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.
Reminder: Set your Friends of Friends settings
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.
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12-03-2007 @ 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
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12-03-2007 @ 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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12-03-2007 @ 4:53PM
Pixelantes Anonymous said...
Defaults to everyone?
Looks like Microsoft still doesn't know anything about security and privacy. Boneheaded.
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12-03-2007 @ 4:59PM
VerticyX 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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12-03-2007 @ 4:59PM
maxim2112 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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12-03-2007 @ 6:03PM
DjDATZ said...
xbox.com/fof
12-03-2007 @ 5:16PM
Freeze said...
I agree with you VerticyX. "I thought hmm Deja Vu? I thought I had already set this?"
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12-03-2007 @ 5:19PM
Etchasketchist said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8TQ_hiNbF8
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12-03-2007 @ 5:31PM
Bravo6 said...
I don't quite understand the point of the FoF in the first place.
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12-04-2007 @ 1:46PM
booticon said...
I've found it useful in finding old friends from highschool.
12-03-2007 @ 5:55PM
oo7ev said...
great pic .
southpark's BFF episode.
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12-03-2007 @ 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
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12-03-2007 @ 7:48PM
Greg said...
Blocked and staying that way
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12-04-2007 @ 12:32AM
mike 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.
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12-04-2007 @ 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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