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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 06 September 2007 | |
  
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The stated reason for the change is "so that people can see which of their friends are on Facebook more easily." Since anyone could join Facebook and get more information, it seems possible that the real reason is to draw more traffic to the site. Such suspicions are fuelled by Facebook's plan to make these public listings accessible via search engines such as Google. While the amount of information revealed is small, users have provided Facebook with their details on the basis that they would only be available to other members. There's nothing wrong with the idea of letting people choose to be found through search engines, but existing users may feel betrayed by Facebook's opt-out policy. |
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