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Facebook now shows you your own search history

16 points by WilliamSt 14y ago

If you go to your Activity Log and check the box that says "Include Only Me Activity", all your searches will be displayed. Personally, I'm scared I'll forget to log off my facebook account one day and that someone might get access to which of my friends profiles I've searched for. What are your opinions?

jameswyse 14y ago
I don't see any searches, in fact the only thing that seems to change by clicking "Include only me activity" (and what is that even meant to mean?) is the query string in the URL. I really wish everyone would switch to Google+, it's so much better.
- WilliamSt 14y ago
  Try to search for a friend using the search bar on your newsfeed. Then go back and look again.
- onlyup 14y ago
  "Include only me activity" means activities that are private. I.E. shared with only yourself
nwh 14y ago
This is what you end up with — http://i.imgur.com/bmdVc.png http://i.imgur.com/bmdVc.png Not the most comforting feature they've ever introduced. Especially as it shows you your history previous to this point.
coryl 14y ago
Hate it. What are our options for deleting/preventing this?
- WilliamSt 14y ago
  It seems like you are able to "remove" searches but you have to click on all of them manually, there's no "remove all search history"-functionality, at least that I was able to find. Searches seems to go back to september this year for me.
- pearsechris 14y ago
  You can clear all of your searches in one click: Activity Log >>> More (Under Comments) >>> Search >>> Clear Searches
andrewhillman 14y ago
they have been showing this for a couple months. I wasn't thrilled when I saw my history so now I don't do much searching. FB logs everything.
- onlyup 14y ago
  So does Google.. and probably a lot of other sites.. Amazon etc.
nbpoole 14y ago
This is actually several months old: http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/21/3369878/facebook-saves-your-searches-activity-log http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/21/3369878/facebook-saves-you... > The default privacy setting for searches is "Only Me," and cannot be changed unlike the privacy toggles of other Activity Log entries. But, you can delete any searches you want to hide from yourself. The idea is to provide added context and transparency to using Facebook, as well as provide you with complete control over every single thing you do on the site, like searches — which apparently we're doing a lot of.

16 points by WilliamSt 14y ago

jameswyse 14y ago

I don't see any searches, in fact the only thing that seems to change by clicking "Include only me activity" (and what is that even meant to mean?) is the query string in the URL. I really wish everyone would switch to Google+, it's so much better.

WilliamSt 14y ago
Try to search for a friend using the search bar on your newsfeed. Then go back and look again.
onlyup 14y ago
"Include only me activity" means activities that are private. I.E. shared with only yourself

nwh 14y ago

This is what you end up with — http://i.imgur.com/bmdVc.png http://i.imgur.com/bmdVc.png Not the most comforting feature they've ever introduced. Especially as it shows you your history previous to this point.

coryl 14y ago

Hate it. What are our options for deleting/preventing this?

WilliamSt 14y ago
It seems like you are able to "remove" searches but you have to click on all of them manually, there's no "remove all search history"-functionality, at least that I was able to find. Searches seems to go back to september this year for me.
pearsechris 14y ago
You can clear all of your searches in one click: Activity Log >>> More (Under Comments) >>> Search >>> Clear Searches

andrewhillman 14y ago

they have been showing this for a couple months. I wasn't thrilled when I saw my history so now I don't do much searching. FB logs everything.

onlyup 14y ago
So does Google.. and probably a lot of other sites.. Amazon etc.

nbpoole 14y ago

This is actually several months old: http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/21/3369878/facebook-saves-your-searches-activity-log http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/21/3369878/facebook-saves-you... > The default privacy setting for searches is "Only Me," and cannot be changed unlike the privacy toggles of other Activity Log entries. But, you can delete any searches you want to hide from yourself. The idea is to provide added context and transparency to using Facebook, as well as provide you with complete control over every single thing you do on the site, like searches — which apparently we're doing a lot of.