What Happens When You Hide Comments on Facebook
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How to Hide Comments on Facebook
When you come across your comment or someone’s comment on your update, select thethree-dot menunext to the comment and pick theHide commentoption.
The comment’s text should fade or appear grayed out. You will notice the Unhide option below it which can be useful if you change your mind later.
The same steps will also work on smartphone apps. Press and hold the comment to reveal a pop-up with the Hide comment option.
Note:Do you see grayed-out comments and don’t remember hiding them? It is possible that these comments were flagged by the system as spam or violated one of Facebook’s policies.
What Happens When You Hide Comments on Your Posts/Page
There are two scenarios. The first one is where you posted a status update, and someone commented on it. The second is when someone posts a comment on an update on your Page. Here’s what happens when you hide it.
Who Can See Hidden Comments on Facebook
When you hide a comment on your post/update, it will still be visible to the person who posted it and all his/her friends. It will be hidden from everyone else.
Notably, the commenter and his/her friends can continue the discussion. Only the folks on the commenter’s friend list can view or interact with that comment. No one else can.
Will They Know if I Hide Their Comment on Facebook
The short answer is a resounding no. The commenter will never find out unless people start talking about it. People are smart these days, and they often take screenshots of controversial comments anticipating such a move. Be careful of what you hide or delete.
What Happens When You Hide Comments in Tagged Posts
Let’s say someone tagged you in a post you want nothing to do with. While you can ask the person to remove your name or the comment, if they do not you can hide the said comments.
The treatment remains the same. Your friends won’t be able to view it but their friends or followers would be and if you have common friends, they can view it as well.
To avoid such a situation, you can prevent people from tagging you or decide whether you want to approve the tag or not. That’s called Review and you can find it underSettings>Timeline and Taggingat the bottom of the screen.
What Happens When You Hide a Reply on a Comment
Say the comment is not offending, but one of the replies is inappropriate. You can hide comment replies separately. When you do so, only the reply is hidden from others, the original comment will remain visible to all.
Can You See Hidden Comments Later
Yes. As mentioned above, you’ll see a ‘This comment has been hidden’ message when you hide a comment. You can see whose comment you’ve hidden. However, if you want to see the content of the hidden post, you’ll have to unhide the post.
Tap the comment > unhide to read it. If you still don’t want the comment to appear on your post, hide it again.
What Happens When You Report a Comment
Similar to when youreport someone on Facebook, the platform reviews the report. If it violates their community guidelines, Facebook will contact the author to warn them or disable their profile temporarily or permanently.
What Kind of Comments Should You Hide
Hiding comments is not always a good idea. Let’s say you are running a business page, and people are commenting good and bad about your product or customer service.
If someone is unhappy with your service, strive to understand the problem or root cause and solve it. That will show the customer that you care and that no one is perfect. It just makes you human. Even some of the most respected and loved brands receive negative comments in the form of constructive criticism. And that is okay.
What’s not okay is spam, abusive language, personal marketing or self-promotion, irrelevant links or images, inappropriate or adult content, or hate speech. You should always hide such comments and mayeven block themif they repeat the offense.
It is your right to protect yourself or your business’s reputation but not at the cost of losing customers. That is a judgment call and you have to decide whether to react or respond.
Tip: Give the world what you want in return. So, make sure your comments are not crossing the line or community guidelines. You can also follow ourguide to Facebook comments, to make your comments more interesting.
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Last updated on 18 August, 2024
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