# Preventing family and friends from "following" what I comment on Facebook **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-family-and-friends-from-following-what-i-comment-on-facebook/758756 "2016-06-30T03:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-family-and-friends-from-following-what-i-comment-on-facebook/758756/61 "2016-07-06T01:03:12Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > **Eliahna** , I am in the same kind of situation you are, but a while back I just said fuck it. I don’t _think_ I’ve lost any friends and my relatives still speak to me. Bravo! There’s certainly something to be said for being true to yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-family-and-friends-from-following-what-i-comment-on-facebook/758756/62 "2016-07-06T12:33:50Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > To tell the person you liked that you liked it, and to tell Facebook that you want to see more content of the same kind. Well, that’s not why I do it. Besides, I doubt I ever just “like” another page like “home depot” or anything. I don’t remember ever doing that. I don’t want to see more content of the same kind, I don’t care enough about it to move beyond “See some stuff my Facebook friends share” if it happens to pop up in my newsfeed. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-family-and-friends-from-following-what-i-comment-on-facebook/758756/63 "2016-07-06T13:54:02Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Bravo! There’s certainly something to be said for being true to yourself. “Being true to myself” was accompanied by a huge dose of “don’t give a fuck”, probably a negative quality. But thanks!😉 ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-family-and-friends-from-following-what-i-comment-on-facebook/758756/64 "2016-07-07T01:03:15Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > except that’s not allowed unless you have a personal and a business page. I have always had two. Never worried about why the let me, I did not do anything sneaky. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-family-and-friends-from-following-what-i-comment-on-facebook/758756/65 "2016-07-07T16:53:32Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > To tell the person you liked that you liked it, and to tell Facebook that you want to see more content of the same kind. > > And when you comment on a page outside of Facebook, you are doing so for that website. Facebook’s comment platform is supposed to be completely separate from its social media platform. If that has changed, this changes a lot of things. > > I have never seen anything from an offsite comments section show up on my feed, and I’ve checked with friends I trust who say they’ve never seen anything about any of my comments. > > If this changes, then I will have to comment less on sites like [FiveThirtyEight.com](http://FiveThirtyEight.com). I don’t want political conversations with my Facebook friends. My newsfeed is a politics-free zone on purpose. I get that everywhere else online. And it’s one of the three topics you don’t really talk with your friends about. Suddenly, I find that my feelings are hurt… Heh. j/k Actually, if there were a magic wand I could wave to change one thing about FB, it would be to give me the power to permanently block anything from some asshole named “Suggested Post.” ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-family-and-friends-from-following-what-i-comment-on-facebook/758756/66 "2016-07-08T00:30:39Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Suddenly, I find that my feelings are hurt… > Heh. j/k > > Actually, if there were a magic wand I could wave to change one thing about FB, it would be to give me the power to permanently block anything from some asshole named “Suggested Post.” I also hate that guy. Also, the guy who digs up my old posts and uses that sick sweet voice to try to get me to let folks see it again. What a sicko. I can’t just stuff a sock in him and be done with it, I have never let one through and he still shows up regular as clock work. I am more stubborn that he is. I will out last him and I will WIN !!! \< VEG \> [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-family-and-friends-from-following-what-i-comment-on-facebook/758756.md?page=3)