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My worry is exactly that people are not understanding that the theory is already wrong.

I know users are misunderstanding things like the privacy setting on posts, believing that it guarantees access only to the people according to the setting, when it doesn't. I know this because I've talked to people who were floored to hear that's not how this platform works.

If people think they have more control over their own contents, then are wrong, and they need to know they're wrong. They need to know that the security features of this system are not designed to work the way they think.

Like I said, the big example is a user deleting a post and expecting that it will be deleted entirely. Not an unreasonable expectation! But one that is just not in line with how this system works.

This has nothing to do with virality. It has to do with privacy and control over content.

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