In response to 'Facebook privacy settings: Who cares? by Danah boyd and Eszter Hargittai
"With over 500 million users, the decisions that Facebook makes about
its privacy settings have the potential to influence many people. While
its changes in this domain have often prompted privacy advocates and
news media to critique the company, Facebook has continued to attract
more users to its service. This raises a question about whether or not
Facebook’s changes in privacy approaches matter and, if so, to whom.
This paper examines the attitudes and practices of a cohort of 18– and
19–year–olds surveyed in 2009 and again in 2010 about Facebook’s
privacy settings."
In truth I don't think many young people using Facebook actually care about their privacy details. I'm sure they do in the abstract, but they are probably not really paying attention to policy changes nor do they think that that sort of thing can affect them. As such most Facebook users won't comment on the policy changes but will probably be glad that there is no way for people to find out their personal details online.
It's something that needs to be done, but its not going to be recognised.
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