yes.Facebook news feeds generally makes people feel exposed and invaded.
When social networking website Facebook changed on September 5 to make it easier for users to keep track of their online friends, the company received a wave of unanticipated protest. Facebook, the web's second most popular social networking site with over 9 million users, added a "news feed" feature that automatically alerted users when their friends made changes to their online profiles. But many users called the new feature an invasion of privacy, saying it promoted stalking.The controversy highlighted the emerging debate over what sort of privacy people should expect from social networking sites, where users willingly post personal information and photos.Over 700,000 Facebook users agreed, joining a Facebook group called Students Against Facebook News Feed, which doubled as a petition asking the site to change the new feature. One of those users was Igor Hiller, an incoming University of California-Santa Barbara freshman who planned a protest outside Facebook's headquarters.
When social networking website Facebook changed on September 5 to make it easier for users to keep track of their online friends, the company received a wave of unanticipated protest. Facebook, the web's second most popular social networking site with over 9 million users, added a "news feed" feature that automatically alerted users when their friends made changes to their online profiles. But many users called the new feature an invasion of privacy, saying it promoted stalking.The controversy highlighted the emerging debate over what sort of privacy people should expect from social networking sites, where users willingly post personal information and photos.Over 700,000 Facebook users agreed, joining a Facebook group called Students Against Facebook News Feed, which doubled as a petition asking the site to change the new feature. One of those users was Igor Hiller, an incoming University of California-Santa Barbara freshman who planned a protest outside Facebook's headquarters.