I’ve been hearing a lot about Facebook’s privacy changes, but I didn’t really pay too much attention to them.  An article on Wired.com discussed Facebook users’ negative reactions to the changes, which include making all postings available to the public.  This is Facebook’s response to Twitter, where the goal is to publicly share information.    The article quoted two angry Facebook users, who felt as if they no longer had the right to decide what information of theirs gets shared and what they get to keep private.

After reading the article, I went to my own Facebook account’s privacy settings page.  I was surprised to find everything I had set up to be private was reversed to public and available to everyone… this upset me because I do value my privacy, especially online.  I don’t add anyone as a Facebook friend that I’m not actually friends with or care about, and I don’t want all of my information, status updates, and pictures available for the whole world to see.  I reset all of my options to as private as possible.  Hopefully Facebook won’t change that again…

Source:  Wired.com