Comments on: Responding to Facebook on Privacy Controls http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2011/07/20/responding-to-facebook-on-privacy-controls/ Human Rights First builds respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence. Wed, 15 May 2013 16:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Fenny http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2011/07/20/responding-to-facebook-on-privacy-controls/#comment-21989 Fenny Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:25:47 +0000 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/?p=13590#comment-21989 FB lists are pretty easy to set up and use, especially if, like me, you have a friends list of only 50 people. Everything I post is by default friends only. I only ever post something public when I post to one particular FB group. Using lists just makes it easier to direct entries at certain people. On the other hand, I completely disliked Google+'s policy of not allowing pseudonyms. My Gmail address has my real name in it and would link to my G+ account which I don't want under my real name. At least with FB, I can easily set up an account not under my real name and there is no link to any address that has my real name in. G+ also have a set up that allows other users to add you to circles without your knowledge. Much as I don't like FB particularly, at least people have to have my permission to be friends with me and therefore to link my name to anything. But I guess I come from a generation of usenet users and understand the need for not sharing all my personal details by default. In years to come, there may be some people who wish they hadn't been quite so open in what they shared. G+ is just another way of making it easier to live your life in public now and regret it later. FB lists are pretty easy to set up and use, especially if, like me, you have a friends list of only 50 people. Everything I post is by default friends only. I only ever post something public when I post to one particular FB group. Using lists just makes it easier to direct entries at certain people.

On the other hand, I completely disliked Google+’s policy of not allowing pseudonyms. My Gmail address has my real name in it and would link to my G+ account which I don’t want under my real name. At least with FB, I can easily set up an account not under my real name and there is no link to any address that has my real name in.

G+ also have a set up that allows other users to add you to circles without your knowledge. Much as I don’t like FB particularly, at least people have to have my permission to be friends with me and therefore to link my name to anything.

But I guess I come from a generation of usenet users and understand the need for not sharing all my personal details by default. In years to come, there may be some people who wish they hadn’t been quite so open in what they shared. G+ is just another way of making it easier to live your life in public now and regret it later.

]]> By: neha http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2011/07/20/responding-to-facebook-on-privacy-controls/#comment-20779 neha Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:24:43 +0000 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/?p=13590#comment-20779 thanxxxxxxx........ thanxxxxxxx……..

]]> By: onthefence http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2011/07/20/responding-to-facebook-on-privacy-controls/#comment-20213 onthefence Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:23:09 +0000 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/?p=13590#comment-20213 About your second point, Facebook allows more granular sharing options than the ones you describe. Just like Google, Facebook allows you to arrange your friends into specific "lists" --- then you can use the Lock icon in the publisher to specify which lists you want to see or not see the post. If you don't want to use the lists, you can identity specific people by name -- those you want to see the post or not see the post. Just click on the Lock icon, then click Custom. About your second point, Facebook allows more granular sharing options than the ones you describe. Just like Google, Facebook allows you to arrange your friends into specific “lists” — then you can use the Lock icon in the publisher to specify which lists you want to see or not see the post. If you don’t want to use the lists, you can identity specific people by name — those you want to see the post or not see the post. Just click on the Lock icon, then click Custom.

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