Sunday, December 9, 2012

More Anger Over Facebook Changes

     Facebook has a new feature that is upsetting many people, couples pages. This is not a new concept for Facebook, after all documenting friendships on separate pages has been going on for years now. The ire of critics comes from the fact that one cannot opt out of a couples page. Once you list that you are in a relationship with a specific person that page will be created. Anything you post on your own page will go onto the couples page. So, here are some ideas... don't assume you have so much privacy on Facebook, increase your privacy settings so that you don't accidentally share something that you don't want to, and lastly you can't opt out but you can refuse to use the page. That way the specifics of your private relationship can stay private. I feel that if people had a greater understanding of social media they would get less upset over simple changes like this. The changes are meant to enhance your experience and not ruin your virtual life. All the information you need to be a more savy user is there for you, but the problem is people are lazy and many don't want to take the time to read it. Instead people will read two or three sentences and then jump to conclusions. If you are that concerned you should take the time to educate yourself so that people like me don't laugh at you behind your computer illiterate butts.

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