Today Facebook held a Privacy conference call to announce new privacy and publishing settings for the social networking site.
Some of the major changes announced were previously covered at the Reputation.com Blog, and include more targeted publishing options for status updates, and simplifying privacy controls to encourage increased sharing on the site.
Facebook users will be presented with more robust privacy options that they can tailor to their social networking needs. Much like Twitter, Facebook users can blast updates to everyone and have them visible to search engines with these new tools. Users will also be able to tweak personal and professional contact lists in order to better control who sees what online.
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Another twitter like change announced recently includes the ability to follow other people, even if they do not friend you. Regional networks will be eliminated, as these new features are rolled out in the coming weeks.
Adam Ostrow has a well written piece at Mashable that succinctly explains these Facebook privacy changes.
Ultimately, Facebook users that are deeply concerned with privacy can breathe a deep sigh of relief – your profile will remain just as private as before if you want it to. Meanwhile, for those that want to broadcast their updates publicly, have them indexed by search engines, and link to them from their blogs and other social networking profiles, those features are on the way.
Reputation.com applauds these announced Facebook privacy changes that will engender increased sharing online. Balancing family, friends and professional colleagues online is a challenge for individuals living digital lives. These publishing options will allow people to share as much, or as little as they like and create a meaningful online identity on the process.
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[...] recent months, Facebook has made many changes to its privacy options. So many, in fact, that some users are having a hard time figuring out how [...]
[...] recent months, Facebook has made many changes to its privacy options. So many, in fact, that some users are having a hard time figuring out how [...]
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