Please DO NOT Sign into Facebook For The Entire Day of JUNE 6, 2010
Be wary of Wolves in Sheep's clothing
Who stands to gain the most from the mass exodus of Facebook users concerned about their privacy? Yep, you guessed it.
Myspace sent out an open letter to its users today, outlining a new "simplified" version of its privacy settings that will be rolling out to the site within the next month.
Myspace co-president Mike Jones said in the letter that it will have three privacy tiers to make user profiles public, accessible to friends only, or accessible to all users over 18. This setting can be switched at-will with a single button press.
Facebook has been mired in the press lately, after it completely overhauled its privacy settings that put user data more exposed to third parties and make opting in and out of new settings a cumbersome process. Over the last few weeks, Google searches for how to close a Facebook account have exploded.
Jones's letter obviously expresses that Myspace wants to bring disparaged Facebook users over to its side. "While MySpace at its core is about discovery, self expression and sharing, we understand people might want the option of limiting the sharing of their information to a select group of friends. We respect our users' desires to balance sharing and privacy, and never push our users to an uncomfortable privacy position," he wrote.
Another direct attack at Facebook came later in the e-mail, where Jones says, "your unique contribution to MySpace will be unknowingly used for an alternative purpose."
A Myspace comeback is unlikely. After all, Facebook is quickly becoming a viable competitor to Google as the most valuable Internet property. Regardless, the negative impact on Facebook from recent events can only mean good news for its competing social network services.
