I have a lot of old friends on facebook. When its someones birthday, it would have the update on the top right corner on the friend birthday. So usually when i click on their profile, there would be lot of their friend saying happy birthday. However, i noticed theres been quite a few friends where i don’t see any birthday posts on their wall. Im 100 percent positive thats not positive b/c i know a while back before facebook changed a lot of things, there were always posts from friends etc.
The thing is when i click on their profile and their wall, it seems like i could write something on their wall. However, that would seem very weird as it would seem like im the only person that wrote it. However, im sure many of my friends had ppl wish them happy birthday but is there a reason why i dont see any birthday posts on their wall? Did they make their profile limited?
The thing is this… if that was the case, that mean everyone that wish them happy birthday… from their facebook view… it would look like their the only person that wished happy birthday. And so is everyone else who did that? But to that person who is their birthday, they could view everyones facebook wish on their wall?
The thing is when they post thank you for the birthday wishes, i dont even see any ppl posting it on their wall. However… i would see like a few ppl liking this post and some others adding comments to it as well.
The thing is im 100 percent sure this person didn’t say only restrict me from seeing their wall because i have quite a good amount of old friends whose facebook wall is exactly like this. I had heard you can block certain ppl from seeing your profile or seeing your wall but this isn’t possible b/c all these friends i have from back then, if they did a limited profile, they would limit a lot of others to. Yet if that was the case, why is it when they say thanks for the bday wishes… ppl would like it or comment on it if from their perspective, they didnt see anyone else write happy birthday on it?
Also another thing i notice is lot of these old friends of mine… it seems like in their wall… i dont see anyone making a post on their wall as the first post. Thus only when that person post pictures or an update or anything, thats the only time when others would like or comment.
Is this some sort of facebook privacy or setting that i have never heard of? Again these are old friends that would have lot of ppl posting on their wall such as hey hows it going or anything in general etc. But now all these friends profile wall, i dont see anyone posting it and this isn’t possible.
I mean, are these allow not allowing no one to see others post on their wall? And thus the only posts the friends will see are the ones they post? Do they only let a few ppl see their wall like family only? The thing is if they have say 300 friends, i can’t imagine they would go and restrict everyone person by person. But is there a way where they dont allow anyone to see their wall except say a few ppl? Thus they would put which specific ppl could see their wall?
The exact same thing happened to me these past few days. It was the birthday of a friend of mine (although her date is not shown on Facebook) but her page had no messages from anybody. I waited until the evening, still nothing; I decided to post my “Happy Birthday!” message on her wall anyway, and she Liked it.
I guess it’s possible that her privacy settings are adjusted so that I never see what other people write on her wall. And, conversely, nobody else knows I’ve wished her a happy birthday.
Did your friend’s birthday show up in the “It’s [your friend’s] birthday today” area on the sidebar? If not, they don’t have their birthday listed on Facebook and nobody knows it’s their birthday apart from people who would remember it’s their birthday w/o a Facebook prompt.
It is a glitch in one of the FB changes, that allow some users to post on the wall, but restrict what they can see on the wall they can write. Used to be, years ago, there was a setting where someone couldn’t type on the wall, and couldn’t see the posts of others on the wall.
This was change by letting typing on the wall be a yes/no thing (instead of limiting to some groups), but allowing the “who can view posts” to still be restricted to groups.
I dislike this. I wish to return to the old settings.
And I think this is what happened to you.
Well first off, the persons birthday is shown on the top right corner. Otherwise i wouldn’t have went and clicked on their profile. There are lot of friends of mine who would have lot of ppl wish them happy birthday and i would see all these posts etc. However theres been like a few friends where i dont see any of that at all and im just confused why this is the case.
Is the glitch for everyone? Thus all their friends wouldnt be able to see who wished my friend happpy birthday or is it only for a select few? If so how is that chosen b/c that is really strange.
Actually there are a few friends of mine where i cant write on their wall. However, im pretty positive those ppl did that as a setting. But those who have bday and i could write on the wall, did they restrict?
So the who can view posts thing… can you explain how it worked in this situation? So i couldn’t see anyone else post on their wall but does this apply to all their friends as well?
And to that person that later wished happy birthday for their friend later on, you said they liked your post but from looking at their wall now, you still see your post there but no other posts by anyone else?
Also why are ppl allowed to like or comment on a post that person makes then. That is even more strange.
So did this happened to only me or all of their friends? The thing is wouldn’t that person probably not get much happy birthday wishes if they saw that no one posted on it?
Im curious but to that person who posted happy birthday to their friend, did you ask them hey did you restrict your wall or something b/c i couldnt see anyone else posting on it?
Anyone else know about this?
Anyone else know about this? If not, where to post this on other forums?
It still sounds like a bug, seeing as you can see your announcement when you post it directly on her wall. This lets you know your comment made it. You made it, so there’s no reason for it to be hidden from you.
The birthday greeting should work the same way, as the same logic applies. I’d suggest using the Feedback button to recommend this.
I don’t know if this is what is happening in your case, but I restrict certain “friends” from seeing what I and others post on my wall. They’re still allowed to post on my timeline, but they wouldn’t be able to view my posts or what other people post on my timeline.
These are usually people I superficially knew in grad school but, for a variety of reasons (typically work) I no longer feel comfortable having them know about my personal life.
Hi. So you only do this with a few certain friends only? Im curious so how many friends do you have total and how many certain friends you do this to?
Also does this mean everything you post on the wall is blocked from them? The thing is with this person, when they post something such as a post on facebook or say some pictures, then i would see lot of friends commenting on it or liking it.
