Facebook is planning on updating their features, making it more private for users. According to Mashable, the new features give you the option to decide if you want your post to be open to the public or to be private, and will make the intended audience label more easily visible.
I do think this is a good idea, because people are very concerned nowadays about privacy issues--a concern that Kristin can definitely attest to. However, I don't necessarily think that it is the responsibility of Facebook to make sure that nobody posts anything they didn't want the public to see. To me, when you sign up on any social media site, you are signing a contract that you are responsible for what you post on that site. If you are concerned about something that you post being seen by someone, why not just refrain from posting it in the first place? I think that we should mediate our own privacy, not Facebook.
This isn't to say that things like people stealing your identity are the victim's fault. I don't think that's true at all. It's not like a free-for-all where if you're on social media you might get your identity stolen and you just have to accept that. That line of thinking is just unfair. But, I do think people should be aware of what they are saying and who is seeing it. If you really are that concerned with privatizing what you are saying, why post it on a SOCIAL media site when you could just tell the people you are close to?
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