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What happens when you hit the share button on Facebook?

Joe Ford

What happens when you hit the share button on Facebook?

Facebook Help Team If you share a post you see onto your friend’s Timeline, it will only appear on your friend’s Timeline, not on your own. However, you can also share a post you see onto your own Timeline for all of your Facebook friends to see.

How can I share a post on Facebook when there is no share button?

Unfortunately, there’s no way to force the “Share” button to appear on posts that you mark as “Friends. That’s just the way it’s going to be from now on. But that being said, if you really want as many Facebook users as possible to see a given post you can always change its privacy level to “Public”.

Why do some FB posts not have a share button?

If no ‘Share’ button appears on a post – it is because of the Privacy Settings of the original post. If a post is set for ‘Friends Only’ (perhaps this is your Default Timeline setting) – it will not be available for ‘Sharing’ around on Facebook beyond that setting.

How can a friend Share my post?

How to allow people to share your post on Facebook on a mobile device

  1. Find the post you want to make shareable and tap the three dots in the upper right corner.
  2. In the pop-up menu, tap “Edit Privacy.”
  3. In the “Privacy” menu, tap the checkbox next to “Public,” then tap “Done” in the upper right corner of the screen.

How do I share a post with one person on Facebook?

Is there any other way to share a post or a video with just a single Friend in Facebook? Hi Stephen, If you want to share a post you see on your News Feed with a single friend, you can click “Share” below the post and select “Send as Message”, which sends the post directly to your friend in a private message.

How do you privately share on Facebook?

To change the audience of things you’ve shared on your timeline:

  1. Click your profile picture in the top right of Facebook.
  2. Scroll down to the post you want to edit.
  3. Click the audience selector next to the date or time on the post.
  4. Select a new audience from the options that appear (example: Public, Friends, Only Me).

How do you reply to a specific person on Facebook?

To reply to a comment in a private message:

  1. From your News Feed, click Pages in the left menu.
  2. Go to your Page, then go to the comment.
  3. Go to the comment.
  4. Click Message below the comment.
  5. Enter your message and click Send.

How do you reply to a specific message?

Android

  1. Tap and hold the message, then tap Reply .
  2. To reply privately to someone who sent a message in a group, tap and hold the message, then tap More options > Reply privately.
  3. Tap and hold the message, then tap Reply.
  4. Hover over the message, then click Menu > Reply.

What does it mean on facebook when someone just writes your name?

People also type their own name purposely to bookmark the post so that they can easily review the post or be reminded about it. Typing her name to my posts as a comment is therefore her way of bookmarking the post so she could review them later.