> People don't trust Facebook because they don't know what we (fellow Facebook Engineer[0]) know about what it's like on the inside.
Bull. We don't trust Facebook because of its actions. Beacon, account deletion, random modification of privacy settings and policies. Facebook has done virtually nothing to earn trust, and taken several clear, conscious actions that violate trust.
Your perception of Facebook's intent does nothing to change what Facebook has actually done to its users.
I bet - as someone that respects what Facebook has crafted but really has no vested interest in their long term success - that Facebook internally feels that it has done a ton at demonstrating it's awareness and empathy towards users and their privacy and has concluded that actually, users as a meaningful percentage, do not give a crap about what Facebook does or doesn't do wit their data.
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> People don't trust Facebook because they don't know what we (fellow Facebook Engineer[0]) know about what it's like on the inside.
Bull. We don't trust Facebook because of its actions. Beacon, account deletion, random modification of privacy settings and policies. Facebook has done virtually nothing to earn trust, and taken several clear, conscious actions that violate trust.
Your perception of Facebook's intent does nothing to change what Facebook has actually done to its users.
I bet - as someone that respects what Facebook has crafted but really has no vested interest in their long term success - that Facebook internally feels that it has done a ton at demonstrating it's awareness and empathy towards users and their privacy and has concluded that actually, users as a meaningful percentage, do not give a crap about what Facebook does or doesn't do wit their data.
Also, it's not just what Facebook is currently doing or has done, but also what it _can_ do with my data.
Many of my friends trust Facebook.
I'm starting to think that those smug bloggers are in it for the traffic.
It all depends on your perspective I suppose.