We have now added "Limited" as a post visibility / audience option, which acts as an intermediate between the other already two existing options of "Public" and "Private" post visibility.
Private (Friends/Circle only) posts have always been completely inaccessible to Google / Search Crawlers / Bots.
The new "Limited Posts" will also cause your post to be inaccessible to Google / Crawlers, as well as anyone else outside of your audience scope of: Friends/Circle + Relevant Users (those you interact with the most).
The current 3 Modes of Post Visibility, available to all SW users:
1) Public = Maximum reach of your shared content
2) Limited = Reduced reach, limited to Friends/Circle + Relevant Users (Cannot be Seen/Indexed by Google/Crawlers)
3) Private = Friends-Only (Cannot be Seen/Indexed by Google/Crawlers)
You can access this "Limited Visibility" feature when:
A) Creating a New Post
Simply click on the default "Public" button in the "Visibility" portion (Step 3), to define the post visibility / audience, if you so wish.
B) Editing an Existing Post (New) ☀️
1) Click on the small ✏️ Edit [Pencil] Icon, near the top of your existing post.
2) Then click the "Edit Visibility" option on the resulting prompt.
🔔 Available for a Limited Time Only:
Limit Posts Audience of All Existing Posts
To assist users in adjusting their post visibility settings more quickly, to their preferred general choice,
we have now made available for a LIMITED TIME, the ability to change ALL of your Post's visibility settings, in one action.
This can be done by using the "Limit Posts Audience" option, found at the Account Settings page:
Please note that this limited time feature DOES put additional heavy strain on our operating servers, to process a large number of internal changes consecutively.
For that reason, this option will only be available temporarily, for 1 week only.
Note: Changing the visibility of an existing post that is already Indexed in Google's search results, will not cause "Immediate Changes" to Google's list of results. This action of updating the results is only controlled by Google.
While changing your post to "Limited" or "Private" visibility will prevent Google from accessing / seeing your post, it can take some time (days or weeks) before Google updates their search results, and de-indexes your page completely from their listings.
We hope that these changes will accommodate more of our users unique preferences, and that it makes Similar Worlds more easier and comfortable to use and understand.
Kind regards! - The SW Team
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@JoyfulSilence You do know that in the SW safety setting for our accounts, It WAS set to SW site exclusively or not: We had that control. It's gone now.
@LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON I have long been aware of that setting about making our profile viewable to people not logged into SW. I had that long ago set that to "no." I still have it set to "no."
But I was thinking about these new settings. Apparently if I want my new posts to show up on the main feed of all SW members (who have not blocked me otherwise), I need to post it as Public. But then then it could show up in a Google search. I want to post things as Public for people logged onto SW and also hidden from Google web crawlers.
@JoyfulSilence I know what you mean. The new option has no middle ground. My profile is hidden but they could explain this option better. I would also have liked the option to only allow specific members access. This idea of people you follow can see private stuff is weird. SW missed an opportunity to have circles like Google+ did.
It seems that with every step forward there's also a step back. That sucks.
@MeisterAndrew What I did is made all my posts "limited" (they had a single button for a short time, to allow this).
For all new posts, I make them "public" so they will show up on the main feed. Then periodically I go through my recent posts and switch them to limited.
