Facebook Privacy: What Your Friends Can Share About You

Probably the most troubling of all of Facebook's new privacy options is the section on "What Your Friends Can Share About You". 

If someone you have as a friend visits a site, Facebook will not only share their information with that site, but will also share your information with them. 

For example, if they visit a greeting card site, it will remind them to wish you a happy birthday if its close to your birthday. 

I've chosen to disable all of the items that can be shared. As much as I trust my friends on Facebook, I don't know what sites they are visiting. 

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Even CNN doesn’t “like” the word “like”

CNN is likely to be one of Facebook's largest users of the new "like" button. But, even they don't like the word like and are using "recommend" instead. 

HOW TO: Edit Who Shows Up In Your Facebook Friends List

 

Did you know that you can edit which friends show up on your Facebook profile? 

What you can edit: 

1. How many friends are shown in your profile: 6, 9 or 12
2. Is the list visible to everyone or just your friends 
3. Do you want the list to be random or do you want the same people to show up all the time? You can list the people you want to show up.