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Use Facebook Places With Close Friends Only
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Geek Tip: How to Use Facebook Places With Only Close Friends

One of the chief complaints floating around about Facebook's new Places functionality is that it allows too many people to learn where you are.
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One of the chief complaints floating around about Facebook's new Places functionality is that it allows too many people to learn where you are. Luckily, with a few changed options within Facebook's Privacy Settings, it's easy to take advantage of the new feature without broadcasting your location to hundreds of Facebook users. I touched on this tip briefly in a larger post about Facebook Places privacy settings, but here's a helpful reminder: there's an easy way to use Facebook Places but restrict the information to only a select group of friends with whom you feel comfortable sharing your whereabouts.

Find out how after the break.

Using Facebook Places
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Will You Use Facebook Places?

I don't think Facebook Places was a big surprise when the company announced its launch earlier this week.
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I don't think Facebook Places was a big surprise when the company announced its launch earlier this week. What did surprise me were all the partners that will be working with Facebook and their new location API — Gowalla, Foursquare, Yelp, and Booyah to start with.

Although there are plenty of other location apps to choose from (some of which give you rewards for using), it seems that Facebook is the Goliath to contend with now — it has 500 million users built-in, while other, newer location-based companies are competing to get a smaller piece of the pie. I'm curious to know — will you use Facebook Places, or are you uninterested in using the new feature?

Facebook Places Privacy
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How to Edit Your Facebook Places Privacy Settings

Facebook Places hasn't even rolled out to all users yet, and already there's a bit of an outcry concerning privacy.
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Facebook Places Privacy

Facebook Places hasn't even rolled out to all users yet, and already there's a bit of an outcry concerning privacy. Why? Well unlike Foursquare, your friends can check you in to locations without you actually being there, as well as tag you in mobile photos, even if you haven't checked in.

At Wednesday's Facebook Places launch at Facebook HQ, there were a few questions about how exactly this new feature effects privacy. Some of those issues were addressed by Mark Zuckerberg and the Places team, but here, we'll dive in a little deeper and tell you how to change your privacy settings for maximum control over your Places check ins. Follow along in this slideshow!

Customize Your Settings Who's Seeing Your Check Ins? Customizing Check Ins Hide From Certain People People Here Now Letting Friends Check You In Your Friends' Apps
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Facebook Places News
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Facebook Announces Geo-Location Feature: Facebook Places

I'm live at Facebook HQ, and this evening, Mark Zuckerberg and team (finally) announced Places, their new geo-location feature.
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I'm live at Facebook HQ, and this evening, Mark Zuckerberg and team (finally) announced Places, their new geo-location feature. Places will be available on mobile browsers, and a brand new Facebook app which will be made available tomorrow. Places is like a news feed for your locations, also letting you comment and like each place you visit. With Places, you can see your friend's activities and recommendations. Mark Zuckerberg was on hand for the presentation, and described three main reasons to use Facebook Places, which included:

  • See where your friends are
  • Discover new places to visit
  • Share experiences and places with your friends

Want to know how it works? Then just keep reading.