Facebook’s privacy changes: When will it go too far?
Posted by admin under Internet on March 30th, 2010.Much of what you need to know about Facebook’s proposed privacy changes boils down to timing: Friday, 3:04 p.m. PDT. Why is the timing important? That’s when you typically roll out news you don’t want folks to pay a lot of attention to.
For instance, some companies have famously issued profit warnings on a Friday before a four-day July 4 weekend. The news cycle may have compressed or even disappeared, but for the average bear—the poor fellow who can’t possibly keep up with Facebook’s open site governance the news cycle exists. You sort of tune out on weekends.
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