The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook is a recently released work by IBM Research scientist Matt McKeon. His analysis provides a series of charts depicting user growth and information sharing on Facebook, at multiple points in time: 2005, 2007, 2009 and early 2010.
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Earliest "snapshot" of Facebook user privacy 2005 |
Matt's article has all six charts in chronological order, as well as a complete explanation of his methodology. He included data collection details.
The overall message is the dramatic increase in the level of public exposure of Facebook users' private data over time.
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Personal data and privacy status as of April 2010 |
Please note that these charts are part of a work-in-progress and may be updated at any time. They are reproduced here* with specific permission from Matt McKeon but are not Creative Commons licensed and may not be further reproduced except under the limited usage terms on Matt's website.
This real-life image via fffound is well-suited to the conclusions one may draw after considering Matt's analytic work.
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Ellie K's inquiry about re-use permission in Disqus comments.
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