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Isn't the problem the ever changing privacy policy. At one stage you are led to believe some information is private, just for you and your loved ones, then a with a change of Facebooks polices that information is shared with the whole internet.

It's the shifting sands thats uncool.

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The sands didn't shift without clear messaging that the sand was shifting and how you could opt-out of it. This is what it looked like: http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/12/how-to-use-facebooks-new-...

Instant Personalization was a bad idea, but everything else was pretty straightforward.

Seriously, do you expect the average facebook user to comprehend this stuff? Really?

Facebook knows people don't pay attention to details, and even if they tried to, they couldn't figure it out.

If you truly disagree, I'd say it is because of the curse of knowledge...you've understood this type of thing for so long, that you can't imagine what it's like to not understand it.

Yes, I do. 35% of users adjusted their settings when presented with that dialog, and that's not including the people who had modified their privacy settings in the past, which made them not default to "Everyone".

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_brags_35_adjus...

Most people understood what was going on. You and many others are assuming otherwise without any evidence to back it up.