How do i enable sharing on facebook

How to Allow People to Share Your Post on Facebook

You can easily allow people to share your post on Facebook on a computer or mobile device. Shutterstock

You can allow people to share your post on Facebook without changing the privacy settings on your actual account.
You can do this by changing the privacy settings on the post itself.
If you have an important message you want to get out, or want to share something you created with the world, sharing your post on Facebook would be an effective way to do so.
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If you're the type of person who often makes long, informative posts on Facebook, you've probably gotten the request, "Can you make this shareable?," a few times before.

Facebook's sharing feature is a great way to allow folks to spread posts, in their entirety, from the original source, instead of just reposting.

People share posts for all kinds of reasons: Maybe it contains an encouraging message, or gives information about a serious issue that many people are unaware of. Maybe it talks about an event that's going on, or asks people for help with a GoFundMe for a good cause. No matter what the reason or what the post, allowing people to share them always works the same way.

Here's how to allow people to share your post on Facebook.

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How to allow people to share your post on Facebook on a computer

1. Find the post you want to make shareable and click the three dots in the upper right corner.

2. In the little pop up menu, click "Edit Post."

Click the three dots and then "Edit Post." Melanie Weir/Business Insider

3. At the bottom of the post pop-up, next to the "Save" button, click the drop-down menu to bring up the post's privacy settings.

4. From the menu, select "Public," then click Save.

Click "Public." Melanie Weir/Business Insider

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.

Find the post, then tap the three dots in the corner. Melanie Weir/Business Insider

2. In the pop-up menu, tap "Edit Privacy."

Tap "Edit Privacy." Melanie Weir/Business Insider

3. In the "Privacy" menu, tap the checkbox next to "Public," then tap "Done" in the upper right corner of the screen.

Tap "Public", then tap "Done." Melanie Weir/Business Insider

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How to Allow Sharing on Facebook

Specify who you want to see your posts

Being active on social media sites like Facebook or Instagram can be a rewarding way to stay in touch with friends and acquaintances.

Social media sites are made for sharing, but chances are you’ve seen this comment on someone else’s post: “Is it okay for me to share your post? Can you make it shareable?”

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This happens when a post hasn’t been made public. In other words, if the privacy settings on the original post are set to “Friends Only,” then that post will lack the Share button. Fortunately, adjusting the privacy settings to allow sharing on a Facebook post is easy, and we’ll show you how below.

How to Allow Sharing on Facebook Posts

There are two main ways to allow sharing on Facebook. You can either make a specific post shareable, or you can change your default Facebook timeline privacy settings so that all your future posts are made public.

First, let’s run through how to make a specific post shareable, either on a computer or on Facebook’s mobile app.

How to Allow Sharing on Facebook on a Computer

Setting your Facebook post’s audience to public will make your post shareable.

From Facebook’s homepage on a computer, click into the “What’s on your mind” field or select the Create button with the plus sign next to your profile pic in the top-right corner, and then select Post.

Note the post’s audience. Privacy/audience settings appear directly underneath your profile name in the Create Post popup. Depending on your default settings, the audience for your post might already be set to public.

Click on the dropdown arrow to select your audience.

If you want your post to be shareable, select Public for your audience.

Verify that your post is public by looking for the globe icon on your post. Note also that the Share button appears below your post.

Now you’re good to go. Anyone on Facebook will be able to view and share your post.

How to Allow Sharing of Your Facebook Post on Mobile

Setting your post’s audience to Public is just as easy on mobile.

Open your Facebook app and tap into the “What’s on your mind” field.

Select the audience dropdown below your profile name.

Next, set your post’s audience to Public.

Hit the back arrow to return to your post.

Finally, when you’re finished writing your post, select the Post button, and you’re done!

How to Do a Privacy Checkup on Facebook

If you want all your future posts on Facebook to be set to a public audience, you can change your Timeline’s default settings. The easiest way to do that is to go through Facebook’s Privacy Checkup.

How to Run Facebook’s Privacy Checkup on a Computer

Facebook’s Privacy Checkup is easily-accessible on a desktop browser.

Log into facebook.com.
Click the dropdown arrow in the very top-right corner of the browser window, just to the right of your profile photo.

Select Settings & Privacy.

Select Privacy Checkup.

There are lots of options here. To change your default post audience, select Who can see what you share, and Facebook will launch a wizard taking you through all the steps to change who can see your profile information, who can see your posts and stories, and who you have blocked from seeing you on Facebook.

How to Run Facebook’s Privacy Checkup on Mobile

You can launch Facebook’s privacy checkup on mobile, too.

