A few minutes ago, TGM Posted information concerning the New Facebook Connections. The information was from the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), and TGM wanted to test and see if we could show you #6 in the list of Six Things You Need to Know About Facebook Connections (http://www NULL.eff NULL.org/deeplinks/2010/05/things-you-need-know-about-facebook) (LINK: http://www.techgeekandmore.com/2010/05/10/facebook-connections-eff-electronic-frontier-foundation-privacy-changes-six-things-to-know/ ) because #6
Your posts may show up on a Connection page even if you do not opt in to the Connection. If you use the name of a Connection in a post on your wall, it may show up (http://facebookiswatchingyou NULL.blogspot NULL.com/2010/04/what-you-say-now-on-facebook-can-go-to NULL.html) on the Connection page, without you even knowing it. (For example, if you use the word “FBI” (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/pages/FBI/109596699068116?v=stream&ref=ts) in a post).
For some reason just bugged more than the other 5. The sad thing to report is that within a couple of moment we were able to recreate #6. This affects anyone who posts anything on their or other peoples wall with a setting of “Everyone”.
To make it clear, this happened when posting to a wall with the EVERYONE setting, which means when you post the lock is set to Everyone (Example below).
As noted once I hit share it gets added to the wall.
That is where most people would assume that my post would end. However, it doesn’t, and this is where #6 of the 6 things you need to know comes in play
Your posts may show up on a Connection page even if you do not opt in to the Connection. If you use the name of a Connection in a post on your wall, it may show up (http://facebookiswatchingyou NULL.blogspot NULL.com/2010/04/what-you-say-now-on-facebook-can-go-to NULL.html) on the Connection page, without you even knowing it. (For example, if you use the word “FBI” (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/pages/FBI/109596699068116?v=stream&ref=ts) in a post).
As it says if you use the name of a Connections page in your post on your wall, it may show up on the Connections page. In my test I used FB….I (Note its is FBI but there is a space), and when I go to the FBI Connections page (LINK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FBI/109596699068116?v=stream&ref=ts (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/pages/FBI/109596699068116?v=stream&ref=ts)) to my surprise we find
my post for my wall. I didn’t talk about the FBI, I said FB…I, yet I am now listed on a Connections page for the FBI (Of which I don’t believe it has any direct involvement with the actual Bureau). If I didn’t visit the FBI Connections why is my post here. In addition there are other people who have posts for FBI or FB…I that get posted continuously.
So before you post something with EVERYONE settings, you better think about what your posting as it may go past your wall.