Every time Facebook adds a new future – one of the first things it always considers is privacy. This is definitely because over time, numerous people and institutions alike have complained about Facebook’s approach to privacy, and it is lack of responsibility regarding the matter. Its newest feature, called Places, is no exception to this privacy concern, that’s why it is now being questioned or investigated whether it will allow personal data links.
On the other hand, as users review this new Facebook feature, they found out that this is the safest feature so far made by Facebook in terms of privacy. In a nutshell, Places allows users to have more access to their private content than ever before. In fact, it is even safer than the service called Instant Personalization which was released last April.
Still, if you are not careful, and if you don’t adjust your privacy settings, Places will reveal information about yourself to other people. But the good thing about this newest feature is that it prompts users to adjust its privacy settings manually before being able to use it.
In other words, there is no explicit opt-in. You have to set up the choices yourself, such as whether you would like to share your check-ins to friends only or everyone.
Facebook users who have died sometimes come up in the notifications box, urging other users to reconnect with them. For the loved ones who receive this kind of notification, it can be comforting to see their faces again, but often times and usually in the end, they will feel sad about it. Sometimes, it can be weird and even disturbing. This is the dilemma that Facebook is facing about how it deals with its dead members.
Zynga has become famous for its various Facebook games. FarmVille, in particular, is one of its biggest hits. Now, another idea has crossed their mind. Instead of farms with pigs, chickens, maple trees and such, they now want to bring social gamers a new perspective. They want to bring the players west and this is where FrontierVille comes in. Here, you will come across bears, rattlesnakes, wagons and the like. Zynga is expecting the game to attract millions of active Facebook users once again.
