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Mark Zuckerberg Is Hesitant Going Fully ‘Public’ With His Facebook Profile

Posted on December 14, 2009 by admin

Mark Zuckerberg and I aren’t Facebook friends. That’s cool; I don’t know him. Until recently, all I could see of his profile was his picture, networks and friend list. But this morning, either the Facebook CEO had decided that’s what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, or even he didn’t know what the new privacy settings changed. I’m going to guess that it was B, because since the articles on True Slant and ValleyWag have run, Zuckerberg’s profile is a lot more private. On his Page (where you can be his fan, not to be confused with his profile), Zuckerberg defends the change: For those wondering, I set most of my content on my personal Facebook page to be open so people could see it. I set some of my content to be more private, but I didn’t see a need to limit visibility of pics with my friends, family or my teddy bear Oh, really? Because when I try to visit his profile, I get a “Mark only shares some of his profile information with everyone.” message at the top of his profile, and no photos. Zuckerberg does still share some of his info with everyone: his basic info, personal info (only the about me: “i’m trying to make the world a more open place.”), education and work, and five of the pages he’s a fan of. (These five rotate; screen caps from the privacy changes indicate he has 17 pages.) Also public: his links, friends and events. There is, of course, another possibility as to why some people like Kashmir Hill can see his photos—they have mutual friends (Hill’s is another Facebook employee). When you update your privacy settings, the new default setting for photos is to make them visible to “Friends of Friends.” (I’ve contacted Ryan Tate to see if he also has at least one mutual friend, but haven’t heard back yet. Mark and I share no friends.) But really, as Facebook is pushing more people to go public, and if Zuckerberg is really “trying to make the world a more open place,” he could do a lot more opening himself. The CEO of the site might be seen as an example to users—and if he really wants them to go public, should he be willing to do the same? What do you think? Was this an accident on Zuckerberg’s part, or because Tate and Hill have mutual friends? Comments Continue reading →

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Facebook Profiles Reflect True Personality

Posted on December 5, 2009 by admin

Social networks such as Facebook are being used to express and communicate genuine personality, instead of an exaggerated identity, according to new research from psychologist Sam Gosling at The University of Texas at Austin. "I was surprised by the findings because the widely held assumption is that people are using their profiles to promote an enhanced impression of themselves," said Gosling of the more than 700 million people worldwide who have online profiles. "In fact, our findings suggest that online social networking profiles convey rather accurate images of the profile owners, either because people aren't trying to look good or because they are trying and failing to pull it off." Gosling and a team of researchers collected 236 profiles of college-aged people from the United States (Facebook) and Germany (StudiVZ, SchuelerVZ). The researchers used questionnaires to assess the profile owners' actual personality characteristics as well as their ideal-personality traits (how they wished to be). The personality traits include: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness. In the study, observers rated the profiles of people they did not know. These ratings were then compared to the profile owners' actual personality and their ideal personality. Personality impressions based on online social network profiles were accurate and were not affected by profile owners' self-idealization. Accuracy was strongest for extraversion, mirroring results of face-to-face meetings and lowest for neuroticism. Those findings were consistent with previous research showing that neuroticism is difficult detect without being in person. "I think that being able to express personality accurately contributes to the popularity of online social networks in two ways," said Gosling. "First, it allows profile owners to let others know who they are and, in doing so, satisfies a basic need to be known by others. "Second, it means that profile viewers feel they can trust the information they glean from online social network profiles, building their confidence in the system as a whole." Related Articles: > Yahoo Deepens Integration With Facebook > Facebook Cracks 350 Million Users, Adjusts Privacy Settings > Nearly Half Of Consumers Would Recommend A Product On Facebook Continue reading →

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Facebook Blocks Popular iLike App

Posted on November 17, 2009 by cgseo

Now that iLike owned by rival MySpace, Facebook is restricting some features of the iLike app on it pages. The move is bound to be unpopular with the 12 million users that have made iLike the #1 music app on Facebook. Over the last few days Facebook users who had installed the iLike app received this message: "Due to upcoming Facebook changes, your Music data on Facebook won’t show on your profile and you’ll stop getting concert alerts. Take this step to save your music data ." The restrictions stop users from adding music to the Facebook profile and receiving personalized concert alerts. iLike has responded by asking users for their email address to send concert alers directly. Continue reading →

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Facebook Reminds Users How to Handle Death

Posted on October 26, 2009 by admin

If you've had a friend or loved-one die during the Facebook age, you may or may not have known that Facebook will memorialize their profile if you let them know about it. Facebook's Max Kelly reminded us of the fact in a post on the company's blog today. While the process has been around for a while, the company evidently thought it best to bring up because as Facebook recently redesigned its home page, a new feature was added that gives suggestions for "reconnecting" with old contacts. As Pete Cashmore pointed out over the weekend, a lot of people are getting suggestions for people they really don't want to reconnect with, and in some cases people who have died. Kelly talks about how the company was once faced with deciding what to do with the profile of a dead friend and co-worker. "The question soon came up: What do we do about his Facebook profile? We had never really thought about this before in such a personal way," he recalls. "Obviously, we wanted to be able to model people's relationships on Facebook, but how do you deal with an interaction with someone who is no longer able to log on? When someone leaves us, they don't leave our memories or our social network. To reflect that reality, we created the idea of 'memorialized' profiles as a place where people can save and share their memories of those who've passed." "We understand how difficult it can be for people to be reminded of those who are no longer with them, which is why it's important when someone passes away that their friends or family contact Facebook to request that a profile be memorialized," continues Kelly. "For instance, just last week, we introduced new types of Suggestions that appear on the right-hand side of the home page and remind people to take actions with friends who need help on Facebook. By memorializing the account of someone who has passed away, people will no longer see that person appear in their Suggestions." When a Facebook account has been "memorialized," Facebook sets the privacy so that only confirmed friends can see the profile or locate it in a search. People are also prevented from logging into it, but it lets friends and family leave posts on the profile's wall as a memorial. This is something to consider if you ever lose someone who is a Facebook user. It also brings up a broader discussion about what to do with any social media profile, blog, or site when someone passes away. Do you think Facebook's profile memorialization is the appropriate way to handle the situation? Discuss here . Related Articles: > Continue reading →

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