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Seaton J

MySpace's new privacy settings will make it a safer alternative to Facebook.

Recently, MySpace announced that it would change its default privacy settling for updates to "friends only". This move was an apparent attempt to better position itself against its main competitor, Facebook. Myspace's new emphasis on privacy is part of their new public commitment to privacy. This effort is one of their main strategies in becoming more relevant.

This recent move by MySpace to increase privacy is the opposite of what Facebook did last summer. Last summer, Facebook altered their privacy settings to encourage to users to use public updates. According to social networking experts, now was the perfect time for MySpace to take a jab at Facebook. This move should help MySpace gain some ground among those privacy-conscious social networking users, but, according to the experts, don't expect this move to allow them to regain their top social networking site status.

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