Facebooks new way of 'categorising' friends

This article discusses how Facebook is working towards making new ways for users to 'sort' their friends. By making categories for different friends and family users are able to define which friends they want to view certain things.

This idea would be beneficial to users as they would no longer have to worry about their identity and lives being posted too publically on the internet. I think this idea deals with many of the problems in which internet users have such as the fact that they do not know who is viewing their profile and information. With this change to facebook then those on facebook may be more willing to post things and use the tools available as they are more comfortable knowing that their posts are secure.

I see this as a positive thing for Facebook to come up with, it allows users to have the option of selecting who views their posts and photos. It also opens up a new way for users to differentiate between their friends and family, which is also another way of expressing self identity in the same way as defining who your parents and siblings are.

This relates to the issue of self identity and the way we express ourselves over the internet as it is a way of creating a safer and more comfortable way for users to post things over the internet but in a controlled area.