Open the Facebook app on your mobile device, and login if you’re not already.
Select the menu icon to access the main menu. Scroll down until you see Settings & Privacy.

Next, tap Privacy Shortcuts.

Select Review a few important privacy settings.

That takes you to Facebook’s Privacy Checkup. From here, if you want to change your default audience settings, choose Who can see what you share, and proceed through the wizard. The wizard will take you through who can see your profile information, who can see your posts and stories, and who you have blocked from seeing you on Facebook.

You may have noticed that there are multiple places where you can change your privacy settings on Facebook. It’s a good idea to review these settings from time to time, ensuring that your privacy settings are configured the way you want.

Go Forth and Be Shared

Now that you’ve made it easy for other people to share your Facebook posts, you’d better post something worth sharing!

Knowing that “video and animated content does far better than photos when it comes to social networks and the internet in general,” here’s an idea for you: Learn how to make your photos come alive with our article on 6 Ways To Animate Still Photos Online Or With App.

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How to enable auto-replies on Facebook*

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How to instantly reply to customers on Facebook*, what is the difference between auto-reply scenarios and how to show users that real people are talking to them? Fedor Zhukov, i-Media social media manager, tells.

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Social media manager at i-Media online advertising agency.

When interacting with customers on Facebook* on behalf of a page, you may notice that you spend an indecent amount of time on it. At the same time, you have many other important things to do in community management: creating publications and posting them, launching ads, analytics, and so on. How to keep the user and develop the page?

Use auto-replies! With them, you will be able to communicate with the user, even if there is no device nearby with access to Facebook *. By enabling this feature, you will demonstrate to your customers that you are attentive to their requests. How to do it?

1. Go to the section with messages

It is located in the page control panel above the header.

2. Open the answer assistant

At the bottom of the section you will see an icon i next to the Out of Office button (you will need it later). After clicking on it, a window will appear. In it, select the “Answer Assistant” tab and click the “Configure Answer Assistant” button.

Alternate way: you can open the auto-replies panel through the page settings by selecting the "Messaging" section there.

3. Set up auto-replies for when you are not at your computer or phone

This item may be called differently: “Enable messages for offline status” or “Don't lose customers even when you are not at your computer or phone ". It depends on how often you communicate with users on behalf of the page.

How. Move the slider from "No" to "Yes" and you'll see an auto-reply template. Instead, you can write your own version by clicking on the "Edit" button.

Why. The page detects that you cannot reply to a message and sends this script when the Out of Office button is clicked in the message section.

4. Turn on Instant Replies

How. The actions are the same: move the slider to the "Yes" position and work with the response template.

Why. The auto-reply from the previous step is sent when you do not have access to Facebook* and you have "Out of office" enabled. Here you can also set up automatic sending for cases when the social network is at your fingertips, but there is no way to reply to the message (accordingly, the "Away" mode is turned off).

5. Set up a greeting in Messenger

How. Select "Yes" on the function enable button, then you can change the response text.

Why. When a user wants to send a message to your page via Messenger, he will see not dry information about the company, but a greeting and a willingness to answer his questions.

6. Pay attention to the response time

How. In the messaging settings, move up from the auto-replies management. Click the "Edit" button and select the time during which you reply to messages.

Why. When a user visits a company's page, in the menu with the number of subscribers, he can see how quickly the company can respond to him.

An important point! You can set up this feature manually when you start actively chatting in messages. Until then, you won't find a response time editing feature in the answer assistant.

Facebook Auto-Replies* is a simple, professional tool that allows you to manage your time and keep in touch with your customers even when you can't answer them. I hope after this article you will find it easier to use it to successfully promote your Facebook pages*.

*Activities of Meta Platforms Inc. and its social networks Facebook and Instagram are prohibited in the territory of the Russian Federation.

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Facebook is a popular social network. This article is about Facebook security-related settings.

Last updated September 2021

A lot of people use Facebook not only for nostalgic virtual conversations and sharing photos from their summer cottages, but also for work. On Facebook, they find like-minded people, publish articles, read news, share plans, discuss joint projects and announce events.

To make Facebook safer, you can change how you use Facebook (and social media in general) as well as specific settings. Another article has been written about the principles. Let's talk about settings here.

Facebook developers like to change menu item names, headings, and other details much like the Moscow authorities like to change borders. What you see in the screenshots in this post may differ slightly from the current situation on facebook.com.

