Comments on: Social Network Privacy poll

By: Private

Private — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:57:51 +0000

I found your blog on google, and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

By: Claus Wahlers

Claus Wahlers — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:59:37 +0000

thanks guys!

By: armin

armin — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:38:29 +0000

actually i liked it for a while even though imho it slows down the usage of social networks, as people get shy/wont visit the site of someone anymore. actually most networks dont use it anymore. xing is a german example and i think its counterproductive, thats just my personal 2 cents.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:48:22 +0000

I don’t think people should be able to see who views their “public” profile. If they want their profile to be private, and only viewable to friends/family, they should be able to select that option.

By: Sönke

Sönke — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:03:34 +0000

I think footprints are a nice thing but e.g. Xing has something similar but you can only see the footprints if you are a premium user which is a motivation for many users I guess.
On the other hand people are sometimes shy to visit the profile of a premium user because they know that they will leave a footprint. Xing has no option do deactivate this because I guess all people would do so to anonymously surf the profiles.

I think it’s more a culture thing and depends on the social network. When it comes to business (Xing, LinkedIn) or “love” (e.g. Orkut) people are carefull/shy and when this would be in myspace (is it already?) the people won’t care or even would like to leave footprints.

Anyway, the most footprints are collected by Google but no one knows what they are doing with it as they are not social ;)

By: Spiceee

Spiceee — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:49:49 +0000

I think people are more than welcome to leave me messages if they want to mark their presence…