Facebook On-Board with Inner "Circles"

Just seeing the latest update on Facebook this morning, giving users the ability to customize share/privacy settings inline in status updates.

Logging in you'll see three things:

1. A more obvious dialogue box bringing attention to adding friends. The description indicates that "tagging" friends allows them and their friends to see your posts.

2. Select location, which is something we've been hearing more about lately. Facebook is finally integrating location more in depth with their product offering. Tying location to everyday Facebook actions is important and that's why locking your location for status updates is front and center.

3. Probably the most drastic change would be the ability to "Control privacy when you post - or after," and what I'm calling Facebook Circles? Because really, where have we seen this if not Google+ Circles? Select the "Group" of people you've already curated on Facebook so that only THEY can see it.

Here's what Facebook has to say on that:

"Use this to manage who can see and comment on posts you share, including ones with location, if you add it. When you change this setting, it will stay how you set it for future posts until you change it again. Posts (including check-ins) from old mobile Facebook apps will use your new default privacy setting.

Also, we've changed the label for "Everyone" to "Public," but your posts will still reach the same people."

What do you think? Will this catch on with the mainstream Facebook user and validate the Google+ circles use case? 

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