Facebook Not So Dirty After All?
Alright. Not to speak too soon here, but maybe I was wrong about Facebook yesterday. And If so, I’ll gladly eat my words.
Read this: Results of the Inaugural Facebook Site Governance Vote
As always, the proof will be in the pudding. But this sounds to me like FB is going to go with the majority of the 0.32% of active users that voted — and adopt the new user agreement (tossing out the Evil Terms of Service).
While there’s talk in the post about their disappointment at the low turnout, they do acknowledge this is a Faceboook First (as well as an internet first), and are considering lowering the 30% threshold necessary for any future vote to be binding.
First of all, I offer my non-binding, conditional apology to Facebook. Maybe they’re actually interested in protecting their users’ rights after all.
Second, I still maintain this vote was not nearly as transparent as FB believes it was. The language was confusing. The voting period was too short. And there should’ve been more user notification (eg. ‘Hey! You haven’t voted yet! Only one day left to vote!’) if they wanted this whole process to actually be more democratic.
Still, from the looks of it, at least their heart is in the right place…
Tags: Facebook, Terms of Service