Help me understand Facebook privacy settings
February 5, 2010 7:27 AM Subscribe
How can I hide all posts by me from a list of friends on Facebook?
There's an option under Facebook Privacy settings for that, but it hides my whole wall! I still want people to be able to see posts from my friends.
There's an option under Facebook Privacy settings for that, but it hides my whole wall! I still want people to be able to see posts from my friends.
You need to go into Friends and create a new friends list and add those people to the list. When you make a post, you can choose which friends lists to block from seeing it.
posted by pravit at 7:33 AM on February 5, 2010
posted by pravit at 7:33 AM on February 5, 2010
Response by poster: I'm importing the posts from a tumblr blog, so I cannot modify the settings in the little lock item -- maybe there's a way to block friend lists from seeing posts from a certain application.
posted by Maia at 8:13 AM on February 5, 2010
posted by Maia at 8:13 AM on February 5, 2010
To follow up on the suggestions from smakfu and pravit, once you've added those friends to a list, you can go in to your privacy settings and customize them so that list can't see certain stuff.
posted by dalesd at 8:15 AM on February 5, 2010
posted by dalesd at 8:15 AM on February 5, 2010
I'm importing the posts from a tumblr blog, so I cannot modify the settings in the little lock item
Ah, that makes it trickier. Maybe try changing the default privacy for "Posts by Me" here? That has the same Customize privacy setting that lets you exclude a list of people. I don't know for sure that it applies to application posts though, so I would test it.
posted by smackfu at 8:40 AM on February 5, 2010
Ah, that makes it trickier. Maybe try changing the default privacy for "Posts by Me" here? That has the same Customize privacy setting that lets you exclude a list of people. I don't know for sure that it applies to application posts though, so I would test it.
posted by smackfu at 8:40 AM on February 5, 2010
Response by poster: Yes, I tried the "Posts by Me" setting, but it but it hides my whole wall! (I still want people on the excluded list to be able to see posts from my friends.)
posted by Maia at 9:00 AM on February 5, 2010
posted by Maia at 9:00 AM on February 5, 2010
First, create a friends list and add everyone you want to exclude from seeing the posts.
Then, in the toolbar at the bottom of every Facebook page, click "Applications" on the left side.
Click "Edit Applications" in the menu.
Find the application you're using to import from Tumblr (the Notes app, or something else?).
Click "Edit Settings" next to the app in question.
Under "Privacy" you can exclude that entire list from seeing the app.
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 9:04 AM on February 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
Then, in the toolbar at the bottom of every Facebook page, click "Applications" on the left side.
Click "Edit Applications" in the menu.
Find the application you're using to import from Tumblr (the Notes app, or something else?).
Click "Edit Settings" next to the app in question.
Under "Privacy" you can exclude that entire list from seeing the app.
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 9:04 AM on February 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
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posted by smackfu at 7:30 AM on February 5, 2010