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minimize feelings of fear and powerlessness. Yet, though
appropriate, these strategies are circumstantial and opportunistic,
rather than expressions of stringent rational
behavior – otherwise the risks Facebook poses to privacy
would not be taken lightly in the first place.
Overall, users seem to be satisfied with the mere idea
of control through Facebook’s privacy settings without
much real control. Although they restrict their profiles,
they do not seem to fully understand that their level of
privacy protection is relative to the number of friends,
their criteria for accepting friends, and the amount and
quality of personal data provided in their profiles, which
they tend to divulge quite generously. It seems, indeed,
that the conveniences and gratifications of Facebook as
a social tool ultimately override privacy concerns even in
cases of actual invasions of privacy.
Notes
* The participants of the interviews were recruited
through a quantitative online survey, which was part of a
larger study. The results of the larger study are published
in Debatin et al. 2009. The author wishes to thank Brittany
Hughes for her help in transcribing and analyzing
the qualitative interviews.
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