Reminder: Set your Friends of Friends settings
by Dustin Burg 
{ Dec 3rd 2007 at 4:30PM }
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.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
LuckyEMS @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:50PM
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
itsburnsie @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:53PM
Friends only... which is what it should have defaulted to, in my opinion.
Thanks for the reminder X3F, you guys rule!
Pixelantes Anonymous @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:53PM
Defaults to everyone?
Looks like Microsoft still doesn't know anything about security and privacy. Boneheaded.
VerticyX @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:59PM
I've changed it a bunch of times, but it never seems to stick. Everytime I go back, "Everyone" shows up...grrr.
maxim2112 @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:59PM
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?!
DjDATZ @ Dec 3rd 2007 6:03PM
xbox.com/fof
Freeze @ Dec 3rd 2007 5:16PM
I agree with you VerticyX. "I thought hmm Deja Vu? I thought I had already set this?"
Etchasketchist @ Dec 3rd 2007 5:19PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8TQ_hiNbF8
Bravo6 @ Dec 3rd 2007 5:31PM
I don't quite understand the point of the FoF in the first place.
booticon @ Dec 4th 2007 1:46PM
I've found it useful in finding old friends from highschool.
oo7ev @ Dec 3rd 2007 5:55PM
great pic .
southpark's BFF episode.
DjDATZ @ Dec 3rd 2007 6:00PM
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
Greg @ Dec 3rd 2007 7:48PM
Blocked and staying that way
mike @ Dec 4th 2007 12:32AM
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.
xenocidic @ Dec 4th 2007 8:31AM
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