Facebook Settings: Getting Started
General
Security and entry
Your information on Facebook
Confidentiality
Face recognition
Profile and labels
Public publications
block
Geodata
Notifications
Mobile devices
Applications and websites
Advanced (outside settings)

Facebook settings: start

In the top horizontal Facebook menu on the right, click the down arrow. A dropdown menu will appear.

Select "Settings and privacy". A new menu will appear.

Select "Settings". By default, the "General" item will open.

General

Select "General" from the menu on the left.

To change the settings, click the "Change" links in the corresponding lines.

Name. According to the rules of Facebook, when registering, you must indicate the name that you are called in life. If you believe that identification can put the life, freedom, health, work of you, your loved ones or colleagues in real danger, it may be better to choose a pseudonym.
Contact information. It is indicated for a reason, it is a way to change the password to Facebook. Facebook will not allow you to completely get rid of the indication of contact information. But phone is worse than email. Perhaps you should remove the phone number if it is listed. Do not use your abandoned address, spam box, or email address in a jurisdiction where it is relatively easy for attackers to take control of it. The "Allow friends to include my email address when using the Download Your Info" box is best left unchecked.
Settings for remembered status. Here you can define Guardian . In the event of a user's death, limited rights to his account can be transferred to one of his friends (the Guardian), whoever the account owner chooses ahead of time.

In the general case , proof of identity is not required (and not recommended).

Security and entry

Select "Security and Login" from the menu on the left. A fairly large list of settings will open. Consider it from top to bottom, but skip the recommendations (first point). These are just selected security settings - part of what we are talking about in this material.

Where did you come from. Here you can see which devices have connected to your account. (Click "More" to see the full list). Is there an unusual device among these sessions? For example, the operating system is iOS, but you don't have an iPhone. Or a strange location? (Allow for VPNs and similar technologies if you use them.) If you find something unexpected, it may be that an attacker gained access to your account. You can always click the three-dot button at the end of the suspicious line and select "Logout" to close the session. Change your password as soon as possible. It is better to do this from a “clean” computer that is not infected with anything. Note that an attacker can also kick you out of Facebook. Therefore, if there are reasonable doubts, do not waste time.

This feature can also be useful if you logged into Facebook somewhere in a strange place (we don’t recommend doing this, but suddenly) and forgot to log out. Here you can terminate this session.

Password must be strong. (Learn more about password protection). Keep it in an equally safe place. For example, in the password manager Bitwarden or KeePassXC.

Saving login information simplifies the Facebook login process. Naturally, at the expense of safety.

With two-factor authentication , in addition to the password, you need to enter a special code to enter your account. A very useful option, we recommend enabling it. Do not use the SMS method, it is not particularly reliable. Better choose the "Authentication App" option: you will be able to enter the code from an application on your smartphone (without internet connection), such as andOTP, Google Authenticator or Authy. Do not forget one-time recovery codes as "insurance" in case the smartphone is not at hand (forgotten, seized, lost, stolen, out of order). Read more about two-factor authentication and password generators in a separate article.

Authorized logins. Frequent entry of additional code is tiring. You can make it so that some "trusted" devices (virtually) do without two-factor authentication. Use with caution and only in a safe environment. If some devices have already received a “trusted” status, you can see this in this paragraph and, if necessary, cancel it.

Application passwords. You can use a different password for each application installed on Facebook (if you have one). If you have two-factor authentication enabled, instead of waiting for a code, you can sign in to the app with the corresponding password. However, below we advise avoiding apps altogether.

Receive notifications of suspicious logins. Yes, it is better to have this feature enabled. Here are the possible ways to receive notifications. They complement, not exclude each other.

As for friends, I can hardly recommend this feature. It is better to invest in strong passwords and data backup than in such “crutches” that allow you to compensate for a forgotten password.

Encrypted notification emails. Basically, if you have a public encryption key (you can read more about public key encryption in a separate article), you can add it to your Facebook account. People will download your public key and use it to send you encrypted messages. You can also set up Facebook so that notifications from the social network are encrypted with your key. In my opinion, this is an excessive security measure.

Function restoring access to external accounts we do not recommend (as a general advice to avoid linking accounts wherever possible).

Finally, you can view recent Facebook messages, including those related to security. This might be helpful.

Your information on Facebook

Of all the listed options, let's pay attention to three: they are most related to security. The first is viewing information.

Convenient access to everything related to your account: publications, comments, pages, groups, etc. In fact, only a redirect to other Facebook service pages occurs from this place. However, the section is very useful for organizing and organizing everything on Facebook. Here you can see everything at once and take action, for example, remove yourself from unnecessary groups, clear your search history, etc.

