In the midst of yet another privacy debacle, Facebook wants you to know it truly does care about your feelings (maybe not your privacy, but definitely your feelings). After backlash over its new Photo Memories sidebar dredging up not-so-fond memories of exes, Facebook has set the feature to automatically block photos from users you have been in a relationship with.
A group was created specifically to complain about Facebook’s lack of sensitivity after the feature went live back in May. Users complained that the sidebar display lets (really, forces) you to relive past moments captured on Facebook. Of course, this includes any and all photos of you with an ex. And not just your exes, but perhaps your current significant other’s ex. The possibilities for being confronted with partners of the past go on and on, especially if you and yours tend to date within the same social circles.
Of course, this still leaves the window open for images of anyone you never declared your romantic status with to pop up. Or, if you were one of those people who found it funny to list yourself as committed to your roommate or best friend, their smiling faces are now eliminated from your sidebar. For the strong opposition to Photo Memories to be satisfied, Facebook might have to create a way for the feature to block exes, stepparents, former best friends – really, anyone to whom we have negative connotations.
So for now, you can look forward to still rehashing plenty of memories better left buried in that album you created freshman year.
Hahaha exactly my thoughts Adam + Chris. I’m thinking, y dont they delete them damn fotos. It doesnt make sense y Facebook must be sentimental to fotos people upload on their profiles!
Oh for Christ’s sake. If you don’t want to see pictures of your ex on your Facebook, take them down. If your current squeeze is tagged in a picture with their ex because they won’t take it down, whose to say you should dictate what they have on their Facebook?
If your ex won’t take a picture of you two down (you broke up with them, they’re crazy) then tough luck. Besides, when I’m done breaking up with a chick, I tend to do it that they’ll yank all the pictures of me anyway.
So now it’s facebooks job huh?
How very negative, but what you may not realize Jeremy, is that the photos are pulled from friends albums so "don't put them up" and "take them down" has no relevance to this problem. Even if you unfriend the x, most people still have mutual friends (which sucks but thats life) so the x will continue to pop up on mutual friends photos. And as far as "suck it up", when the masses complain, as a company you listen to those complaints and make adjustments accordingly. I think the only reasonable option is to make the "phot memories" section optional, or at the very least, have an option to not show photos with select friends.
i type to fast: "…have an option to select friends who pics you wish not to appear"
Jeremy is just a simple-minded retard who probably never was in a relationship, and therefore has no idea what the hell everyone is complaining about.
BUT JUST GROW UP AND GET OFF FACEBOOK, JEREMY. tard.
Jeremy,
save facebook for those that avoid personal interaction…..
This is ridiculous. If you really don't want photos of your exes being shown on your "memories" siderbar, then either 1. don't put them up, 2. take them down, or 3. suck it up. The content on Facebook is uploaded by the users, not by the admins, and the people over at Facebook aren't using the features to be malicious assholes. Seriously, everyone that's crying over this needs to stop being so butthurt and grow up, or get off Facebook.
Yeah. Everyone is going to go and meticulously un-tag themselves or their ex from every picture they ever shared together… that makes more sense than disabling or modifying a feature that clearly annoys many people.
Don't worry, Jeremy, you'll get it one day. Keep reaching for the stars.