Facebook on Thursday made two seemingly contradictory changes to its settings for teen users. On one hand, it narrowed the audience that can see teens’ posts by default; at the same time, however, it made it possible for the first time for teens to open up their posts to the public at large. Until now, the default audience for posts made by kids aged 13 through 17 was “friends of friends,” and kids had the option to change it. Now, the initial setting will be the narrower set of “friends.”
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Facebook Gives Teens a Longer Leash
Posted by: Richard Adhikari October 18, 2013 08:20 AMFacebook on Thursday made two seemingly contradictory changes to its settings for teen users. On one hand, it narrowed the audience that can see teens’ posts by default; at the same time, however, it made it possible for the first time for teens to open up their posts to the public at large. Until now, the default audience for posts made by kids aged 13 through 17 was “friends of friends,” and kids had the option to change it. Now, the initial setting will be the narrower set of “friends.”