Facebook removes feature to hide name in searchOctober 11, 2013 - 15:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook is getting rid of a privacy feature that allowed users to limit who could find them on the social network, Daily Telegraph reports. 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," Facebook said 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. Related links: Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. |