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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Promised a Clear History Tool Almost a Ye... by rock_hard on Friday February 22, 2019 @10:20AM (#19226032)
There is a great interview with him that was recorded a couple days ago where he talks about the status of the history tool: https://youtu.be/WGchhsKhG-A
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Promised a Clear History Tool Almost a Ye... by czr on Friday February 22, 2019 @12:30PM (#19227162)
Summary of Zuckerberg's statements:

* They're still working on Clear History, and think it is worth implementing (Zuckerberg is the one who introduces the topic–the interviewer hasn't asked him about it). It's important that users have a tool like this, even if it makes their experience "worse" (i.e. less personalized).

* Clear History is nontrivial to implement, because Facebook was not built with this functionality in mind. And they want a user interface that is more capable than just a single "delete everything" button, because their research has shown that users frequently want to clear only certain aspects of their data (e.g. data shared to a specific service or app via Facebook), so this adds complexity.

* (In the context of a Facebook subscription service, which they were discussing before Zuckerberg mentioned the Clear History tool)–having Clear History is a prereq for any sort of subscription service, but they want Clear History (and all privacy controls) accessible to all users, not as a privilege for certain users.

Re:Mark Zuckerberg Promised a Clear History Tool Almost a Ye... by dave5104 on Friday February 22, 2019 @10:22AM (#19226050)
Any highlights or links to specific segments from that 1 hour and 43 minute video?
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Promised a Clear History Tool Almost a Ye... by kretor on Friday February 22, 2019 @12:03PM (#19226899)
He starts talking about it at 1:04:08: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGchhsKhG-A&t=1h4m8s
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Promised a Clear History Tool Almost a Ye... by hnthrow0693 on Friday February 22, 2019 @11:09AM (#19226450)
I like how the only comment that isn’t highly speculative gets immediately downvoted.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Promised a Clear History Tool Almost a Ye... by dwighttk on Friday February 22, 2019 @11:32AM (#19226642)
is there a money timestamp or is the whole interview about the history tool?