FaceBook Updates....

Recently, FaceBook has made some changes to their policies that you should be made aware of. FaceBook was was in the news which forced them to change their privacy policy, then there was the whole thing about not using contests to grow your FaceBook friends list and a bunch of other rules about what you can and can’t say about FaceBook. Facebook announced what they call “New Tools to Control Your Experience”.

According to FaceBook, the privacy settings are now “simpler” and there will be a tool to set the privacy levels on every post you make (doesn’t that seem simpler?)

When you log in to FaceBook you’ll be asked to make choices about opening up parts or all of your FaceBook updates to be publicly visible. You can set these levels yourself but it appears the default will be public. This means that for every post you’ll want to click the little lock icon in the bottom right corner and set your privacy settings for the post.

Minors however will have tighter settings so that anything they make “public” will stay within FaceBook and any networks or groups they’ve joined through the site. Minor information will not be released to the search engines.

I think this is a great idea. I think all social networks should work together on protecting minors. I hear way too many horror stories about children and online predators!

That got me thinking - have you ever Googled yourself? I did a Google search on Lisa Bevan and found some interesting stuff - you should try it!

I'm sure FaceBook will have more changes in the future, some we will love, some we will hate - but all in all, I still feel like FaceBook is the best social networking site for both business and personal chatter :)