[IxDA Discuss] Changes to Facebook (Perceived Privacy)

[Rebekah Sedaca]

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The face book response is an interesting one, and I too have asked
myself "did they do any user testing"? Just because something can be
done doesn't mean it should be! This should go along way in helping
those of us usability and UXD professionals in making our case for the
values of our work in the design process. A real-life mainstream news
worthy example is just what we needed!

Unfortunately, I am not of the "face book" generation (the tool didn't
exist when I was in college just 6 years ago). However, on Tuesday I
viewed the site's enhancement with a web producer on our team who used
the site often and was raving (and ranting) about its new stalking
feature. She's posted an article online "How Facebook Lost face" which
explains the history of the site and what has happened over the last few
days. Check it out!
http://www.capstrat.com/cs/insight/articles/how-facebook-lost-face.cfm 


- Rebekah Sedaca, UXD