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burnblueMay 17th 2010 11:22AM
"I kept getting status updates from people who are not even my friends"
Huh?
Your news feed has activity by friends. Occasionally it shows stuff like your friends commenting on other people's statuses, but I don't see how you can get status updates from non-friends.
(Unverified)May 17th 2010 3:09PM
You can't. I don't know what he's talking about regarding seeing random peoples status updates.
(Unverified)May 17th 2010 3:16PM
Well then, let me tell you.
Let's say Sally isn't my friend, but Joe is. So I see on my wall, "Joe liked Sally's status", and right under I see Sally's status update, because Sally has the _default_ "friends of friends" options checked!
Does Sally know I'm reading this? Heck, does she have any idea she's sharing it?
burnblueMay 17th 2010 3:42PM
Maybe she does. I do know for a fact that Facebook made me review these settings before the granular post privacy settings went live, and my default is exactly what it was before. Whether she knows that she's over-sharing or not (and I do think that lock icon explains itself very well on hover), the thing is _you_ know that your posts are not set to "friends of friends". So no random person is reading _your_ status unless you authorized it. Hence, what Sally leaves as her default should not reflect on your decision to stay on or leave Facebook.
It used to be that people in your network (college-wide, it started) could see your stuff. Then when Networks grew too huge, Facebook shut that down. If I want to make an update a little more public, friends of my friends are a slightly more trustworthy circle than an entire network since it more closely mimics real life.. so basically it's an improvement.