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 4:50PM LuckyEMS said
everyone i mean who gives a shit if someone can see my friends list most people when they see my profile browse through it anyway
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!
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.
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.
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?!
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?"
Posted: Dec 3rd 2007 5:19PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Dec 3rd 2007 5:31PM Rajko said
I don't quite understand the point of the FoF in the first place.
Posted: Dec 3rd 2007 5:55PM dibs oddjob said
great pic .
southpark's BFF episode.
southpark's BFF episode.
Posted: Dec 3rd 2007 6:00PM DjDATZ said
everyone...i really don't care who can see who's on my friendslist...plus with rich, dustin, and knuckles on my FL, if anyone looks...they might think i'm actually someone important. :P heheheheh lolz
Posted: Dec 3rd 2007 7:48PM goverland said
Blocked and staying that way
Posted: Dec 4th 2007 12:32AM 007craft said
i just went to xbox.com/fof and its just a bunch of text saying once the update occurs, you can make a change. Nothing allowing you to make a change fromt here however.
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
For example - GamerDads/GamerParents have one
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