This explains why posts, automatically uploaded from my blog, can be seen only by me, (look for the tiny black padlock above your posts), when, in fact. my settings are for them to be seen PUBLICALLY (look for the tiny globe of the world above your posts).
Since early November I now have to go onto FB and manually change the padlock to a Globe, in order for them to be seen by everyone…SIGH
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As many of you have realized, Facebook has been making it progressively harder to share non-paid content. Usually, only a tiny percentage of your friends and followers (around 2 to 5%) sees whatever it is you’re posting–unless you pay a small fee to have it appear on people’s timelines. Now, Facebook is considering splitting its News Feed in two, as The Independent reports.
The company has confirmed that it is trying out the idea of dividing the site in order to separate commercial posts and pages from personal news.
Normally, Facebook’s News Feed wraps up a host of information from different sources, putting posts from pages with millions of followers alongside those from people’s friends and relatives. Under the test, these will now be split apart, meaning that pages will be put into a separate feed that people will have to actively click through
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Thank you, for the tip Chris…I have now unpadlocked myself..chastity belt gone…lol…
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OOPS LOL 😀
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Thanks for sharing, Chris, and for the wee padlock tip (I was unaware of that change myself!)
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Welcome, Nicholas – BTW, check also that ALL your posts are uploaded to FB – some of mine don’t upload, or upload with the wrong visuals – all very confusing for an old ape 😦
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Facebook’s wrong-image-bug is so old, it’s amazing they still haven’t been able to fix it. I guess they just don’t care to.
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It’s also an old WordPress bug, Nicholas – relating to the sidebar widget images!
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Is that right? Huh, that does make sense, I guess. But I remember Facebook giving you the ability to change a post’s image (the way G+ still does) once upon a time. It’s a pity they’ve removed that feature.
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InDEED, Nicholas – BTW – Watch tomorrow for two Blogger Tips that will save WP bloggers Media Storage Space and Money (5PM and 6PM London, UK time)
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Sweet!
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Thanks for this info, Chris. Most useful. I’m off to unpadlock myself.
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Good Luck, Loretta 👍😃
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F and double F Facebook.
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YEP
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Well, raping the public is not good business practice. When net neutrality is gone, businesses will monitor what we see and don’t see. I am an adult and kids are smarter than ever, I can chose what I see or not see. Aren’t these companies rich enough? Are we turning into Russia? In America, I hope this will not stand for long, but so many people are just waiting for others to stand up and that never works out. Everyone must take a stand or our way of life with drastically change and not for the better either.
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Every voice (and vote) counts, Karen…
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Yes, Chris, our votes and our voices in protest against being monitored by Facebook, who is now being told what to do by the US Congress and being monitored by our government, but guns that are automatic weapons that kill children are okay, here, in our far less humane society since Trump took office. Thank you, Chris for all your great posts on so many important subjects that make a difference. Karen 🙂
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You wanna take a stand … then get off Facebook. They don’t give a damn about you, me, or anyone else.
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Perhaps not me alone, but numbers count and each one is added to the other – so, they will care about me! We have to start somewhere. Facebook is forced to do this by Trump who wants to be a Dictator – well, that is not going to happen. So what about you?
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I’ve never taken Facebook seriously. “They” said I had to be on Facebook if I wanted to sell books, so I opened an account. That was five years ago, and I doubt I’ve sold one book through them. I never look at my newsfeed because I don’t really care what other people are saying or doing. I post something (in an effort to sell a book or two) maybe three times a month. I can live without fb, can you? You delete your account and I’ll do the same. That’s taking a stand.
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And by the way, no one dislikes Trump more than I do. But he is not “making” them do anything. They are just a bunch of greedy sons-of-bitches.
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Hi Andrew, I only use Facebook to stay in touch with family and friends and I new forward my posts and they are usually just interesting and sometimes historical. I never assumed they were responsible for helping me sell my books. That is my job through marketing and it takes time. Karen 🙂
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I don’t know who “They” are that told you to be on Facebook, but they were wrong. About “raping the public,” I was referring to congress and corporations, Facebook is free. I really don’t go on Facebook very often unless it is to comment or do a message to friends and family. Karen 🙂
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You are right. I read your comment as you saying we should take a stand against Facebook. However, I just re-read it and that is not the case. I humbly apologize and ask your forgiveness.
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Hi Andrew, no apology is necessary, but how lovely of you to say so. I sometimes feel that way too. You are a person of character and a gentleman. Thank you, kind sir. Karen 🙂
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That would probably help explain the changing referral rates and figures…
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InDEED, Sue 😦
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Having just checked, I now find myself in the same boat. 😦
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Good luck getting everything back to Public, Sue – and remembering to manually do it for every post!
Strangely – the petition share went though (from the petition site) as Public, without any problem – so FB are obviously monitoring (via algorithms)…
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Yes, it seems set to public on their site and FB is keeping it that way.
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Sorry to burst your bubble, my friend, but the fact that the petition went through just proves that Facebook laughs at such endeavours. It’s like a flea attacking a dinosaur. With one billion users, the petition would have to have at least 100 million signatures to get their attention. And 300 million for them to take action on your (our) behalf.
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That’s why I advise everyone to check and manually correct each post setting, Andrew 😀
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