What is the meaning of who can see what others post on your timeline?

What is the meaning of who can see what others post on your timeline?

Anyone can see your public information, which includes your name, profile picture, cover photo, gender, username, user ID (account number), and networks (learn why). Only you and your friends can post to your timeline. When you post something, you can control who sees it by using the audience selector.

When someone posts on my timeline Who can see it?

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 can see what others post on Facebook?

How do I control who can see posts that friends make on my profile on Facebook?

  • Scroll down and tap Settings.
  • Scroll down to the Audience and Visibility section and tap Profile and Tagging.
  • Tap Who can see what others post on your profile?
  • Select an audience (example: Friends).

How can I see who is looking at my timeline on Facebook?

This isn’t so much a setting as a link to the View As privacy tool. The View As tool allows you to look at your Timeline as though you’re someone else, thus double-checking that your privacy settings are actually working. Who can see posts you’ve been tagged in on your Timeline?

Can a friend see things on your timeline?

In other words, if your Friend tags you in a photo, you can control who sees that photo on your Timeline. The idea behind this setting is that, although you will never post anything embarrassing to your Timeline, a Friend might (accidentally) do so.

Can you control who can see what you post on Facebook?

You can control who can post on your profile (timeline) as well as who can see what you post. If you are talking about your News feed (the page you see when you first log in) then friends don’t necessarily see everything there. It is your view of the different updates from your friends and pages you have liked.

What happens when you tag someone on your Facebook timeline?

After you’ve approved tags (or if you leave Timeline Review off), you can still decide who can see the content in which you’re tagged on your Timeline. In other words, if your Friend tags you in a photo, you can control who sees that photo on your Timeline.