Facebook Privacy Change Cheat Sheet

• Dec 2nd, 2009
• Posted by Ron
• Posted in Facebook, Good Ideas, Industry Insights, Social Media

Last night, Mark Zuckerberg took to his keyboard and sent a 515 word note (that’s 2,938 characters, or roughly 20.9 tweets) to Facebook’s 350 million users regarding upcoming changes to the current privacy model as they relate to networks and information sharing.

You can read the full post here, but we decided we’d save you the trouble by creating this short summary of the post and upcoming changes:

In

• Ability to control who sees each piece of your content
• Simpler privacy settings page

Out

• Networks

Important Numbers

• 350 million – number of world-wide users
• 50 percent – Percentage of users who belong to regional networks
• 100 million – Estimated number of users who will have more control over their information thanks to the new privacy settings

The Big Idea

Facebook has grown so quickly in its just around five years of existence that security and privacy have become real concerns. Facebook is taking steps to reaffirm their commitment to being a place where users can live their online social lives with the peace of mind that they want and need. Highly-customized privacy settings will allow for a richer overall experience in Facebook, one where users are able to share more with the people they want and less with those they want to keep at a digital arm’s length.