We have all had the impulse to comment on a publication on Facebook but we have stopped fearing that some of our contacts (or strangers in the case of company pages, brands, etc.) could find out about private matters. Maybe you just wanted to avoid that your profile was visible to “everyone”. The social network has become aware of this situation and within a short time You can make private comments on Facebook.
The privacy on facebook It has been among the main concerns of users for a long time and the social network has put all its efforts into reinforcing it. Not only does he want your private messages to be encrypted, and he has moderated the and , but also private comments on Facebook, which are currently in a trial version.
How private comments will work on Facebook
The new experiment in the social network is quite simple and successful for those who have among their contacts people from the office or relatives who they do not want to remove from their friends list but who they want to keep a certain distance in some kind of publication who want to comment, or simply to avoid commenting on posts with sensitive content.
private comments on facebook They will only be seen by the list of people you have approved previously. It can be done through the new padlock icon that will appear next to the text you intend to publish, next to the and the stickers.
Once you have pressed it, you will be able to choose between four different display options: friends and creator of the post, only the creator of the post and the commenter, friends only, and everyone.
Through private comments on Facebook, users will be able to increase your security level and being able to express yourself freely on the social network, without the fear of having to share your feelings and thoughts on certain topics with anyone who can read it.
Privacy in comments will increase the trust of users
A phenomenon that has brought is that when expressing our way of feeling or thinking about a specific topic, we can be a target of trolls.
And while it is true that we all have the right to have our opinion even on controversial issues, sometimes we do not want to be exposed to baseless criticism or attacks for commenting on a friend’s content, and that other users we don’t know question our way of thinking.
Or maybe you just want to agree on the next party without your aunt you haven’t seen in months finding out. The point is that as soon as private comments on Facebook start to work for all users, they will surely be well received, and you can always keep the option that anyone on the platform can read them.
At the moment the test version of private comments on Facebook is only available to a small group of people, and we will see if the new privacy tool is officially implemented globally in the coming weeks.
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