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Re:Facebook is scaring me by paulsmith on Saturday September 24, 2011 @01:26PM (#3033759)
> And if they make a mistake, they can always go change their settings.

That is a really bizarre response. If a user makes a "mistake" and unwittingly publishes something embarrassing or damaging to their feed because Facebook made that transaction possible, the damage is done.

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Re:Facebook is scaring me by michael_dorfman on Saturday September 24, 2011 @01:49PM (#3033833)
Bizarre? I can't imagine any other response.

There's no way Facebook (or anybody else) can completely prevent people from making mistakes.

So, the best they can do in that situation is give people an easy way to clean up the mess, and make sure they don't do it again.

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Re:Facebook is scaring me by X-Istence on Saturday September 24, 2011 @02:07PM (#3033888)
Sure, but by removing a simple step (the act of explicitly sharing something) it now becomes easier for these mistakes to happen...
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