The
search setting was removed last year for people who were not using it. Those
who are still using the setting will see reminders about it being removed in
the coming weeks. This only applies to a "small percentage" of users,
according to Facebook.
"The
setting was created when Facebook was a simple directory of profiles and it was
very limited. For example, it didn’t prevent people from navigating to your
Timeline by clicking your name in a story in News Feed, or from a mutual
friend’s Timeline," said Facebook's chief privacy officer Michael Richter
in a blog post.
"Today,
people can also search Facebook using Graph Search (for example, 'People who
live in Seattle,') making it even more important to control the privacy of the
things you share rather than how people get to your Timeline."
The
setting made the search feature feel broken at times, according to Facebook,
and some people found it confusing when they tried looking for someone who they
knew personally and could not find them in search results.
Facebook
said that, whether you have been using the setting or not, the best way to
control what people can find about you on Facebook is to choose who can see the
individual things you share.
Anyone
who wants to limit the audience of posts they have shared in the past can do
this on the privacy settings page. This means any posts that were previously
shared with Friends of Friends or Public will now be shared just with Friends.
Source : Telegrapgh
Source : Telegrapgh
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