# Facebook Birthday Profile Posts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 27, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-birthday-profile-posts/702659 "2014-10-27T16:18:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-birthday-profile-posts/702659/21 "2015-01-01T05:08:57Z")
> [@Pauly01](#): > > 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? Everyone (so anyone at all) Friends Friends of Friends Only me (probably what it’s set to) Custom/Lists > [@](#): > > 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? I’m not really parsing that paragraph, but you said “Happy Birthday” and you can see it, but no one else can (most likely, we’ll get to that in a second). When she posted a Thank You post, everyone can see it and everyone can see comments on that post. It’s all in the privacy settings, if you just go to your privacy settings, you’ll find all of this. > [@](#): > > 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? Well, I can type up a post and specifically select who can and can’t see it, I can pick though my list and decide specific people that are the only ones to see it, or specific people that are the only ones NOT to see it. Similarly, I can create lists, say, “family”, “Friends”, “co-workers” and just post things to groups. I might want to say “What an awful day at work today, Aunt Flo must be visiting Susan today” and only let “Friends” and “Family” see it or let everyone except Susan see it…or Only Co-Workers but not Susan (I think that would work) see it, but you’d have to be careful on that one with some of your other settings, I’d test it before I’d do it. Occom’s Razor says that no one can see anything other people post to her wall because of her privacy setting and you’re thinking to hard or getting paranoid that she’s excluding you. It’s more restrictive then normal, but still a pretty typical privacy setting. ---
**Author:** ![Pauly01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-birthday-profile-posts/702659/22 "2015-01-01T05:21:53Z")
Hey thanks for that response. I took a look and i see the custom/lists and that most likely has to be 100 percent the reason here then right? So you are saying if i could see that persons pictures where it doesn’t show public and it shows friends and friends+, that means 100 percent im not on the restricted list then right? Because restricted list no matter what settings it is… u would only be able to view pictures/posts that is PUBLIC? Would u say that is correct? Okay that makes sense with creating lists. But if i could view some photos of that person and that album is in friends and friends+, wouldn’t that mean im on the friends list then? How many list could a person be on? I assume u cant be on friends and say acquaitance right? Because i dont think this person specifically restricted me only out of all their friends… i had thought maybe dont show other ppl post to their wall to ppl who they put as acquaitnance list. That make sense right? However, that wouldnt make sense b/c arent I in the friend list since i could see the pictures? That wouldnt make sense either b/c why wouldnt i be able to view other ppls post to their wall whether its a hello or happy birthday then. Well the thing is the last line u said… i find this unlikely b/c that would mean for a lot of ppl in their friend list, they basically dont see anyone else posted happy birthday to them? It feels strange b/c it would feel like each perosn who said happy birthdya, they only see their post and that person liking it if that makes sense? ---
**Author:** ![Pauly01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-birthday-profile-posts/702659/23 "2015-01-01T05:25:26Z")
I really dont think its the Only me. Because dont u think less ppl will say happy birthday since they see no one wished happy birthday to them? I know the easiest way to figure this out is if i have a mutual friend with this person but i dont. Thus if i do, i could ask them hey can you tell me if you see ppl posting on that persons wall and others posting on it that ISN’T a post or status started by that person… does that make sense? Heres another weird thing. This person recently posted some pictures up and the moment they do, i know lot of ppl liked and commented on it around the time they posted it. However… when i checked the pictures… i noticed that the dates of these pictures were many many months ago. What would that mean? When i saw that, i thought well those comments and likes are all recent so basically this person posted these pictures months ago and didnt let anyone see it and just now recently decided to show it… then ppl now comment on it. So based on that… i thought… i think this person does the same restriction to almost everyone besides close friends probably? I just thought i got put on restrictive list or acquaintance b/c i havent talked to this person in such a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-birthday-profile-posts/702659/24 "2015-01-01T05:30:50Z")
I don’t know that much about the lists. WRT looking through someone’s pictures, there’s different settings for A)Pictures they’ve posted B)Pictures someone else posted on that person’s wall and C)Pictures someone else posted that this person is tagged in. For you to see a picture for those different options, they each have the same settings, but they can be set separately. For Point C, both people may have to have their privacy settings set in such a way to before you’d be allowed to see the picture. ---
**Author:** ![Pauly01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-birthday-profile-posts/702659/25 "2015-01-01T18:24:46Z")
Hey yes i understand that part. Thats what i mentioned earlier b/c if that picture was shared in someone elses wall or it had someone else in it along with that friend, then it would show b/c it depends on that persons settings. However thing is these photos are only posted by them and theres no one else in it. So that means… the other things are not possible then right? Again i have no idea what list im on. I mean could this person put me on friend list a long with everyone else? But issue though with this is i cant imagine every friend of theirs not seeing birthday posts from others if u know what i mean. I thought maybe im put on acquaiantance list but if i was… then why do i see those photos where it says to friends and friends+. Then i had thought it must be restrictive list but i wouldnt be able to see any photos except PUBLIC ones which isn’t true. Would like a facebook expert could tell me the answer to this. ---
**Author:** ![Pauly01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-birthday-profile-posts/702659/26 "2015-05-25T07:24:37Z")
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