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ProfessorGAC

(70,599 posts)
Sat Jun 17, 2023, 05:48 PM Jun 2023

Has Something Changed In Facebook?

I don't have an account, but I used to be able to call up pages for businesses (golf club, music club) or the town's page and see everything.
Now, I see almost nothing and the "sign in" window takes up a quarter of the page.
I used to be able to see FB stuff without an account.
Did I inadvertently change a phone setting or is there something different about FB?

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Has Something Changed In Facebook? (Original Post) ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 OP
FB greed is never ending. I don't doubt your situation. Tetrachloride Jun 2023 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author highplainsdem Jun 2023 #2
Facebook's had some problems since yesterday, according to a news story highplainsdem Jun 2023 #3
Thanks ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #4
I had long thought one had to have a FB account PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2023 #5
No account here but for me it has always been hit and miss on accessibility. yonder Jun 2023 #6
The Weird Part Is... ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #7
The only thing I've noticed different about my Facebook is... Different Drummer Jun 2023 #8
It can depend on the privacy setting of the page LeftInTX Jul 2023 #9
That Page Worked ProfessorGAC Jul 2023 #10
The entity can decide whether everyone on or off facebook can view the page. LeftInTX Jul 2023 #11
Even Weirder ProfessorGAC Jul 2023 #12

Response to ProfessorGAC (Original post)

highplainsdem

(52,834 posts)
3. Facebook's had some problems since yesterday, according to a news story
Sat Jun 17, 2023, 06:59 PM
Jun 2023

I found online. And their Twitter account had a message about it.

I'd linked to the Downdetector page for Facebook, but deleted that message quickly after seeing their comments section full of scam messages about how various Telegram accounts can supposedly help recover/unlock FB accounts, etc. Downdetector's page for Instagram had a warning against believing such posts, but there was no such warning on the FB or Twitter pages there.

ProfessorGAC

(70,599 posts)
4. Thanks
Sat Jun 17, 2023, 07:33 PM
Jun 2023

But, this isn't just today.
I get a message saying I have to log in to see posts or photos for businesses & the town page where I live.
I've looked at these for years without seeing this message.
Weird.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,842 posts)
5. I had long thought one had to have a FB account
Sat Jun 17, 2023, 08:41 PM
Jun 2023

to be able to look at anything there.

Yes, I do have an account. I find it quite useful in many ways.

ProfessorGAC

(70,599 posts)
7. The Weird Part Is...
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 09:56 AM
Jun 2023

...I'm going to pages I've gone to on & off, for years.
I get the public/private aspect of FB, but I can't believe public businesses & a municipality went private.
That's why I brought this up.
Oh, well.

Different Drummer

(8,781 posts)
8. The only thing I've noticed different about my Facebook is...
Sat Jun 24, 2023, 08:24 PM
Jun 2023

I haven't been able to access it since June 5 when Facebook disabled my account due to the "handiwork" of a hacker/phisher.

LeftInTX

(30,594 posts)
9. It can depend on the privacy setting of the page
Fri Jul 21, 2023, 05:31 PM
Jul 2023

I'm able to access my "business page" when I run google incognito
Try this: https://www.facebook.com/POTUS/

I noticed there was a "Connect with Joe Biden" splash screen. I was able to "X" it. I'm on a computer.

LeftInTX

(30,594 posts)
11. The entity can decide whether everyone on or off facebook can view the page.
Fri Jul 21, 2023, 09:27 PM
Jul 2023

Some places may have shut some stuff down, although it doesn't really make sense to me why a business would want to do that. My page is for local voters, but it's set so the "whole world" can find and view it.

Keep in mind this applies only to "pages" and not "profiles". (Profiles are where people have "friends".)

ProfessorGAC

(70,599 posts)
12. Even Weirder
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 10:13 AM
Jul 2023

Because the three sites I'm having issues with are businesses open to the public. Not sure why they'd want to restrict views for the customers.
And, it didn't used to be that way. I'd go there regularly to see what's new, for years.
Like I said, weird.

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