How Facebook Is Reminding Users About Its Removal Of A Privacy Setting

Facebook reminded users last month that it would remove a privacy setting used by a small percentage of its users, “Who can look up your Timeline by name?,” which it originally announced in August, and now, the social network is reminding users again, via messages atop their News Feeds, and via emails.

Facebook reminded users last month that it would remove a privacy setting used by a small percentage of its users, “Who can look up your Timeline by name?,” which it originally announced in August, and now, the social network is reminding users again, via messages atop their News Feeds, and via emails.

Justin Lafferty of sister blog Inside Facebook shared the screen shot above of the reminder that appeared at the top of his News Feed, as well as the contents of the email he received:

In a few days, we’ll be removing an old Facebook setting you’ve used in the past.

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