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Facebook says it's not just a social network, it's a
technology company that is investing in revolutionary ways to connect the
entire planet. Reuters
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Facebook is encouraging users to double check their privacy
settings after the site announced it will soon be possible to search through 2
trillion old posts. Now, users will be able to search for and view anything
written on a public page, enabling them to sift through posts from people
they're not friends with.
The biggest concern is that because so many people have been
on Facebook for so long, many won't remember writings the posts that are again
appearing online, the Guardian reported Monday. That discomfort will
send many to their personal settings to edit how much of what they say is
public.
“When you search, you'll now see the most recent, relevant
public posts along with posts from your friends,” Tom Stocky, Facebook's VP of
research, wrote in a blog post. “Your search results are personalized
and unique to you and, as always, you can only see things that have been shared
with you. Likewise, you control who can see your posts o Facebook and it's easy
to change
the audience of your past posts at any time.”
The change, motivated by a desire to compete with Twitter
when it comes to discussing real-time events, coincides with a judge's decision
to dismiss a privacy-related suit. The $15 billion lawsuit accused the company
of secretly tracking users after they log off the site, though a California
judge determined the plaintiffs failed to show how they were harmed.
Source: ibtimes.com
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