The second option is to download information.

And finally, account deactivation.

The name speaks for itself. There are situations when this cannot be avoided (also for security reasons).

Privacy

Select "Privacy" from the left vertical menu. We skip the first "simplifies everything" section (our task in this material is to go through all the settings in more detail).

Who can see your posts. T from the same switch is right in the published new entry. The level of openness depends on your threat model.
The second option allows to see posts that you've been tagged in, but that aren't (yet) posted to your own "timeline" (or, as Facebook now says, your "profile").
In the third paragraph, Facebook provides with the ability to restrict 's access to all previous publications at once (make them visible only to friends).
The complex wording that Facebook has chosen means literally the following. In the fourth paragraph, you determine who will see what (whom) you are subscribed to. (Except for the people you follow: they see it anyway). Set the value to "Only Me".

By default, friend request is available to all Facebook users. Can be changed to "Friends of Friends". Then you will reduce the number of unfamiliar (and completely unfamiliar) people who want to become your friends on Facebook, which means saving time and nerves if a troll turns out to be among your newfound “friends”. Remember that with the right setup, anyone can be your subscriber (we'll see how to enable this feature later). This is smarter than "frenching" everyone in a row.
Disable showing list of your friends, so as not to make life easier for social engineers. (Option "Only me").
The ability for strangers to search and find you on a social network is relevant if you are a journalist for whom accessibility is a professional requirement. Or a public person, say, a well-known politician, writer, businessman. Or if we are talking about a corporate page that needs promotion and popularity. Otherwise, consider limiting to the maximum (as in the illustration).

This already applies to Facebook Messenger rather than a social network. The points are not directly related to threats and security, so I will not give unequivocal recommendations. In my opinion, choosing "Chats" as the option is more convenient, since the alternative, the "Conversation Requests" folder is hidden in the Facebook menu, and I repeatedly skipped such requests. But it's up to you (as always).

Face recognition

The function makes sense if you want to “trigger” the appearance of duplicate accounts on Facebook (accounts with your face in the profile picture and your name in the title, created, as a rule, with bad intentions). But I'm turning this feature off because I don't want Facebook to recognize me.

Profile and labels

In the left menu, select the "Profile and labels" item.

There are quite confusing and interdependent settings in this section.

Option "Who can post on your timeline" is available to friends by default. We advise you to select "Only me". This will protect you from accidentally or intentionally polluting your page with unpleasant, if not illegal, posts. No matter how carefully you choose your friends, you cannot rule out the possibility that an attacker will gain access to your friend's account. This is especially important for public people and civil activists. In the end, if a person wants to write something on Facebook, let him write on his own. Finally, in the comments.
When the first item is disabled, the second one loses its relevance.
Allowing others to share your posts in their Stories or not is a matter of taste, not security.

The last fourth item enables (or disables) the filter according to the words in the comments in your profile. Please note that this filter does not work for the authors themselves and their friends, so I would not seriously count on it.

What are tags made by your friends? Let's explain with an example. Have you ever seen this message: "Vasya is tagged in Masha's photo"? If Vasya got a photo published in her profile on the car, this photo can be linked to Vasya's account and duplicated in his profile. It might make sense to keep both filters associated with tags included in the "Only me" position. Then the excessive activity of lovers of marking will not create risks for you.

The first and third points I prefer to keep under control. But the second item (for some reason Facebook decided to post it here) is not even a setting, you can't switch anything. Facebook has hidden an option here that allows you to look at your account through the eyes of a regular Facebook user (not a friend). Click the "View As" link if you'd like to see it. It may be useful to evaluate the results of adjustments.

Public publications

Who can follow me. By default, this option is enabled for friends only. It is better to select the "Available to all" option. In this way, you will expand the circle of your readers and reduce the number of friend requests from people you do not know, that is, save your own resources (which also affects security). The "Subscribe" button will appear in the "header" of your profile. Now people will be able to subscribe to your publications.

Comments on public publications. If you don't want to have problems with malicious (or even illegal) comments being thrown at you, set this option to "Friends of Friends" or even "Friends". If you are a public figure and are interested in (and are willing to keep an eye on) the widest possible public discussion under your posts, then you may prefer wider access at the expense of security

Public posting notifications. "Available to all" is a good choice. This, despite the wording "Available to all", is not about public access to information. What this means is that you will be notified when someone shares, comments, or likes your post. Allows you to get more information.

