After the fact, many people became very upset. Some went as far deleting their account and several were threatening to. Thousands of members joined groups against Facebooks new terms of service. In response, last week facebook announced that they were going back to the old terms of use policy on member information in the time being as they resolve the issue of the thousands of upset members.
Currently, facebook has created a group online for people to give feedback in what they think. They will review the comments after March 29 and make their decisions from there.
CEO of Facebook, Mark Zucherberg stated, "Companies like ours need to develop new models of governance ... rather than simply reissue a new Terms of Use, the changes we're announcing today are designed to open up Facebook so that users can participate meaningfully in our policies and our future."
When I first heard facebooks new terms of service, it defiantly got me thinking that I needed to either get rid of my information, or delete my facebook account. However, I think that changes that have come out of this whole debacle have been overall positive. Letting the people have a say in the outcome makes the people who use facebook feel reassured.
Do you think lots of people then will participate in these new surveys and focus groups? Can you imagine situations where Facebook will still ignore the wishes of the people who are surveyed?
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