# Facebook question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/755869>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 28, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/755869 "2016-05-28T02:03:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/755869/1 "2016-05-28T02:03:10Z")

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Hello Everyone,

This really isn’t a big deal, but I’m curious. Why on some of the post that show up in your timeline you cannot like or comment on them? I don’t get it.

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**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/755869/2 "2016-05-28T02:57:23Z")

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> [@obbn](#):
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> Hello Everyone,
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> This really isn’t a big deal, but I’m curious. Why on some of the post that show up in your timeline you cannot like or comment on them? I don’t get it.

The original content creator has set the page for you to view , but not comment. Unless this is a person that you know, hover your mouse on the upper right of the post and click to hide this content in the future.

Declan

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**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/755869/3 "2016-05-28T04:24:12Z")

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I think it’s a privacy setting … my friends can comment on my posts … but if they share the post, none of their friends can comment.