How can I re-share my friend's Facebook photos?
March 6, 2011 12:40 PM Subscribe
How can I re-share my friend's Facebook photos?
My friend posted a photo album to Facebook and the album's privacy settings are set such that only his friends can see the album. I'd like all of my friends to see this album (not just our mutual friends). In other words, I'd like the album to appear on my wall and in the newsfeed that all my friends see about me.
I tried using the "Post Album to Profile" link, but as expected, only our mutual friends were able to see my post.
This makes sense; clearly, Facebook seems to be respecting the privacy settings my friend has chosen. What's the best way to re-share this album to all of my friends, though? Obviously I could download the photos and re-post them as my own new album, but I'd prefer to avoid doing this because (a) I'm lazy, and (b) I'd also like to preserve the comments people have made on the photos.
Note that I'm not trying to sneak around my friend's back or anything; he knows I want to do this, but he doesn't want to change the album privacy to "friends of friends" because that's a really wide circle. I'd just like *my* friends to see them, not all of his friends' friends.
Any ideas welcome - thanks!
My friend posted a photo album to Facebook and the album's privacy settings are set such that only his friends can see the album. I'd like all of my friends to see this album (not just our mutual friends). In other words, I'd like the album to appear on my wall and in the newsfeed that all my friends see about me.
I tried using the "Post Album to Profile" link, but as expected, only our mutual friends were able to see my post.
This makes sense; clearly, Facebook seems to be respecting the privacy settings my friend has chosen. What's the best way to re-share this album to all of my friends, though? Obviously I could download the photos and re-post them as my own new album, but I'd prefer to avoid doing this because (a) I'm lazy, and (b) I'd also like to preserve the comments people have made on the photos.
Note that I'm not trying to sneak around my friend's back or anything; he knows I want to do this, but he doesn't want to change the album privacy to "friends of friends" because that's a really wide circle. I'd just like *my* friends to see them, not all of his friends' friends.
Any ideas welcome - thanks!
When he's logged in and viewing the main album page, he should see at the bottom, a line that says "Share this album with anyone by sending them this public link".
posted by knile at 12:49 PM on March 6, 2011
posted by knile at 12:49 PM on March 6, 2011
When he's logged in and viewing the main album page, he should see at the bottom, a line that says "Share this album with anyone by sending them this public link"
I was curious, so I tested it- I sent a link from my photo's to a Facebook friend, and they posted it to their wall. Then we tested to see who could see the post. Only people who were friends with me could see it. So doesn't sound like that's a working strategy.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:26 PM on March 6, 2011
I was curious, so I tested it- I sent a link from my photo's to a Facebook friend, and they posted it to their wall. Then we tested to see who could see the post. Only people who were friends with me could see it. So doesn't sound like that's a working strategy.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:26 PM on March 6, 2011
Tag yourself in all of them. How many photos are we talking?
posted by Trivia Newton John at 3:19 PM on March 6, 2011
posted by Trivia Newton John at 3:19 PM on March 6, 2011
Duh, you just download the images and post them again. Right click on the picture, do save as, etc.
posted by delmoi at 4:08 PM on March 6, 2011
posted by delmoi at 4:08 PM on March 6, 2011
Response by poster: Thanks for the answers so far.
Trivia: Tagging myself won't work because tagging doesn't change the privacy settings of the photos. They still won't be visible to my friends even if I'm tagged in them.
Delmoi: As I mentioned, I'm aware that I could do this but I'm looking for alternate solutions.
Keep the suggestions coming!
posted by sunflower16 at 4:35 PM on March 6, 2011
Trivia: Tagging myself won't work because tagging doesn't change the privacy settings of the photos. They still won't be visible to my friends even if I'm tagged in them.
Delmoi: As I mentioned, I'm aware that I could do this but I'm looking for alternate solutions.
Keep the suggestions coming!
posted by sunflower16 at 4:35 PM on March 6, 2011
The new photo viewer does not allow right-click > save. That said, this is the whole point of the security settings. Ask him to allow friends of friends.
posted by rhizome at 4:39 PM on March 6, 2011
posted by rhizome at 4:39 PM on March 6, 2011
Ask your friend to alter their privacy settings. If they say "no", move on. It's possible that the friend has the privacy settings for a reason.
posted by Ookseer at 6:41 PM on March 6, 2011
posted by Ookseer at 6:41 PM on March 6, 2011
Response by poster: As I mentioned in the original post, my friend is already aware of what I want to do and would prefer not to alter the settings.
If anyone has any suggestions that provide what I'm asking for, let me know. I suspect what I'm trying to do is not possible, but I figured it didn't hurt to ask.
posted by sunflower16 at 7:47 PM on March 6, 2011
If anyone has any suggestions that provide what I'm asking for, let me know. I suspect what I'm trying to do is not possible, but I figured it didn't hurt to ask.
posted by sunflower16 at 7:47 PM on March 6, 2011
It is not possible.
HOWEVER. If you ever want to share just one pic at a time, send a link directly to the image, not the page that has the picture. This is done by right-clicking on the image and clicking "Copy Image Location" (on firefox, wording may differ on IE/chrome). Paste wherever you want to share. FB's security settings are only set on the page, has no effect on the image file.
Re a comment made above - the new lightbox photo viewer can be overridden just by refreshing the page.
posted by pinksoftsoap at 10:30 PM on March 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
HOWEVER. If you ever want to share just one pic at a time, send a link directly to the image, not the page that has the picture. This is done by right-clicking on the image and clicking "Copy Image Location" (on firefox, wording may differ on IE/chrome). Paste wherever you want to share. FB's security settings are only set on the page, has no effect on the image file.
Re a comment made above - the new lightbox photo viewer can be overridden just by refreshing the page.
posted by pinksoftsoap at 10:30 PM on March 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
I was curious, so I tested it- I sent a link from my photo's to a Facebook friend, and they posted it to their wall. Then we tested to see who could see the post. Only people who were friends with me could see it. So doesn't sound like that's a working strategy.
Yet, when I try it with my albums and people who don't have Facebook accounts, they can see it. So there's something about this strategy that does work.
posted by knile at 1:41 AM on March 7, 2011
Yet, when I try it with my albums and people who don't have Facebook accounts, they can see it. So there's something about this strategy that does work.
posted by knile at 1:41 AM on March 7, 2011
I don't think this is possible exactly the way you want it to be, but there is a program called FacePAD that will download all the images in an album at once, making your secondary solution a bit easier.
posted by Vectorcon Systems at 7:20 AM on March 8, 2011
posted by Vectorcon Systems at 7:20 AM on March 8, 2011
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posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:41 PM on March 6, 2011 [1 favorite]