With the release of the Fall Update a few hours away Major Nelson wanted to remind everyone about setting their Friends of Friends preferences before the update goes live. The Friends of Friends feature defaults to allowing "everyone" to see your friends list, so if you want some privacy or only want your friends to see it then you have to be proactive. To change who can view your friends list, head on over to Xbox.com and make your decision. And yes, you'll be able to change the Friends of Friends preferences via the Xbox 360 dashboard after the Fall Update releases, but we're all about being prepared and organized. So what will it be? Everyone? Friends? Blocked? The decision is yours.
With the release of the Fall Update a few hours away Major Nelson wanted to remind everyone about setting their Friends of Friends preferences before the update goes live. The Friends of Friends feature defaults to allowing "everyone" to see your friends list, so if you want some privacy or only want your friends to see it then you have to be proactive. To change who can view your friends list, head on over to Xbox.com and make your decision. And yes, you'll be able to change the Friends of Friends preferences via the Xbox 360 dashboard after the Fall Update releases, but we're all about being prepared and organized. So what will it be? Everyone? Friends? Blocked? The decision is yours.
Reader Comments (15)
Posted: Dec 3rd 2007 4:53PM itsburnsie said
Friends only... which is what it should have defaulted to, in my opinion.
Thanks for the reminder X3F, you guys rule!
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Thanks for the reminder X3F, you guys rule!
Posted: Dec 3rd 2007 4:53PM (Unverified) said
Defaults to everyone?
Looks like Microsoft still doesn't know anything about security and privacy. Boneheaded.
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Looks like Microsoft still doesn't know anything about security and privacy. Boneheaded.
Posted: Dec 3rd 2007 4:59PM (Unverified) said
I've changed it a bunch of times, but it never seems to stick. Everytime I go back, "Everyone" shows up...grrr.
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Posted: Dec 3rd 2007 4:59PM (Unverified) said
I must be blind... I only see 6 options under Privacy Settings: Video and Text, Gamer Profile, Member Content, Video, Online Status, and Played Games. Where's the Friends of Friends option?!
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Posted: Dec 3rd 2007 5:16PM (Unverified) said
I agree with you VerticyX. "I thought hmm Deja Vu? I thought I had already set this?"
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Posted: Dec 4th 2007 8:31AM xenocidic said
So far the only use I've found for FoF is if you have a large group of like-minded individuals, you can use a dummy silver account to keep a database of them - this way new member can troll the list looking for people with similar gaming interests.
For example - GamerDads/GamerParents have one
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For example - GamerDads/GamerParents have one
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