Public Status Updates Plunged 93% Since Facebook Moved Privacy Controls Inline
Facebook's changes to privacy settings have resulted in a 93 percent drop in the number of status updates shared publicly -- in the English language, that is.
Facebook’s changes to privacy settings have resulted in a 93 percent drop in the number of status updates shared publicly — in the English language, that is.
The social network announced its move of the privacy settings to inline locations on August 23, but these changes took a while for people to get their heads around. Some of the controls didn’t show up for all users until the second week of September, which is represented in the chart by the green bar, the rate of status update sharing immediately declined as Facebook addicts opted-in to the update.
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