back to article Facebook's self-destruct status update beta test will self-destruct

Facebook has confirmed it is running a limited trial of a new feature that allows people to craft self-deleting posts. Some users spotted the social network including a new option on posts allowing them to be automatically removed after one hour to seven days. The feature allows a post to be visible for a set period of time …

  1. StimuliC

    Mmmmm! Interrrrresting!

    I wonder if they will self destruct or be locked away for Facebook to quietly mine and play with like experimenting with a lab rat?

    Somehow I think the latter. They can never pass up a chance to play games with their users.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Can anyone have confidence in what the web giants are doing after reading this...

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-11/how-big-data-peers-inside-your-medicine-chest.html

  3. Graham Marsden
    Coat

    Well I think that...

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