Facebook: User not vote on rule changes make sense
Facebook wants to abolish the Minor-voting members on important rule changes. Instead, there should be more opportunities, among other things, to ask questions directly to the person responsible for data protection, announced Facebook.
They had found that "the voting mechanism that is triggered by a certain number of comments, has actually led to a system that provides the quantity of comments about their quality," said Elliot Schrage, Facebook for "Communications, Public Policy and responsible marketing. " Therefore propose that Facebook, "the voting component of the process in favor of a system terminate, leading to more meaningful content, feedback and interaction," says Schrage continues.
The last vote on changes to the rules for use and privacy had fallen this year farce. The turnout of 350,000 users just 0.04 percent instead of the required 30 percent of all members. With now more than a billion active users, it has become virtually impossible to reach the mark of 30 percent. In future, it will take a vote to give more opportunities for comments.
The Facebook users are now getting time to 28 November, to comment on the proposals. 7000 comments so far to solve automatically amendments from a vote. Thus, it may be time for a vote on the abolition of the vote. However, it is likely, at its output, given the high investment hurdle little doubt. Suppose a vote less than 30 percent of members, Facebook is under the previous scheme, the changes simply in force.
Among other German privacy advocates have criticized the process, given the high participation hurdle sharp. They also accused Facebook of having informed the members about the insufficient coordination. The online network Facebook, which is frequently criticized by privacy advocates, called the vote often as an example of the possibilities of users to help shape the rules. Now there will be including regular live broadcasts with the authorities responsible for data protection manager Erin Egan.
In addition, Facebook on Wednesday announced a renewal of their privacy settings. So it should be a new filter for messages of other users and more information about who and where can see our own content. In addition, tips are designed to manage the profile.
The number of comments to the German-English language as well as the entry to the announcement on the Facebook page "Site Governance" growing steadily since the publication. The tenor is usually negative: The users are opposed to the abolition of the vote on rule changes. Many users on the other hand close to demands that were placed on "Our Policy".
These demands include not only the retention of the voting system, but also improvements in Transparanz, where the data are stored on which users, an opt-in for all the provisions on data usage by Facebook as well, for example better access of the users to own, at Facebook stored data. Initiated, the list of demands by the initiative "Europe versus Facebook", the last published a statement from Facebook, with the network against the amendment of the European data protection directives lobbied.
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