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Facebook: Does it need to address the opt-in, opt-out issue?

By | June 3, 2010, 5:24am PDT

Summary: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s performance at D8 showed the company sweats the privacy issue—literally—but the open question is whether the company needs to address the opt-in issue.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s performance at D8 showed the company sweats the privacy issue—literally—but the open question is whether the company needs to address the opt-in issue.

As we all know, Facebook’s privacy settings need users to opt-out. Zuckerberg talked about friction and sharing, but largely dodged Walt Mossberg’s questions about whether users should just have the option to opt-in.

Here’s the video and all the coverage of Zuckerberg’s D8 talk. Should everything be opt-in?

And regarding the sweating privacy issue:

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Everything should be opt-in
sismoc 3rd Jun 2010
There needs to be a realization on the part of Facebook that not everyone wants to broadcast their lives to the entire world. Zuckerberg?s arrogance and/or stupidity rivals the worst megalomaniacs in world history.
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Badgered 3rd Jun 2010
@sismoc

I agree it should all be opt-in. I think most people do, at least those I know who are on FB. However, I doubt his reasons for opt-out are "arrogance and/or stupidity"... I think the reasons are monetary.
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the first Smart Guy 3rd Jun 2010
I like Facebook, but i like making my own privacy setting decisions:) I don't want to be controlled like apple users:(
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wizofvoz@... 3rd Jun 2010
The issue has not really been about privacy so much as control: People are not given the control over their accounts that they desire. When Facebook hires some grown-ups to run the business then perhaps the necessary changes will happen.
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