# How to write on somebody's wall in FaceBook **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 10, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-on-somebodys-wall-in-facebook/563697 "2010-12-10T20:24:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-on-somebodys-wall-in-facebook/563697/1 "2010-12-10T20:24:01Z")
This could be proof that I am coming down with Alzheimer’s… but I was going to write on a friend’s wall to wish her a happy birthday. But after clicking on the link to her profile, I don’t see a field anywhere on the page to write on her wall. I’m sure it’s a :smack: thing… but please tell me that field used to be at the top of the page. ---
**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-on-somebodys-wall-in-facebook/563697/2 "2010-12-10T20:26:15Z")
There’s a row of icons near the top now (post, post a link, post a picture). You have to click on one of those to post on the wall. I had the same exact thing happen to me this morning when I was trying to write Happy Birthday on someones wall. Those damned aluminum pots and pans… ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-on-somebodys-wall-in-facebook/563697/3 "2010-12-10T20:38:43Z")
> [@Engywook](#): > > This could be proof that I am coming down with Alzheimer’s… but I was going to write on a friend’s wall to wish her a happy birthday. But after clicking on the link to her profile, I don’t see a field anywhere on the page to write on her wall. > > I’m sure it’s a :smack: thing… but please tell me that field used to be at the top of the page. Ah, it’s that button that \clearly, unambiguously\ says **Post**. Ironically enough, I applied for, and did not get, a job as a UI designer and programmer at Facebook. And now you see what happens when they hire somebody else. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-on-somebodys-wall-in-facebook/563697/4 "2010-12-10T21:33:05Z")
There is also a setting that makes so that no one can post on your wall, but it sounds like you already found your answer. ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-on-somebodys-wall-in-facebook/563697/5 "2010-12-10T21:40:08Z")
> [@Clawdio](#): > > There is also a setting that makes so that no one can post on your wall, but it sounds like you already found your answer. I was wondering if that might be it, so looked at a few other friend’s. I was thinking surely **all** my friends weren’t getting a case of the heebie jeebies about something… ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-on-somebodys-wall-in-facebook/563697/6 "2010-12-10T23:27:33Z")
> [@Engywook](#): > > I was wondering if that might be it, so looked at a few other friend’s. I was thinking surely **all** my friends weren’t getting a case of the heebie jeebies about something… Nah, Facebook’s schizophrenic.