Understanding Facebook Friends' Lists And Your Privacy

1. Can you hide yourself on Facebook friends list?
2. What does Friends of Friends Privacy mean on Facebook?
3. Who shows up first on facebook friends list?
4. What happened to the Friends of Friends privacy setting on Facebook?
5. How can I secure my friend list on Facebook?
6. Can someone stop me from seeing their posts on Facebook?
7. Can I see who viewed my Facebook story if we aren't friends?
8. Who can see your future posts friends except?
9. How can you tell if someone has you on restricted on Facebook?
10. How does FB choose friends to display on 2020?
11. What determines the 9 friends on Facebook profile?
12. Who shows up on your top 6 friends on Facebook?

Can you hide yourself on Facebook friends list?

Sadly, you can't do it. While you can hide your own friends list from people and set your privacy so that only friends of friends can send you requests, you can't make it so that others can't see you in someone's friends list.

What does Friends of Friends Privacy mean on Facebook?

The "friends of friends" privacy setting includes all of the people you have added to your friends' list, plus all of the people that THOSE people have added. Again, this isn't necessarily bad. Posting to your friends' friends could help you meet cool people that you don't know yet.

Who shows up first on facebook friends list?

Your recent friends may also get on top of the list. This happens if you have some form of interaction or communication with them. It is not uncommon that two or three out of nine of your top friends are all your recent friends. The Facebook algorithm looks to push the most recent activity on top.

What happened to the Friends of Friends privacy setting on Facebook?

Of course, on Facebook, the definition of “friend” is elastic, and so you may be exposing your life story to people that shouldn't have it. Fortunately, Facebook doesn't really promote the “Friends of Friends” option anymore, instead burying it within the “Custom” privacy settings.

How can I secure my friend list on Facebook?

Select Settings & Privacy, then click Settings. In the left column, click Privacy. Look for the setting Who can see your friends list? and click Edit to the far right. Select the audience of people (such as Friends) you'd like to have access to your friends list.

Can someone stop me from seeing their posts on Facebook?

Hiding an individual post

Just click the button immediately to the left of the blue “Post” button when typing a status update. Just like using the Privacy Settings page, you can choose to block individual people from seeing the post using the “custom” option. Think of it as giving your boss a brief social timeout.

Can I see who viewed my Facebook story if we aren't friends?

Unfortunately, if you changed your privacy setting to “Public”, you won't be able to see the people who viewed your stories that you're not friends on Facebook with. Facebook has yet to display who the “Other Viewers” are, so you can only see your friends that viewed your story.

Who can see your future posts friends except?

1. You can choose who can post on your timeline by choosing friends or “only me.” Choosing the latter means no one, not even your Facebook friends, will see your posts.

How can you tell if someone has you on restricted on Facebook?

How can I tell if a friend has restricted me from seeing their posts? The only way you can tell for sure is to ask someone else if they can see any posts from that person. If they can see posts that you can't, then you'll know that person has blocked you from seeing their posts.

How does FB choose friends to display on 2020?

These factors include:

1. Interactions on Facebook. Recently and over time. ...
2. Profile views. They have viewed your profile and/or you have viewed their profile – Total amount of views when compared to other friends profiles viewed.
3. Tagged photos. ...
4. Wall posts. ...
5. Likes. ...
6. Comments. ...
7. Photos viewed. ...
8. Currently online.

What determines the 9 friends on Facebook profile?

According to Motherboard Facebook determines those nine friends based on 12 factors - your interactions with those individuals on Facebook, profile views, tagged photos, wall posts, likes, comments, viewed photos, private messages, mutual interactions, friends who are currently online, friends you've added to the " ...

Who shows up on your top 6 friends on Facebook?

At the top of the new Facebook Timeline profile, the 6 friends photos that facebook chooses for the smaller friends list box across the top banner is much more likely to show friends that are more likely to be your closer friends (and/or facebook stalkers, crushes, or recently interacted with friends).