Heres another thing that i mentioned that im pretty sure its not only me though. I saw some pictures that is posted on their facebook wall and then i see lot of ppl commenting and liking it. However all these comments and liking are recent though. Does that mean this person most likely if they are doing the restricting, they are doing it for everyone else EXCEPT certain ppl? Thus its like the opposite of what you are doing? THus instead of restricting certain people, they only allow a few ppl out of their entire friend list to see everything?
When you say you dont let those certain ppl see others post on your wall, do you mean any posts by them or just wall posts THEY CREATED? Because i do see many ppl post on their wall but its always on a post that person created then others comment on it if that makes sense?
Anyone can commnet on this?
This is what im a bit confused. The person has pictures posted up but when i check it, lot of them are public and i see lot of ppl comment on it. I had read if you dont see ppl posting on the friends wall and only see public posts and updates from that person, u are most likely restricted. Thats what i figured.
However there is something here that doesn’t really make sense. There are some photos of the person where it doesn’t say public. It says friends and certain pictures are friends +. I also see their mobile uploads the audience says friends.
So if i was restricted how is this possible then? Could it mean i’m an acquaitance? Because i read if you are on the restricted list, the only picture/posts you see from that person would be public posts and pictures. Thus if you aren’t their friend, u could view those pictures. Pretty sure public posts you can’t though.
So am i restricted or not? I had thought i had to be b/c i only see picture/posts when posted by them and most of them are public but some pictures/friends show FRIENDS. Does anyone have the answer to this then? I mean could it be im a restricted friend but they made certain posts/pictures allowed for me and certain ppl?
The thing is last time i recalled they many times say thank you for the bday wishes and then lot of ppl liked and commented on thier post. Im sure i could post on theri wall as well. However… i dont see any happy birthday posts on their wall from their friends. I know 100 percent they have lot of freinds who post.
Basically many years ago, i saw every post/picture they posted and how ppl who post on their wall. Now only time someone post on the person wall is if my friend post a status or pictures. Thoughts on this? Im really confused here b/c i assume i had to be restricted but why do some photos of theirs show friends or friends+ and mobile uploads then? I then mobile uploads public ppl could see though right? But im sure friends you can’t?
I have mine set so that I have to “approve” anything that someone wants to post to my timeline. There are some things that certain “friends” post, that I just don’t want other “friends” to see.
I have mine set so that I have to “approve” anything that someone wants to post to my personal timeline. There are some things that certain “friends” post, that I just don’t want other “friends” to see.
Yes i heard of of the approve thing.
But if u do that, does that mean something someone posted could be viewed by many friends on your friendlist but a few of them they can’t see that post?
Also what do u think about my situation? Am i restricted facebook friend? I assumed yes based on not seeing other ppl posting on their wall but then i see pictures they post where its not to the public and its to FRIENDS OR FRIENDS+
You are definitely a restricted viewer of her profile. I’m not sure why you can see some pictures…what do you mean you see that it’s ‘Friends’ or ‘Friends+’? How would you know what setting she has the picture on?
ETA: Nevermind, I went to FB and I know what you’re talking about. You might be in the Friends and Friends+ list, but she might have a few other lists that you’re excluded from too (i.e. family).
Hey. Well some of her photos does show public. So i know those pics could be viewed if u aren’t even their friend etc. Thus those picture i could view it and i see comments from their friend. So anyone can view it.
Yea for certain pictures, it isn’t set to public because i see Friends while a few others are Friends+. First off… what is friends+? Also i like to mention these photos of friends and friends+ are only that person and it isn’t like its other ppls picture or they with others so their friend then has different settings if u know what i mean?
I basically know that some pictures i view are in friends and friend+ list but what im just so confused is why don’t i see anyone making their own post on their wall. Etc like hey so and so etc if u know what i mean? Reason is b/c few years ago, that person had lot of ppl posting on their wall but i dont see any of these posts anymore.
Is there a reason for that then? So when they say thank you for all the bday wishes, that means 100 percent other ppl posted on it but is there a reason why i can’t see those bday wishes from that person friends? Do you think it involves them not allowing certain ppl to see their wall? And if so, do you think they did it for few ppl only or most ppl on their list? Because wouldn’t this be considered restrictive? Or they just make you their friend and friend list but the only thing they dont allow you do is see others post on their wall?
There’s a privacy setting that says “who can see what others post on your timeline?”. For most people it’s set to “Friends”. Your friend probably set it to something more restricted. If it’s anything more restricted than ‘friends’, you probably aren’t going to see it. The other options being “Only me” or just specific people.
Assuming everything else was the same, you’d still be able to see pictures or things that that person posted as well as comments on them from other people and also posts that someone tagged that person in (on their own timeline), you just can’t see things that people wrote directly on that person’s wall.
Also, if they don’t have their birthday listed in their settings/About page, it won’t notify people.
Hi yes i know about that privacy setting. So if its not friends, what option do you think it is then? How many options are there actually besides friends and me?
The thing is so all the person other friends… do you think they saw everyone else who wished the person a happy bday? Because when that person posted thanks everyone for the wishes, lot of ppl liked and commented on it. Also the thing that would be very weird would be if most of the persons friends cant see others post the happy bday from others dont u agree? Thus if i said happy bday, im sure it will post on their wall but when i look at their wall, it would only be me saying it. Thus everyone else who wrote it, they would see its only them so wouldnt that feel weird?
As for the specific ppl, would that mean they have to type everyone they want or could they restrict certain ppl? But if they do that, is that related to post and pictures being posted by them though since i see its to friends and friends+ and those photos i could see it then?