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Facebook 'rebuilding bridges with web users'
Wednesday 29th April 2009, by Daniel King
Facebook may have begun to rebuild some of the bridges it had torn down between itself and broadband users with a recent move to allow members ownership of their uploaded content, it has been suggested.
According to a spokesman for the Social Media Portal (SMP) - a group which looks at global social media and networking trends, and is run by Elemental Communications - the decision is good news for all involved.
Rachel Hawkes, co-editor and co-founder of the resource, explains that by giving the site governance vote back to its users, Facebook has provided a level of ownership over photos and content they deserve.
She notes that, prior to this exercise, the relationship between web users and the social networking site had been strained - thanks to the firm's privacy policy and terms and conditions.
"In the past they have been accused of not being open and transparent, changing terms of use with no notice or announcement before and/or after," Ms Hawkes explains.
She adds Facebook should be praised for its move to restore trust between itself and its customers - even if there were limitations on this.
"Though Facebook are looking to lower the voting threshold from 30 per cent of the entire community [
] they are handing a level of control over to the people without whom the site would be nothing," the spokeswoman concludes.
It was announced by Facebook's general council on April 24th the inaugural site governance vote results were 74.37 per cent in favour of giving more content control to the public.
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