And this is why competition is a good thing. If you read between the lines, it's clear a lot of these features are motivated by Google+'s privacy controls. Facebook has even exceeded Google+ in a few areas like tag approval. What's interesting here is that people have been asking for features like tag approval for several years. Honestly, it's a no-brainer feature that has had widespread support. But it took the entrance of a serious competitor into the market to force Facebook to respond to user demands.