Vote On Facebook’s New Policy Changes, Or You’ll Never Get Another Chance

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Vote On Facebook’s New Policy Changes, Or You’ll Never Get Another Chance

In response to user feedback, Facebook is proposing a set of clarified governance and privacy policy changes, and they want you, the Facebook enthusiast, to vote on them once again!

But this is still a Zuckocracy. In the very likely case that less than 30% of the site's 1 billion users actually vote and a majority don't reject the proposal, Facebook will revoke users' voting rights on any future policy or administrative changes. If over 30% vote, the verdict will be binding.

In addition to deciding the fate of the Facebook suffrage movement, users will be voting on whether Facebook can share data between its affiliates (Instagram being the major one). Also on the chopping block is the site's ability to decide who's able to send you private messages and whether users will be prevented from using personal profiles for "commercial gain," which will be strictly relegated to a Facebook fan page.

The virtual voting polls opened today and will close at 12pm PST on December 10, giving users a full seven days to vote for or against the changes. For anyone with lingering concerns, Facebook will hold a live webcast tomorrow (December 4) at 9:30am PST to respond to user-submitted questions.

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You dig up some good stuff.

I had no idea about this.