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	<title type="text">Facebook bolsters sharing options, takes cues from Google+ &#8211; The Verge</title>
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				<name>Jacob Schulman</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Facebook bolsters sharing options, takes cues from Google+]]></title>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Facebook is making some sweeping changes when it comes to how you share content with friends, and many look to be inspired by some of Google+'s more robust features. Not all of these features are completely new, but are simply being relocated from rarely-visited privacy settings pages to more trafficked spots like the news feed [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<img alt="" data-caption="Facebook Sharing Control settings" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13852853/Facebook_Inline_Profile_Controls.1419961128.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
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	Facebook Sharing Control settings	</figcaption>
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<p><font face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif" size="2"><span> </span> </font></p><p class="p1"><font face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif" size="2"> </font></p><p class="p1"><font face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif" size="2"><span>Facebook is making some sweeping changes when it comes to how you share content with friends, and many look to be inspired by some of Google+'s more robust features. Not all of these features are completely new, but are simply being relocated from rarely-visited privacy settings pages to more trafficked spots like the news feed and profile pages. New inline profile controls allow you to control visibility of nearly every bit of information you share, and are eerily reminiscent of Google+'s Circles sharing implementation. A new drop-down menu will appear next to individual status updates and pieces of profile information (see above), enabli …</span></font></p>
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