Facebook has been embroiled in controversy for much of 2009. In February, the social networking site tinkered with its Terms of Service and members immediately revolted, claiming the changes would give the site perpetual ownership of posted content. A month later, Facebook made some homepage alterations, which also resulted in immediate and heated criticism.
The site recently posted news of more upcoming changes (detailed here), this time to members' inboxes. So far, though, judging from the thousands of thumbs-up responses, people seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of the updates. The changes -- which will be implemented in "coming weeks" -- include smoothing over the presently clumsy interface, the introduction of message filters, and the addition of a spam alert. With the modifications, you'll also be able to consolidate messages from fan groups and events with updates from friends and family members. Thanks, Facebook, you've brought your inbox functionality up to that of webmail circa 2002.
Despite the nearly constant negativity surrounding the site's changes over the past few months, Facebook finally seems to be regaining some positive fan momentum, especially with its long-awaited allowance of personal URLs. Bravo. [From: Facebook]
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facebook is now owned by corporations so expect to see both violations of privacy as well as consumer targeting.
not to mention cataloging anything illegal anyone says or does or posts photographs of.
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