Day Facebook Changed
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- shinpo0
^Yeah that would be a good move.
You guys assume that I don't agree with you about neglectful parenting. Yes, all parents should be responsible for their own children and their well being, but the harsh reality is that the majority of parents just don't care.
The truth is also that the majority of people on facebook won't know the difference.
"By Facebook's estimates, every month users share 4 billion pieces of information--news stories, status updates, birthday wishes, and so on. They also upload 850 million photos and 8 million videos. But anyone wanting to access that stuff must go through Facebook; the social network treats it all as proprietary data, largely shielding it from Google's crawlers. Except for the mostly cursory information that users choose to make public, what happens on Facebook's servers stays on Facebook's servers. That represents a massive and fast-growing blind spot for Google, whose long-stated goal is to "organize the world's information."
So the underlying question is, "Why would they change the default settings in the first place?" I don't know the answer, but I assume it has to do with money as it always does.
The whole point is that people, just like you guys weren't aware that they changed the settings until I shared the link, are totally unaware that their daily lives including pictures will be broadcast for all the world to see, by default. Again, yes it is the responsibility of the individual and/or the parent, but I mean come on, the truth is most people, including adults still don't understand internet security and privacy or even take the time to care for their children the way they should. That is just the sad truth.