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This week, theon Mashable brought into focus both the state of the world around us and the constantly changing nature of our virtual lives. Our readers launched into debate whenappeared to be making drastic changes to its privacy policy. Based on the wording of Instagram's , photographers worried that they may no longer own the rights to their own work, and that their photos could be used in advertising. As Mashable's Chris Taylor put it, the TOS as they stood early this week basically "."
Over the course of the week, we saw new privacy settings for Instagram users revealed,(while remaining unchanged) and then finallyand .
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The Instagram controversy proved that users are, in fact, paying attention to the often glossed-overestablished by their favorite apps, and that a company's response to public outcry has the potential to make or break their service.
Mashable's senior tech analyst, Christina Warren,Instagram's actions to Netflix's in the summer of 2011. Outraged users proved they weren't bluffing about abandoning Instagram:andthreatened to quit the network, and downloads of rival apps such asandsoared in the days surrounding the controversy. What was your take on this week's events, involving photo-sharing and users' right to ownership?
Even more commented upon, though less debated, were two Mashable stories that examined social media backlash in the wake of a tragedy. In the days following the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in , Connecticut, we found ourselves contemplating, both online and off, the horrific nature of the event. Unsurprisingly, the two most-commented-upon stories this week both centered on Sandy Hook's impact on the social web. Our commenters sounded off on thesent during Obama's Newtown speech, as well as on the viral post, "."
Other stories our commenters flocked to this week included aof a golden eagle snatching a baby (later proved to be a hoax), theof the Westboro Baptist Church by hacktivist groupand the appalling revelation that Facebook's internsthan all of us. We also prepared for theas brought forth by the Mayan Apocalypse -- which never did happen.
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