[IxDA Discuss] Changes to Facebook (Perceived Privacy)

[Peter Boersma]

Nasir Barday said:
> In this case, the feature itself does show users how they were being
> tracked-- a mini-feed shows when in your own profile, allowing you to
> hide stories about yourself at will. But without that, would the mere
> fact that the same information they saw on their friends was appearing
> about themselves have been easy enough to figure out?

Exactly. If the Facebook usability testers did not explicitly ask for this
in their tests (or even designed scenarios for this(*)), participants must
have mentioned their concerns anyway, one would think...

Peter
(*) Like receiving a comment on something that would have appeared in their
feed and seen by someone else. Depending on the fidelity of the prototype
this could be pre-programmed, done on the spot by an observer, or only
hinted at.
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