Tropophilia Speaks, Google Listens

Today, Google released granular sharing controls for its Reader product.  Allowing users on a contact-by-contact basis to determine who they share items with (and, in turn, who can share items with them), this upgrade arrived in explicit response to widespread user outcry over a previous upgrade that didn’t give users enough control over their sharing.  That was about eight months ago, and the very first post on this blog chronicled and discussed the reaction.

Yeah, that’s right.  In only three weeks of employment with Google, I have taken the message of the good ship Tropophilia to the higher-ups and shaken the foundations of the Web itself.

If only.

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- "The Google Reader Debate: What is a “friend”? What is “public”? What is “privacy”?", posted by Jarred on December 31, 2007

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- "Happy Independence Day from Tropophilia!", posted by Jarred on July 3, 2008

- "Scaled Automation: Google and Facebook Start To Connect Your Dots", posted by Jarred on May 12, 2008

- "iGoogle Goes Social: The Birth of Scaled Automation", posted by Jarred on April 24, 2008

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