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Can someone post on your wall if they are not your friend?
If the person whose Wall you post on has kept her profile hidden from non-friends, then your own friends will not necessarily be able to see your posts on her Wall. The only people on your friend list that will see your posts are those users who are also friends with the Wall owner.
Is tagging someone the same as sharing?
Tagging is the act of tying a user account to a piece of content on Facebook, whereas sharing is the act of placing content on a user’s Timeline to appear in that user’s friends’ Timelines.
What happens when you tag someone who isn’t your friend on Facebook?
The only difference between tagging a Facebook friend and tagging anyone else is that a photo tag of a person who is not a Facebook friend is not linked to that person’s profile, and they do not receive notification of the tag.
Can I tag someone on Facebook who is not my friend?
Anyone can tag you in photos and other posts. Tags from people you’re not friends with may appear in your timeline review, where you can decide if you want to allow them on your timeline. Remember, posts you choose not to allow on your timeline may appear in News Feed and elsewhere on Facebook.
Who sees what I post on a friend timeline?
1 Answer. If you post directly on their timeline, they control the privacy setting. They have just one setting for all posts that others post on their timeline. If they have it set to Friends, then only their friends will be able to see it.
Who sees when you post on someone’s wall?
Last Words. If you are posting directly to someone’s Timeline, know that at the very least, that person’s friends or a subset of their friends can see the post. Unless the person whose Timeline you are posting has no friends, then it is usually a broader conversation than just a one-on-one.
Why can’t a friend tag me on Facebook?
You may want to check your Timeline and Tagging privacy settings and make sure that the setting for “Who can see posts you’ve been tagged in on your Timeline?” isn’t set to “Only Me”. You may also want to check that you didn’t accidentally turn on Timeline review.
What happens if you don’t tag a friend on Facebook?
Without tagging, you could post a nice comment but your friend or the Page owners may never know they were mentioned. However, since your entire post including associated comments is automatically posted onto the wall of whichever friend/Page is tagged, there is an unspoken etiquette of Facebook Tagging that you need to understand.
How do you tag people in a post on Facebook?
There are two ways to do it. First, when composing a post, whether you’re sharing text, image(s) or a video, you can click on the “Tag people in your post button” and choose from your available contacts.
What’s the difference between a tag and a mention on Facebook?
They, too, receive a notification that they’ve been tagged. So a mention is essentially for when you want to talk about someone, while a tag is essentially for when you want to say you were with someone.
How can I tag someone with my name?
When you click on “Tag Friends”, a bar appears with the word “With” in it: Just start typing someone’s name in that bar, and a menu appears with a list of people whose names contain the letter combinations you’re entering. For example, if I type “Mary”, several friends with the name Mary appear (truncated for privacy):