Itamar Kestenbaum

In a blog post from Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, he quickly gave an overview of how the privacy settings became what they were, and where Facebook went wrong. He addressed the feedback we’ve been giving him, and said that:

Facebook will be announcing the new privacy features shortly, according to Mashable.

Facebook will be fixing a huge gaff created during the f8 conference, and will be announcing the fix today. In order to follow, please go to Mashable at this link, and look for the live blog:

http://mashable.com/2010/05/26/facebook-new-privacy-features/

According to TechCrunch - Chris Cox, VP of Product for Facebook has announced that Facebook will be rolling out simplified privacy settings tomorrow. Over the past few weeks, Facebook has been under tremendous criticism due to it’s lack of regard for privacy.

With the entire internet attacking Mark Zuckerberg and the folks at Facebook for their extreme approach to Privacy (or the lack thereof,) many influencers including Leo Laporte have deleted their Facebook accounts in protest. With that being the case – the concept of an alternative to Facebook has been brought to the forefront of the tech industry’s buzz. Here are a few of the interesting alternatives to Facebook that can help you connect even if you do decide to oust Facebook from your daily routine: