Social Media Privacy Settings

Discussions center on privacy controls in social platforms, including options to make profiles private, limit post visibility to friends only, hide friends lists, and opt-out of public features.

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Sample Comments

andrewmunn Jan 15, 2013 View on HN

If you don't want friends of friends seeing stuff, why don't you just set your privacy to friend's only?

_el1s7 Oct 30, 2025 View on HN

Yes, there is an opt out, make your profile private.

throw8383833jj May 5, 2022 View on HN

you can carefully select who and who can't see your posts. there's a feature for that there already. and not just broad groups like "friends', "friend of friends", you can even select each individuals, i think.

kevviiinn May 9, 2023 View on HN

Can't profiles be made private?

phkahler Nov 19, 2019 View on HN

I dont want to see 3rd party stuff my friends share. I want to see my friends content.

mcraiha Sep 16, 2020 View on HN

I assume some users would like to have more privacy. e.g. ask permission before you can see any of my info, message me and add me to your list.

robotron Mar 7, 2011 View on HN

"This does not change who can see the posts - private posts stay private."

mrwnmonm May 15, 2015 View on HN

what do you mean? is it like facebook's "hide all from X"?

newman314 Oct 16, 2010 View on HN

Are there privacy settings available?

wellthisishn Jul 31, 2021 View on HN

If your profile is set to private, then what's the difference?