Do me a favor: please hover over my name here, wait for the box to load and then hover over the “Subscribe” link. Then uncheck the “Comments and likes” choice. I would rather my comments on friends’ posts not be made public. Thanks Then repost if you don’t want your EVERY MOVE posted on the right for everyone to see! i’ll do the same for you if you want. just click “like.”

I’ve seen this doing the rounds on Facebook statuses, and couldn’t help but think it sounds a bit odd. Why, all of a sudden, would Facebook change their privacy rules such that the friend of a user has control over the user’s privacy rather than the user his/herself? Very odd.

Of course, this is just another case of user backlash against Facebook changes. See here this Facebook help link: http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=140532576040937

The  reason you’re seeing strangers’ names in the ticker? That’s because they’re sharing stuff with ‘friends of friends’ or even with the public. If you’re careful with your privacy settings, then your name will only appear in friend’s tickers. Annoyed that your friends can see “your every move”? Well it’s really not showing anything new, your friends could already find all that information anyway, Facebook are just making it easier to find.

If you’re not comfortable with your Facebook friends seeing your actions easily, then either don’t engage in activity that you don’t want them to see… or cull your friends to those you do feel comfortable with. Perhaps this will lead to the end of sharing rubbish with people who you last saw when you were seven. Just a thought.