Minnesota, USA -September 23, 2011 - If you are residing in the U.S. and other regions of the world where Facebook opened up its 'new' version, perhaps you have mixed feelings over the changes; it probably runs deeper than simply the 'look' of Facebook but also the entire experience. After all, some may be hesitant about all of their friends seeing their every action whether it is a 'like' on a friend's post or a comment or any other related activity.

 

Since users can customize their settings, the latest chain note sent around asks for users to change their particular settings for them to not include 'Comments and Likes'; this way, the information displayed will resemble the old Facebook alerts more. However, friends must change this and it is unlikely that everyone will do this. With the extensive friend lists that most people have, it would be too much work.

 

I admit it, it is exciting to think that we will be able to see what videos our friends are watching or listen to whichever music they are hearing; after all, services from Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify are making this possible by teaming up with Facebook. Yet, it is understandable that some people do not want every move broadcasted; who does not like a song that could be embarrassing for others to know We all have our secrets and we are not all welcome to the thought of having those revealed. However, this is beneficial for getting to know friends better. It is also great for companies since it is 'free' marketing -in a way.

If you have not customized your settings for friends, you can do so by hovering over each friend's name and put your cursor over the 'subscribe' button which should reveal a list of what you want to show; all of the options should be selected by default: Life Events, Social Status, Photos, Games, Comments and Likes, Music and Videos, and Other activity. If you want to keep friends from seeing information on you, you can hover over the 'friends' button and select 'restricted'; however, this move may be unnecessary unless someone is that much of a worry or bother.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg revealed his future plans for Facebook that reach beyond the changes that we are presently seeing; he strives to create an entirely social platform that could be with us in nearly every aspect of life. If we see this happen within the next 5 years as hoped, all apps would be directly linked to Facebook; this means that Facebook could potentially have ALL data of us. If Google thinks that it has the largest database, it needs to step back because Facebook could potentially have specific information linked to specific people instead of an IP address. Are you scared yet You should not be because this is bound to happen.