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So I thought I'd mention it here.
You can always see your own friends-locked posts. So, if somebody lists you as a friend, but you don't list them as a friend, your public posts will show up on their friends page. We all know this. What some people don't realize is that if you visit this non-mutual-friend's friends page, you'll see any posts that you made friends-locked, or even private. Quite a few people try to see if their filters actually work by checking out the friends pages of various people, and then freak when they see their friends locked, filtered, or private posts. THe freaking out is entirely unwarrented, because you can always see your own friends-locked posts, but non-friends can't.
This make sense to everybody? Please say it does, I know I'm not good at explaining it, but it seems to cause such stress that I really don't want my friends to go through it.
You can always see your own friends-locked posts. So, if somebody lists you as a friend, but you don't list them as a friend, your public posts will show up on their friends page. We all know this. What some people don't realize is that if you visit this non-mutual-friend's friends page, you'll see any posts that you made friends-locked, or even private. Quite a few people try to see if their filters actually work by checking out the friends pages of various people, and then freak when they see their friends locked, filtered, or private posts. THe freaking out is entirely unwarrented, because you can always see your own friends-locked posts, but non-friends can't.
This make sense to everybody? Please say it does, I know I'm not good at explaining it, but it seems to cause such stress that I really don't want my friends to go through it.
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Date: 2004-06-18 08:19 pm (UTC)The End.
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Date: 2004-06-18 08:22 pm (UTC)