The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #547: May 17, 2010

Content summary: FIR Interview with BP’s Neil Chapman posted, Kris Gallagher’s interview and keynotes from NewComm Forum 2010 coming; What’s Up?: Shel Israel home from the hospital, TweetDeck’s wavy red line looks like it’s finally fixed, the Financial Times and the iPad, should PR agencies give in to threats?; listener comments and one from the Friendfeed FIR Room; News That Fits: Google slurps personal data with wifi collection, goodbye Facebook?, Henry Blodgett’s report on Facebook and relevance to PR, Dan York reports on Facebook and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScop, HSBC’s 100 Thoughts via Twitter, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on China’s internet paradox and more; music from God Street Wine; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for May 17, 2010: A 71-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Monday May 24…

Posted by neville on 05/17 at 10:20 AM

  1. I only made it halfway through episode #547 on my run this morning, but so far it seems like Neville is pretty frustrated by Facebook’s complicated privacy settings.

    I can certainly understand the confusion, especially when publications like the NY Times publish graphics like this one [link]  that seem to be tasked with making it look as difficult as possible.

    Personally, I like to take it in three simple steps:

    1. Organize all of my friends into lists (e.g. Personal, Professional, Family)
    2. Go through each setting and choose what each list sees (or doesn’t).
    3. Test my settings using Facebook’s Profile Preview tool, which lets me see exactly what others do.

    As for sites like Openbook, there is a privacy option to make your default privacy setting for things you post and share to be visible only to your friends (along with other options).

    I put together a simple video guide that demonstrates and explains each of Facebook’s privacy settings. You can take a look at it here:
    http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=387040656138&ref=mf

    I’m also planning on breaking it up into snack-sized pieces and posting it on my blog. When I do I’ll update my comment with a link.

    Great show, guys. Keep it up!

    Posted by Dagan Henderson  on  05/18  at  08:13 AM

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