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You want to know what everyone else is doing, but you don’t want to share what you’re doing.

I have seen dozens of comments on Facebook regarding its recent changes. The ticker on the side,
“Do me a favor: please hover over my name here, wait for the box to load and then hover over the “Subscribe” link. Then uncheck the “Comments and likes” choice. I would rather my comments on friends’ posts not be made public. Thanks**

Then repost if you don’t want your EVERY MOVE posted on the right for everyone to see! I’ll do the same for you if you want. just click “like.”
Gotta love the “new” FB designs!”
The interesting part of this comment, and many like it, is that when I signed up for Facebook, this is exactly what I expected. I signed up wanting to keep up with old friends and long distance family. I signed up knowing that I would come across old girlfriends, and enemies, and reacquaint with long lost schoolmates. I also came to understand that once someone was my friend, they could keep up with me by clicking my name. They could see all of the pictures that I chose to post, see where I checked in, and click the links that I would share. I understood that if i shared where I worked, people would see it. They would know where I went to school, and who I was married to. When my marriage fell apart, I knew that people would be able to see if I listed myself as separated, and when my divorce was finalized, they would know that too.

Yet, all of that was relative to whether or not I chose to share it. All of that information is on my Facebook page but very little of that information can be seen. My phone number is on Facebook, but no one can see it. My friends can see the month and day I was born. I am 30, you can do the math. I am listed as divorced, but no one can see that. I have many status updates that only certain people can see. All of this was done with a simple click. This article http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/29/technology/facebook_ticker_privacy/index.htm?hpt=hp_c2 goes on about how with the new “Timeline your life is on display.” If you’ve been on Facebook, your life has been on display. Yet, you have always been able to, and will still be able to control how much is on display.

I linked my Facebook account to Spotify because I love music and I want to share what I am listening to. If you don’t want your EVERY MOVE posted on Facebook, then don’t post your every move on Facebook. It is a simple concept.

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