Privacy that makes sense when you share
A privacy control earns trust when you can understand who will see a post before you share it. A reassuring label means little if you have to guess what happens next. The service owes you a clear connection between the choice you make and the audience that receives your words.
On TouchGrass, public, friends and circles are the starting point. You can choose the audience that fits an update, and what people can read on your profile depends on their access. A public visitor and a friend can therefore see different parts of the same person's life.
That makes privacy part of an ordinary social decision. You may be happy to discuss a project publicly and prefer to share a personal change with a few people you trust. Good software should make both choices understandable at the moment they matter.
Sharing with someone also involves trusting that person with what they learn. Audience controls help you decide who receives a post; that human trust gives the decision its meaning. We think a social network should make deliberate sharing easier, without nudging every conversation towards the largest possible audience.
On TouchGrass, public, friends and circles are the starting point. You can choose the audience that fits an update, and what people can read on your profile depends on their access. A public visitor and a friend can therefore see different parts of the same person's life.
That makes privacy part of an ordinary social decision. You may be happy to discuss a project publicly and prefer to share a personal change with a few people you trust. Good software should make both choices understandable at the moment they matter.
Sharing with someone also involves trusting that person with what they learn. Audience controls help you decide who receives a post; that human trust gives the decision its meaning. We think a social network should make deliberate sharing easier, without nudging every conversation towards the largest possible audience.