyone had was more of not having anyway to restrict it and now they have fixed that.