Public profile information. It's better to set "Friends" or, in extreme cases, "Friends of Friends" (I would generally set "Only me", but, alas, Facebook does not offer such an option).

The remaining parameters do not directly affect security.

Block

Restricted access. You can quietly add to this list those "friends" to whom you no longer want to show information that is available only to friends (but you want to read what they write in their profiles). "Restricted" friends, unaware of this, will be able to read only those posts of yours that are available to all Facebook users. Fine tuning.

Block users. Here you can completely block certain users. That is, as far as Facebook allows, to block their access to you and your materials. (If you wish, you can unlock them later). It is better to block the villain directly from his page (in the profile header) in order to ensure that the namesake is not accidentally blocked. When you block a user, you stop seeing his profile and any posts, including comments, and he, accordingly, does not see yours.

Under the blocked list there are a number of other possibilities:

Blocking messages. Useful feature if one of your friends is bothering you with your Facebook posts and doesn't give in to any arguments or requests, but you don't want to completely block them.

Blocking application invitations. Sometimes one of your friends will be very active in trying to convince you to install this or that application. If you don't want to receive such invitations from this person again, add him to the list.

Blocking invitations to events. The same approach, but in relation to intrusive invitations to attend different meetings.

Application blocking. The name speaks for itself.

Page lock. Like blocking users, only for pages.

Geodata

This item is closely related to the mobile application on your smartphone. If it cannot use the geolocation features, the log in settings will be unavailable. "Geodata Log" is off, and good. I advise you not to add location data to a fair amount of personal data that users report to social networks.

Notices

This item is indirectly related to the security of the Facebook account. For example, if Facebook sends email notifications of all events, including likes and comments on your posts, it can clutter your inbox and cause some important emails to go unnoticed. To disable this feature:

Select "Notifications" from the left menu.

Click on the "E-mail" field.

Select "About your account only".

Mobile devices

Contrary to what is sometimes said and written, it is possible to use the Facebook mobile app on a smartphone and not have a phone number in the account settings. For security reasons, we may well refuse the theoretical possibility of changing the password from the mobile application, and even more so, we do not need the SMS service.

Applications and websites

In the left column, select "Apps and Sites". A list of apps you have installed will open.

How did they get here? Once you became interested in a certain site, he offered to register, and as an alternative, "log in with Facebook." The second option seemed easier. "Login with Facebook" installs the application. The illustration below is an app for Airbnb, a popular travel booking service.

Applications are different - interesting, funny, useful. Applications have access to basic data of your Facebook account (for example, name, photo, gender). In addition, during installation, the application may ask for your permission to access certain information about you and your friends. Data can be different, for example, age, place of residence, education, circle of acquaintances, contacts. The application can tell your friends which country you have arrived in, where you are at the moment. It can look great (it's so nice to meet an old friend who suddenly finds himself in the same city). But do not forget that such "advertising" expands the possibilities of your ill-wishers.

In the following illustration, the Tripadvisor site (for travelers with information about hotels, restaurants, attractions, etc.) in response to an attempt to register by email offers (alternatively) to log in through Facebook:

If you are not logged into Facebook, you will receive an offer to enter the social network. If you are logged in, you will be asked to confirm:

Click the "Continue" button, in the next window "Skip". Next comes the question of access rights to your data.

You can click the "Change Permissions" link and deselect the items of your choice to avoid sharing such an impressive amount of information about yourself with the site. However, even in this case, basic information about your profile will be available to Tripadvisor and the accounts will be linked. The following illustration shows the Facebook settings item. Tripadvisor has been added to the already installed Airbnb application:

By clicking on the "Check" button, you can still check the permissions for each application. You can also remove the application from Facebook at any time (the "Delete" button).

For security reasons, I recommend:

At a minimum, view a list of already installed applications; remove completely unused and rarely used.

It's better to do the same; for the remaining applications, clarify the rights; develop rules for adding applications to Facebook.

No compromise - do not use apps on Facebook. To do this, scroll down the settings page a little, find the "Apps, sites and games" item, click the "Turn off" button.

Optional (outside settings menu)

Facebook is famous for more than just redesigning paragraphs and headlines. In this social network, some settings are not at all where you expect them to be.

You can reduce the amount of information given about yourself a little more, if you select the "Friends" item in the horizontal menu and press the button with three dots (yes! there are two of them side by side! choose the one below).

In the drop-down menu, select the only item "Edit privacy settings". In the small window that opens, there are only three switches.

(The picture says it all.)

Facebook chat requests are also in a somewhat unusual place. And they can lie quietly there until you guess to look there.
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