You can also set your own privacy settings by going to "settings" (at the top right) and then "privacy settings". For those concerned about privacy, I strongly suggest doing this, because I seem to remember my own default settings not being as private as I wanted them to be. Bari On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:35 AM, David Lloyd <david@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > Some of you have asked me about the possible loss of privacy if you join > the > ETNI facebook group. I will try to answer this concern. Those of you on the > list who know facebook well may correct me if I get anything wrong. > > As far as I understand, only people who have a facebook account can see the > full list of ETNI facebook group members. Even then, unless you > specifically > accept a friend request from someone, that person can only see your name > and > picture (if you have included a picture) and your friend list. They cannot > see anything more from your personal facebook profile. So you personally > control what people can see and can't see about you. > > Even if someone has joined the ETNI facebook group, they still can only see > your name, picture and friend list unless you accept a friend request from > them, if they have sent you one. > > Remember, you can find the ETNI facebook group at - > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31737970668 > > You are welcome to join. I believe that the facebook group may > significantly > contribute to the sense of community among Etni members. However, there are > no plans to have it take away from existing ETNI elements, such as the > mailing list and web site. > > David > > > ----------------------------------------------- > ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org > or - http://www.etni.org.il ** > ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** > ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** > ----------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------