<DOC>
<DOCID>Facebook.doc.txt</DOCID>
<AUTHOR>Amanda Reed</AUTHOR>
<TEXT>
The Facebook News Feed has been a very controversial topic among college students. Many students believe they have been stripped of their privacy and others simply dont care one way or the other about this new addition to the site. Heather Heinrich from Olivet College commented,.... they invade our privacy and make it harder for us to feel comfortable using Facebook. I think that if they don't undo this mess that people will drop Facebook and start profiles at other sites like Myspace and other websites. Basically, Facebook is killing itself with mini feeds. Many groups have been created on the site, protesting the Facebook News Feed. On their profiles they give students links to click on to help them hide any personal information they dont want others to see. In addition to this feature, many messages have been posted on each of the groups message walls bashing the mini-feed and others are praising it. Everyones comments have not gone unheard. In a letter to all students with Facebook accounts, Mark Zuckerburg, Facebook Founder and CEO, said, We really messed this one up. We did a bad job of explaining what the new features were and an even worse job of giving you control of them. I'd like to try to correct those errors now." For those students who dont want to wait for Facebook to correct the errors, you can go into your privacy settings and take care of it yourself. The process is quite tedious, but it works for the time being. In Facebooks Privacy Policy, they list what is called the Facebook Principles. Here Facebook has links that will guide students step by step towards adjusting their privacy settings. This page also gives students a clear idea of what Facebook is all about so there is no confusion or misunderstandings when creating and using the account. All in all, Mark Zuckerburg appears to be making every attempt at changing Facebook for the better and making its users happy. It will take time and a little bit of feedback on the users parts, but until then everyone has the equal opportunity to adjust their privacy settings to what is comfortable for them. 

</TEXT>
</DOC>
