5 ms·

Except for this bit: > Facebook is testing a pop-up notification that asks users who haven't reviewed their settings in a while whether they'd like their posts

by slaven 12y ago

Except for this bit: > Facebook is testing a pop-up notification that asks users who haven't reviewed their settings in a while whether they'd like their posts to be shared publicly by default, to their friends by default or another more specific setting. I feel this is an attempt to get those of us only sharing with friends to reconsider sharing publicly.

bpodgursky 12y ago
It's possible, but my profile is set to "Share with everyone" and I still got a notification a few weeks ago asking me whether I wanted to change mine back to "Share only with friends", so I wouldn't assume the worst.
- eitally 12y ago
  Mine was set to public, too, and I didn't actually realize it because it had been so long (a couple years?) since I had posted anything. When I was editing a post, I was prompted to review the settings ... and I changed it to "friends only". I appreciated the notification.
MattHeard 12y ago
> You might suspect this is actually a clumsy attempt on Facebook’s part to get people to change their settings from “friends” to “public.” But it isn’t, at least for now: A Facebook spokesman told me the only people seeing the pop-up box in the current test are those who are already posting publicly on Facebook. Source: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/25/facebook_privacy_dinosaur_privacy_checkups_take_aim_at_oversharing.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/25/facebook_...
superuser2 12y ago
What makes you think that?
grrowl 12y ago
The Privacy Dinosaur is only for users who are currently posting to Public by default, it reminds them of that fact and educates them on the different settings. It's been rolling out to select users for a couple of weeks now[1] [1]: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/25/facebook_privacy_dinosaur_privacy_checkups_take_aim_at_oversharing.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/25/facebook_...

by slaven 12y ago

bpodgursky 12y ago

It's possible, but my profile is set to "Share with everyone" and I still got a notification a few weeks ago asking me whether I wanted to change mine back to "Share only with friends", so I wouldn't assume the worst.

eitally 12y ago
Mine was set to public, too, and I didn't actually realize it because it had been so long (a couple years?) since I had posted anything. When I was editing a post, I was prompted to review the settings ... and I changed it to "friends only". I appreciated the notification.

MattHeard 12y ago

> You might suspect this is actually a clumsy attempt on Facebook’s part to get people to change their settings from “friends” to “public.” But it isn’t, at least for now: A Facebook spokesman told me the only people seeing the pop-up box in the current test are those who are already posting publicly on Facebook. Source: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/25/facebook_privacy_dinosaur_privacy_checkups_take_aim_at_oversharing.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/25/facebook_...

superuser2 12y ago

What makes you think that?

grrowl 12y ago

The Privacy Dinosaur is only for users who are currently posting to Public by default, it reminds them of that fact and educates them on the different settings. It's been rolling out to select users for a couple of weeks now[1] [1]: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/25/facebook_privacy_dinosaur_privacy_checkups_take_aim_at_oversharing.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/25/facebook_...