Recently, I deactivated my Facebook account. It wasn’t meant to be any sort of dramatic statement; I’ve simply grown tired of the site (including but not limited to: the content, the ever-changing UI and the arbitrary ways Facebook chooses to ignore or bypass privacy settings) and had been contemplating it for awhile. Oddly enough, some [...]
Tagged: facebook, first world problems, social networks
Today, Facebook removed its users’ ability to control who can see their own interests and personal information. Certain parts of users’ profiles, “including your current city, hometown, education and work, and likes and interests” will now be transformed into “connections,” meaning that they will be shared publicly. If you don’t want these parts of your [...]
Tagged: facebook, internet privacy, privacy issues