Surprised by a rapidly building revolt brewing among its normally loyal customers, social networking site Facebook has agreed to offer users privacy options with its news feed tool. Introduced just last week, Facebook’s news feed provides updates to
members every time a change is made to a friend’s profile. While it does not reveal any information that was previously unavailable, many members are objecting to the automatic time-stamped updates, especially as there is no manual override option. Groups quickly formed to protest the new feature.
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Facebook Scrambles to Appease Outraged Users
Posted by: Erika Morphy September 11, 2006 03:03 PMSurprised by a rapidly building revolt brewing among its normally loyal customers, social networking site Facebook has agreed to offer users privacy options with its news feed tool. Introduced just last week, Facebook’s news feed provides updates to
members every time a change is made to a friend’s profile. While it does not reveal any information that was previously unavailable, many members are objecting to the automatic time-stamped updates, especially as there is no manual override option. Groups quickly formed to protest the new feature.