Prior to this modification users could actually hide themselves from being shown in the search results of others with the option "Who can look up your Timeline by name?" Wondering why did Facebook took this step. Because most users weren't opting for this option.
I always found this one option funny because at the end of the day Facebook is a social network so why make it impossible for others to search you there.
Last year in December, Facebook removed this option for those who weren't using it and now finally starting yesterday, those who were actually using it they won't be no longer hidden.
According to the official announcement on the Facebook blog, Michael Richter, Chief Privacy Officer explained, "The setting was created when Facebook was a simple directory of profiles and it was very limited. For example, it didn't prevent people from navigating to your Timeline by clicking your name in a story in News Feed, or from a mutual friend's Timeline."
He also added "Today, people can also search Facebook using Graph Search (for example, "People who live in Seattle,") making it even more important to control the privacy of the things you share rather than how people get to your Timeline."
The elimination of this option should not alarm you as this is no major privacy change, it's just that people can now search you or find you in their search results. You can still control the audience of the content you share. All that you have to do is to visit your privacy setting page and click on "Limit The Audience for Old Posts on Your Timeline."
You also individually change the audience of your posts. "The best way to control what people can find about you is to choose the audience of the individual things you share."
Well, the best thing about this modification is that it won't do any damage to your existing privacy setting. In short this is no biggie. What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.Follow E-junkie on Twitter.
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