I just read (skimmed) a letter from the Facebook guy, stating that they will soon be removing the regional privacy status. Looks like they will be going to more to of a MySpace 2.0 type of setting, giving you many options to choose from.
Maybe we would be able to see formerly "private" Facebook pages if they haven't updated to the new settings...
If you care about your Facebook privacy (I don't care about mine really...) you should correct to the new type of settings as soon as possible...
,y facebook looks totally different. I now have a "unlike button" love that and the comments are different. Is this what you all are seeing?
No. Mine looks the same as it has for months.
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see I never got the letter but I went to refresh my facebook and got that....hummmmmmm
Mine looks the same as always too. Maybe they're doing it in friend id batches, like they do alot of stuff. Your's almost looks like the stylesheet is messed up too though.
Hummm my facebook is back to normal this morning but last nignt it looked like that (even after refreshing). So maybe the stylesheet was screwy - very strange.
Stylesheets get cached, and sometimes stay in the cache even during refreshes. You have to clear the cache to get a new stylesheet (for sure). Is your browser set to clear the cache when it's closed, and then you did a browser restart at some point between then and when it fixed itself?
It has been a great year for making the world more open and connected. Thanks to your help, more than 350 million people around the world are using Facebook to share their lives online.To make this possible, we have focused on giving you the tools you need to share and control your information. Starting with the very first version of Facebook five years ago, we've built tools that help you control what you share with which individuals and groups of people. Our work to improve privacy continues today.
Facebook's current privacy model revolves around "networks" — communities for your school, your company or your region. This worked well when Facebook was mostly used by students, since it made sense that a student might want to share content with their fellow students.
Over time people also asked us to add networks for companies and regions as well. Today we even have networks for some entire countries, like India and China.
However, as Facebook has grown, some of these regional networks now have millions of members and we've concluded that this is no longer the best way for you to control your privacy. Almost 50 percent of all Facebook users are members of regional networks, so this is an important issue for us. If we can build a better system, then more than 100 million people will have even more control of their information.
The plan we've come up with is to remove regional networks completely and create a simpler model for privacy control where you can set content to be available to only your friends, friends of your friends, or everyone.
We're adding something that many of you have asked for — the ability to control who sees each individual piece of content you create or upload. In addition, we'll also be fulfilling a request made by many of you to make the privacy settings page simpler by combining some settings. If you want to read more about this, we began discussing this plan back in July.
Since this update will remove regional networks and create some new settings, in the next couple of weeks we'll ask you to review and update your privacy settings. You'll see a message that will explain the changes and take you to a page where you can update your settings. When you're finished, we'll show you a confirmation page so you can make sure you chose the right settings for you. As always, once you're done you'll still be able to change your settings whenever you want.
We've worked hard to build controls that we think will be better for you, but we also understand that everyone's needs are different. We'll suggest settings for you based on your current level of privacy, but the best way for you to find the right settings is to read through all your options and customize them for yourself. I encourage you to do this and consider who you're sharing with online.
Thanks for being a part of making Facebook what it is today, and for helping to make the world more open and connected.
Mark Zuckerberg
I this part....I've always wanted this feature!!!!!!
I agree with Devil. I hope we'll start seeing some exploits or easier tracking by people who don't change the settings...
I dunno. Facebook is changing drastically, so we'll just have to see what happens.
---When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.---