# The Genius of the Facebook interface **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 24, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genius-of-the-facebook-interface/738454 "2015-11-24T17:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![IDtenT\_Error](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@IDtenT\_Error](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDtenT_Error)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genius-of-the-facebook-interface/738454/81 "2015-12-06T23:22:02Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Whatever you say, ya freeloading parasite. šŸ˜ƒ Something about you ā€˜Charter Membersā€™ makes me wonder what the ā€˜Memberā€™ refers to. You people just donā€™t look altogether _right_ to me. I question your manhood. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genius-of-the-facebook-interface/738454/82 "2015-12-07T00:10:40Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > **DrDeth** , a word, please. Youā€™ve never been particularly on my radar, but thereā€™s no real shame in that. Just another Doper, as far as Iā€™ve been concerned, which is plenty honorable. The fact that youā€™ve been paying to maintain Charter Member status suggests that you assign some value to that, at least. > > Please also assign some significance to the fact that I am beginning to view you as noteworthy for being an asshole. IME such Dopers do not last long. OK, since _you_ ask, Iā€™ll stop here. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genius-of-the-facebook-interface/738454/83 "2015-12-28T19:36:52Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > OK, since _you_ ask, Iā€™ll stop here. Youā€™re a retard. ---
**Author:** ![IDtenT\_Error](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@IDtenT\_Error](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDtenT_Error)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genius-of-the-facebook-interface/738454/84 "2015-12-28T23:17:30Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Youā€™re a retard. 3 weeks it took for you to come up with that? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genius-of-the-facebook-interface/738454/85 "2015-12-28T23:46:09Z")
OMG, just think what the world would be like if Joe Stalin had this thing. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genius-of-the-facebook-interface/738454/86 "2017-02-02T13:36:08Z")
I was reminded of this thread just now. I was preparing (with GIMP) a Happy Birthday Card for my wifeā€™s Timeline and decided to preview it on Facebook in a half-finished form. This was pointless ā€” and I wonā€™t do it again ā€” but I thought it would be harmless, because I selected the ā€œOnly Me[sic] can view this postā€ option. I was unaware of two things: (1) The ā€œOnly Me[sic] can viewā€ option (silently) allows Tagged people to view it also, and (2) Facebookā€™s face-recognition software was about to tag my wife automatically as soon as I uploaded the image. (There may have been a way to disable that, but I was not presented with such an option.) As soon as I posted this half-finished birthday card intending that Only Me could view it, my wife saw it (in another room) and commented on it! No tragedy ā€¦ but a reminder to me of what geniuses the Facebook designers are! I did enjoy rereading the ā€œhelpfulā€ comments in this thread! Especially amusing were the suggestions that Facebook is not the proper website for communicating with oneā€™s Facebook friends! šŸ˜ƒ :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genius-of-the-facebook-interface/738454/87 "2017-02-02T21:07:12Z")
I didnā€™t know this was an old thread when I started reading it, but I was very surprised that most dopers thought the very idea of sharing a photo on Facebook with some instead of throwing it up on everyoneā€™s newsfeed was about the stupidest thing ever. šŸ˜• Anyway, what Iā€™ve been upset about is that you are not able to change your profile picture without throwing the new one up in everyoneā€™s newsfeed. Of course, this is incomprehensible to most responders in this thread, but please note that other social platforms like LinkedIn allows it. But this thread reminded me of this old annoyance of mine so I did a new google on it, and whaddayaknow, thereā€™s a solutions for it: For those who don't want to click, in short you upload a picture in "only me" mode (a few heads explode right now, I guess), put it in you profile picture, and then allow others to view the pic. (IIRC, see the vid to be sure.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genius-of-the-facebook-interface/738454.md?page=4)