Since Facebook redesigned their privacy settings, many users have become confused with the difference between wall posts, tagging, commenting and how to control the visibility. In this post, it is explained the best practices for posting updates.
Wall Posts Public
Wall posts are a form of public message. When you visit a user’s profile, you can leave them a note which they will see as well as all of their friends. Any mutual friends that you have will also receive a news feed story which notifies them of the wall post. It´s not possible for wall posts that are made on friends’ profiles to be private, as they are intended to be public. If you want to make the message private, there are two alternatives: send a message or post a private update to your wall and tag your friend.
Private Updates
Many users do not fully understand how to control the visibility of posts especially private updates. However, you can play with the settings so that the posts will have limited visibility so that your friends won’t be able to read them. Furthermore, the news feed story generated by your wall post will not be visible to others on the customize option link.
The visibility of generic wall posts on your friends’ profiles right now cannot be hidden, however the purpose of wall posts was originally to make them public. If you have something that you want to keep private, you can use the publisher privacy settings or you can send a private message directly to your friend’s inbox.
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