Privacy is always a concern in social media; especially in systems hosted in or accessible by your workplace, where wrong privacy settings can cause trouble. If we consider Facebook, for example, there have been many incidents where accidental over-sharing with an employer led to severe implications at work. In our case the platform is student-centric and the bulk of information exchange relate to academic performance. Fear of unwanted access to personal information, from a lecturer for example, could lead to hesitation from the users to share content.

For this reason, it was decided that any decisions on privacy will be dealt with by the user. Continue reading →