Facebook voting underway

DAILY DOT COM - Facebook is asking its users to vote on whether they want to vote.  About two weeks ago, the company announced yet another update to its date use policy.  The more controversial of the changes included killing the user veto.  That's the rule that that currently states if 7,000 people comment on a proposed policy change, the change must be submitted to a vote.

Currently, every time Facebook proposes any major changes to its privacy policies, the company's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities requires those changes be put to a vote.  It’s a rule that was instituted back in April of 2009, when Facebook was up to 200 million users.

To date, Facebook has a billion-plus user base, and argues the old system no longer makes sense because its community is just too large. 

As part of the new date use policy Facebook is also looking at loosening restrictions on who can message you on Facebook, and sharing more of your user data over other Facebook-owned entities like Instagram. 

Here’s the link to the detailed changes.

Voting started on Monday, and will continue through December 10, at noon PST.  However, Facebook requires more than 30 percent of all active registered users in order for the results to become binding.  There’s a series of webcast with the company’s chief privacy officer, Erin Egans, to address questions…the first is slated for December 4 at 9:30 PST.

To vote on the proposed Facebook changes, use this link.