Dear Facebook Developers and Administrators,
Facebook as we know it is a useful resource for finding our friends’ contact information and obtain updates on how they are doing. By posting our profiles here, we make ourselves more transparent and accessible to others. With the addition of more networks to include companies and our hometowns, the group of people using Facebook diversifies; and as that happens, requirements change. This is why Facebook has added features like Photos, status updates, and other tweaks that make Facebook more useful and innovative.
While we embrace innovation and openness, as well as your good intentions to satisfy everybody, there exists a limit. Unfortunately, the line has been crossed with the addition of the “Mini-Feed” feature. As we understand it, this feature allows users to see comprehensively and at-a-glance the updates done over a period of time. We feel that this feature is an invasion of our privacy with plenty of potential for abuse. For example, suppose somebody’s relationship status is changed from “In A Relationship” to “Single,” a change that is currently logged in the Mini-Feed. Another person could potentially attempt to “come on” to the newly broken-up person, disenfranchising him/her the time needed to recover.
Take a look at the ramifications of this feature now: The formation of groups such as “I HATE THE FACEBOOK FEED FEATURE” and “I remember when facebook didn’t suck.” As members, we request that this feature can be turned off completely. The ability to hide individual items is not enough and is tedious. If you truly respect our privacy, we entreat you to satisfy this requirement that we place before you. Otherwise, we fear that more peaceful actions done in protest may occur.
Sincerely,
Your Facebook Members
