> This is going to sound like hyperbole, but this new feature has
> actually RUINED CHRISTMAS for my family! I sent a share a few days ago
> that I thought would only go to a few politically-like-minded friends.
> I didn't realize that because I had chatted with him in GChat, it
> would also go to my brother, who is of a different political
> persuasion. When he received it, he sent a snide, angry email about it
> to a large group of our family members. I sent him an email (I'll
> admit, not the nicest one I've ever sent) asking him not to talk about
> me behind my back and recommending that he stop reading my feed if the
> posts were going to make him so angry. He called me a nasty name and
> told me that if I can't take a little ribbing, maybe we shouldn't talk
> anymore at all, including at Christmas Eve dinner. My whole family has
> taken sides over this divisive political issue, and several of them
> are not speaking. I kid you not, this is threatening to break up my
> family at Christmas.

> Google, you can set up whatever features you want and make whatever
> rules you want to. But you have to give us fair warning so that we can
> make decisions about how to use your products. You can't change the
> rules without telling anyone. People have integrated your products
> into their everyday lives, so the changes you make have real effects
> on our lives, including our relationships with the people we contact.
> You have to keep that in mind when you make these sorts of major
> decisions

> Please, please give me the option to choose who to share with and who
> not to share with. And tell us in advance before you make changes of
> this magnitude so that people can alter their behavior before the
> changes occur.