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"Over 660 million people use Facebook worldwide. We share thoughts, photos, our likes, our dislikes\u2026 we share a lot! But how much control do we have when it comes to managing our profiles?\r\n\r\nLast year, Facebook changed its privacy settings. In a statement from the social network last March it said:\r\n\u2018New settings will give the more than 400 million people who use Facebook the power to control exactly who can see the information and content they share, all with just a few simple clicks.\u2019\r\nThe privacy changes were based on three principles:\r\n\r\n1. Making Control Simple\r\n\r\n\r\nFacebook aimed to make choosing and implementing privacy settings easier. Users could select privacy settings for different content and apply these settings to all previously posted content.\r\n\r\n2. Less Publicly Available Information\r\n\r\nFacebook reduced the amount of information available for public viewing. Only name, profile picture (unless hidden), gender (unless hidden), and networks were visible.\r\n\r\n3. Easier Opt Outs\r\n\r\nThe site introduced tighter controls over which information is shared with applications.\r\n\r\nBut despite these changes it seems we still don\u2019t have full control over our content.\r\n\r\nI signed up for Facebook in 2006 and decided, five years on, my profile could really do with a thorough clear out. So, photos were deleted and untagged, friends were \u2018unfriended\u2019, and groups were left, but then came the wall, literally. With a bit of scrolling and clicking I could access the last month\u2019s wall posts but any more than that became quite the task.\r\n\r\nI contacted Facebook. It was suggested I \u2018Download My Information\u2019 via My Account Settings. Doing this would provide me with a link to a zip file containing everything on my Facebook profile. Not bad, but would it let me edit the information once I had access to it? I\u2019ll have to wait and see as after one failed attempt, I\u2019m still waiting for the link to be sent.\r\n\r\nIn the meantime I thought I\u2019d check out some web alternatives for storing Facebook information and hopefully find a way of accessing and editing my wall posts.\r\nMemolane\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWe first reviewed this web app in December 2010. [Memolane: Your social media actions become a slick timeline of memories]\r\n\r\nMemolane is an effective and attractive way of tracking content posted to a variety of sites including Facebook and Twitter. Alongside the aesthetics, my favourite feature of this app is that even if you signed up today it would catalogue photos, statuses, videos and tweets, you\u2019ve posted since you started using each account. And it\u2019s all accessible through an easy to use timeline at the bottom of the \u2018lane\u2019. Simply click anywhere on the timeline to find what you were up to on a particular date.\r\n\r\nBut how does it help with my quest to gain full control of my Facebook wall? Well, sadly it doesn\u2019t. Memolane only tracks what the user posts onto the site, it doesn\u2019t have any influence on the hosting sites. So even if you find what you want, you can\u2019t edit it or delete it. Secondly, it doesn\u2019t list everything posted on a user\u2019s wall, just what the user posts.\r\nSocialSafe\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnother app we previously reviewed [SocialSafe offers Facebook \u2018backup\u2019 solution], SocialSafe is a digital diary that stores data synced from Facebook. I downloaded the free version, which allows me to back up photos, friends, profile information, and status updates. If I upgraded to the \u00A34.99/$6.99 SocialSafe Pro I could also sync wall posts, comments, likes, and more. The Pro version also allows Twitter integration, and according to the website, integration with other social media sites such as Flickr, Instagram and Wordpress will soon follow.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, like Memolane, SocialSafe can\u2019t help me when it comes to managing my Facebook wall. First of all I\u2019d have to pay to get the Pro version, and even then, like Memolane, it\u2019s a one-way thing. Content can come in but it\u2019s simply about storage not editing.\r\nArchivedbook\r\n\r\n\r\nArchivedbook is a simple web app that documents all of a user\u2019s status updates in the last two years. Simply connect with Facebook to get a full listing. The site also gives users the option to check in on their Facebook friends\u2019 statuses too.\r\n\r\nBut, like the other apps, still no way to edit or delete the posts.\r\n\r\nSo back to square one, and still no zip file from Facebook, although I suspect even with the file I still wouldn\u2019t be able to edit or delete the posts I wanted.\r\n\r\nConclusion\r\n\r\nMark Zuckerberg said of the redesign of Facebook\u2019s privacy settings:\r\n\u201CWhen we started Facebook, we built it around a few simple ideas. When people have control over what they share, they want to share more. When people share more, the world becomes more open and connected. Over the past few weeks, the number one thing we've heard is that many users want a simpler way to control their information. Today, we're starting to roll out changes that will make our controls simpler and easier.\u201D\r\nBut despite changes to Facebook over the last year some things just aren\u2019t made to be easy. I still haven\u2019t received the zip file containing all my information \u2013 maybe it\u2019ll be third time charm \u2013 and when searching through Facebook\u2019s \u2018Help Centre\u2019 for clues on how to edit my ever-expanding wall there\u2019s simply this explanation\u2026\r\n\u201CWhere are the filters below my wall?\u201D\r\n\r\n\u201CWe no longer offer the ability to filter your Wall posts. However, you can still look for a specific post by scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking to view \u2018Older Posts.\u2019\u201D\r\nWhen I contacted Facebook asking how far back a user\u2019s wall actually dates I was directed back to the \u2018Help Centre\u2019 where I found the above advice. There was no explanation of how far back walls go. (Some users claim it\u2019s two years, some say it dates back to when you signed up.)\r\n\r\nSo, for now it seems I\u2019ll just have to keep scrolling and clicking."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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