Facebook Privacy Woes

Be careful what you write (no matter where you write it) – good advice.  “Dumb f#*&$ | they ‘trust me’ | I don’t know why” reports BusinessInsider are extracts from Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s IM exchange about privacy issues after launching the social networking site.  Suddenly Facebook is facing a storm of criticism and scrutiny about their cavalier attitude toward user privacy, so much so that search engine inquiries into ‘how to’ delete FB are on the rise.  

But the $22 billion company company’s attitude toward privacy appears to be “its better ask for forgiveness that to ask for permission.”  Plagued by Beacon and Instant Personalization issues then frequent changes to their privacy policy has given rise to this cavalier descriptor.

More interestingly was a report earlier this week Growing On Google, People Asking “How Do I Delete My Facebook Account” on Search Engine Land by Danny Sullivan.  Facebook has especially taken fire on privacy issues over the past two weeks. Has that had even more of an impact? Google trends graphs the following results based on “delete facebook”

Google Trends Report: Search Inquiry "delete facebook"

You be the judge.

I liked Facebook.  We still use it – maybe a litle more guarded.  Big money always seems to destroy those simple pleasures we enjoy

Tags: Facebook, Social Networking

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