Last week we published our new Facebook privacy guide and today we have a video version which should help users get a firm grasp on the new Facebook privacy settings. For those users who still aren’t clear about the new Facebook privacy settings, this video should clear things up a bit. If you still have questions after watching the video, please feel free to post the in the comments.
We recognize that some of the video components are a little quick which means you may need to replay the video a couple times. We are currently working on improving the timing, however this video should be good enough to help you get your Facebook account secured!
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Excellent!
I an a novice with Facebook so this information is a real eye opener for me. Thank you for making it available to fully understand. I'd suggest watching it several times so you get correct information you thought you knew!
Comment by Bob Christiaansen — December 22, 2009 @ 7:32 am
Very good.. Thank you.
Comment by Facebook User — December 22, 2009 @ 7:45 am
Hey Nick, your video is a great, easy-to-understand explanation that makes sense for everyone when it comes to FB privacy. I'm always trying to explain this stuff to my friends and clients. I'll be sharing this all over.
Comment by Facebook User — December 22, 2009 @ 8:13 am
Thanks a bunch ! Very very helpful indeed!
Comment by Sardar Mohkim Khan — December 22, 2009 @ 8:14 am
Number 10 did not work.
Comment by Facebook User — December 22, 2009 @ 8:39 am
Thank you for trying to explain this to us but you really should have hired a pro to do the verbal explanation. The girl talked way too fast and didn't pronounce clearly enough for most people to understand. This was a very good idea but was not helpful because the info was too fast and hard to hear.
Thank you
Grace Sanders
Comment by Grace Sanders — December 22, 2009 @ 8:42 am
Number 10 didn't work for me.
Comment by Facebook User — December 22, 2009 @ 8:54 am
Number 10 doesn't hide your friends from the rest of your friends. This is one of the serious limitations after the most recent privacy settings changes.
Comment by Facebook User — December 22, 2009 @ 9:44 am
Nice explanation! Thanks. But I'm still confused on several points:
1. Facebook's publicly available info includes my list of friends. I can do what you suggest to make it hard to find, but can I really hide it from everyone?
2. FB says applications I use do have access to my publicly available info (PAI), including my list of friends. Seems like there is nothing I can do to change that?
3. What about applications I don't use? Can developers and others tap into my publicly available info?
4. How do I, as just a FB user, tap into someone else's PAI?
Comment by julius jortner — December 22, 2009 @ 10:22 am
Video will not open. I have all plugins and viewers.
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Comment by Rich — December 22, 2009 @ 10:26 am
correction…….works now, very useful video, thanks Nick !
Comment by Rich — December 22, 2009 @ 11:25 am
Thanks for this, Nick – really helpful! When I mouse over your AddThis button, though, the default option is Friendster and you have to click through to their whole list to post to Facebook. Just in case you didn’t know…
Comment by Sara Avery — December 22, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
I am very pleased that Facebook has taken this authentic and very proactive action to protect the integrity of its users. Security has long been a major concern of mine while using Facebook. Now, users should have a bit more "self-determination" regarding their information.
Comment by Walter H. Steinlauf — December 22, 2009 @ 7:56 pm
Does anyone else notice the little note in number 10? It saids friends will always be visible to friends. Along those lines.
Comment by Douglas — December 23, 2009 @ 1:39 pm
My friends do not need to be notified of what I'm writing or even that I'm writing on a mutual friend's wall, or liking a mutual friend's post.
This is absolutely insane. What's Facebook's solution? Just click "remove" ON EVERY SINGLE POST. I "like" a lot of posts and I spent twice as much time deleting the "Recent Activitiees"
Comment by Michelle Zhang — December 23, 2009 @ 6:15 pm
now what can I do about my "recent activity" posts that have littered my wall and newsfeed. I really don't want everyone to know every time I write on a wall, like a picture or add a friend. That's just too much info and now facebook has taken the option away.. what do i do???
Comment by Cody — December 23, 2009 @ 7:57 pm
There's another problem though. All your friends can seen who you friend and there's no privacy setting for hiding it. It goes straight to the news feed which makes me think twice now when I'm friending someone.
Comment by User — December 24, 2009 @ 7:28 am
Why do my wall-to-wall posts show up on the Live Feed of my mutual friends now? There used to be a privacy setting to specifically disable that, but it appears to be gone now.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to fix this? Thx!
Comment by Concerned — December 24, 2009 @ 7:33 pm
Thanks for the video. Very helpful info. Security is such a major issue. Being new to this way of keeping up to date on family was a little scary at first but the security measures helps a great deal.
Comment by Twyla — December 25, 2009 @ 7:56 am
The #10 IS A BIG LIE ! YOU CAN'T hide your friendlist from your friends, the pencil thing is a lie from facebook. People don't really check if it works, it doesn't ! It only hides it for the public but doesn't hide it for your friends.
Comment by Bibi86 — December 26, 2009 @ 1:44 am
How do I hide my friends list from FRIENDS?
I had a very terrifying experience with a stalker a couple years ago (it was someone i knew) and I'm terrified that I no longer have control over my friends list privacy. All someone has to do is click through my friends list and find out all sorts of information about me through their profiles. Agh, this is awful.
Comment by anon — December 26, 2009 @ 5:43 am
I am unable to hide my FRIENDS list… and the feature to block a friend from viewing posts doesn't work either.
Comment by toni cappuccio — December 27, 2009 @ 5:34 pm
actually the old privacy settings were more customizable than the new ones…the old one gave me full control of everything…the new one is a big bullshit …it actually took away many of the settings that were present in the old privacy settings
all people had to do is click on customize before too, but the new settings took many of the old options away
facebook lies when it says it improved privacy settings! it did not! it made it worse
Comment by Meirav — December 27, 2009 @ 7:03 pm
the friends list function doesn't even work! I unchecked it and people can still see all my friends
Comment by T — December 28, 2009 @ 8:31 pm
Thanks for the updated tips Nick! I'm still working through a few of the settings myself and getting questions from friends. I hope this doesn't turn into "my site is better than yours" among Facebook, Twitter, Google etc. and completely leave out the user.
Comment by Nakeva N. Corothers — December 28, 2009 @ 9:24 pm
The "hiding friends list" problem is not fixed by the unchecking box option. If a non friend has a mutual friend with you, they can view your entire friends list still. They simply click ‘view all’ on the on the mutual friends box on your public profile and then ‘everyone’. This is a real concern and contradicts FB’s reactionary so called ‘fix’. If they have accepted that you must be able to hide friends from non friends, how can they ignore this flaw?
Comment by Nessy — December 30, 2009 @ 9:15 am
Excellent! Thank you!
Comment by Iris — January 4, 2010 @ 4:23 pm
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.MUCH RESPECT FOR FACEBOOK TEAM
Comment by annika lundberg — January 10, 2010 @ 7:13 pm
any one can see my frinde list any one and when i unmark it "option box"(make the frinde list unvisible ) nothing happen !!!
what should i do ?????
Comment by yousef — January 11, 2010 @ 1:29 am
I would like to cancel my acct for facebook and take it all off I do not have any time to do it can anyone help me thank you
Comment by janice gomez — January 24, 2010 @ 6:46 pm
i like face book i like playing pet ville but it keeps geting slower all the time
Comment by marty riggs — March 27, 2010 @ 6:09 am
tnx for the information…..
Comment by pyro — April 25, 2010 @ 9:55 pm