myYearbook Trends: Facebook Privacy Issues Not an Issue for Teens - Catherine Cook - MediaBizBloggers

When it comes to online privacy teens have very different beliefs than adults Maybe Zuckerberg is right amp8220the way that people think about privacy is changingamp8221 Despite story after story criticizing Facebook39s changing privacy controls a recent survey of 15000 social networking users showed the majority of teens 54 didnamp8217t even know Facebook was in the news regarding privacyAnd those who did know did not care The same privacy settings and instant personalization that caused a giant uproar from seemingly everyone did not strike the same cord with teens Though most adults believe Facebook acted inappropriately by changing the default privacy settings a whopping 70 of teens who were informed of recent changes to the privacy controls did notThough 71 of adults find Facebook privacy settings important or very important only 56 of teens hold the same beliefs Yet these teens are tagged in more pictures login more regularly and have more friends than their adult counterpartsIt is not that teens donamp8217t use their privacy settings they do over 72 of adults and teens alike admit to customizing their settings Instead teens trust Facebook more with what they share Though only 32 of adults think their information in safe on Facebook more than half of teens doAs Kara Swisher notes in her question to Zuckerberg at D8 sharing can mean different things to different people and it39s apparent that sharing to teens means something very different than what it means to adults Maybe Zuckerberg is right The mores of privacy are changing and amp8220people donamp8217t want complete privacyamp8221 Teens may be the first adopters of this change or these teens may eventually look like their parents and begin to adopt more privacy controls as they grow up amp8211 only time will tellMethodology 15000 Users Polled who are social networking users of Facebook and myYearbookCatherine Cook cofounded myYearbook with her brother Dave in 2005She is dedicated to making myYearbook more engaging and helping build new features to make myYearbook the best place to meet new people She can be reached at catherinemyyearbookcomRead all Catherine39s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at myYearbook Trends MediaBizBloggersCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBlogger

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