Whether or not you are a Facebook user, you probably know the main reason why Facebook has been in the news lately. Facebook, the most popular social networking site as of now, likes to makes changes on a regular basis. Recently, it altered its Privacy Policy quite a bit and this action has been creating quite a stir. Apparently, Facebook has shown lack of concern for its users’ privacy. This has not only upset a lot of Facebook users but also several organizations and government officials. To protest this action, a lot of famous people have deactivated their Facebook accounts (I won’t mention any names in this post. Just know that they are famous and we are supposed to know what they do!).

If you are an important person and need to be discrete about your life then sure, you should be upset. But if you are a common person like me who only uses Facebook to talk to your friends, stay in contact with old friends living in different time zones, share your pictures and join stupid Facebook groups then there is nothing to worry about as of now. I would understand people getting worried if they have shared their credit card numbers with Facebook, but if you haven’t done anything like that then you shouldn’t spend too much time looking into this matter.

Several of us, just use Facebook to stay in touch and nothing more. So what if one of your co-worker or boss saw what you did last Saturday? If it is something that can get you in trouble then you should not really talk about it online anyways.

Facebook has provided me with a way to communicate with my old friends that I had lost touch with for several years. I have some friends who barely use Facebook yet they are so hyped about the privacy issues. Yes, it is not fair for Facebook to share too much sensitive information with third parties but the situation is not that bad yet and especially not if it doesn’t apply to you.

If you do think that these privacy changes will affect you negatively then sure go ahead and protest. Otherwise, just lay back and enjoy the benefits of Facebook. (Just make sure you get some work done too!)

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