Is it possible to hide your friends from someone you message?

Ace said:

settings,privacy settings,profile,.....

mdiver said:

Thanks, m. I looked at that, but - as far as I can make out - once you send a message to somebody, they can see all your friends for a while. Or am I missing something?

Ace said:

If you go to the friends part you can customise and exclude people from seeing that info

mdiver said:

Right. But what if send a message to someone who's not a friend?

Ace said:

In that setting i think you exclude friends from seeing that info so you could send a message and the excluded friends would not see that. I dunno about the other way around, i guess you could just send a private note to that person and no one could see that

mdiver said:

Right. But what if send a message to someone who's not a friend?

mdiver said:

No, I mean As far as I understand it, if you send a message to someone who's not a "friend", they can view at least part of your profile (including all your friends) for a time. Is there no way of not letting that person see your friends list?

Ace said:

Privacy > Profile > Friends > Select "Only Friends"

That should work.

mdiver said:

No, I mean As far as I understand it, if you send a message to someone who's not a "friend", they can view at least part of your profile (including all your friends) for a time. Is there no way of not letting that person see your friends list?

People who you interact with on Facebook in these ways will have temporary access to view a small portion of your profile. They will see Basic Info, Personal Info, Work Info, Education Info and Friends. Keep in mind that your friends will always be able to view your profile and your content, unless you have adjusted your privacy settings otherwise.

I pulled this from the help files there:



I don't think you CAN restrict it if you want to send a message to someone. Makes sense, kind of. I don't want messages from someone who's not willing to let me know who they are...


All that said, you should just send me the friend request already, Ace.

No, I don't mean hide your identity; I mean hide your friends.

I'm so bored with Facebook I could scream.

I don't think you CAN restrict it if you want to send a message to someone. Makes sense, kind of.

Ace said:

Right, but it says "Friends" in the list, so I think that's part of what they allow people to see if you send them a message, your friend list.

GetAwayFromMe said:

You too, huh. I have to nearly whore myself out like on here to get motherfuckers to notice me. I added a bunch of motherfuckers from school; some don't even remember me. For two years, I refused to add motherfuckers. Then, I lost it. I don't know WHAT'S wrong with me.

mdiver said:

Right. But what if send a message to someone who's not a friend?

CarrieMpls said:

That's fucked up. Surely, there's some way to set the damn thing so someone you message can't see all your fabulous homies?

Ace said:

Then they have some sort of temporary access that amounts to days!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

That's what I thought! And you can't limit what they can see (e.g. hide yer F-R-E-N's from those motherfuckers)?

Mysterioso said:

is everybody you know a motherfucker??

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

That's what I thought! And you can't limit what they can see (e.g. hide yer F-R-E-N's from those motherfuckers)?

If you don't want someone you 'poke' or message or add to see your profile or friends list... or ANYONE who's not actually on your friends list for that matter... go to 'search' and then choose who and want you want people to see

Hope that helps

Natisse said:

Natisse!

It seems that you can't hide yr posse list from those motherfuckers you message.