"Private Posts" allow users to communicate much more freely and openly, with a form of privacy, between trusted Friends and Acquaintances.
[b]Posts marked as "Visible to Circle/Friends", can only be Seen and Accessed by those in the poster's Circle and Friends Lists.[/b]
Once a post has been created as "Private" (Circle/Friends), it cannot be converted into Public (Everyone) thereafter (for privacy reasons, to the existing commenters).
We hope that you will be able to enjoy and make good use of this and other new features we have worked hard on and released for you all!
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Why? What's wrong with everyone seeing posts? Those with a small circle of friends could potentially have a very slow or dead feed, the beginning of the end for many people. I think it would have been more beneficial to allow us to cut ourselves off from certain groups, such as politics or religion instead of encouraging a clique mentality.
@FreestyleArt But people who have just joined won't see posts so they'll have no one to add. they haven't really thought this through and the block button is there to stop trolls etc.
People will continue to create Public posts. This just brings a bit of extra privacy for those who wanted (as you can see, most replies to this post show that users are happy with the new setting).
@Nuno Really? Did you do a survey to find this out? I think a lot of people will become closed circles and many new members will miss out on a whole selection of material and possible friends.
@Loretta78 Haha! I had eight but removed three due to them not acknowledging my replies. I have a feeling I'll be finding a new pastime when I'm bored 🤣
