Facebook Users Report Seeing Old Private Messages Showing Up On Timelines

Re:Facebook Users Report Seeing Old Private Messages Showing... by kennu on Monday September 24, 2012 @02:31PM (#4566174)

So it's, again, people forgetting that they used to write wall-to-wall messages in 2009, and that they were always visible to friends?

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Re:Facebook Users Report Seeing Old Private Messages Showing... by snippyhollow on Monday September 24, 2012 @02:34PM (#4566182)

Not at all, I can assure you I had my _private_ conversations disclosed.

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Re:Facebook Users Report Seeing Old Private Messages Showing... by snippyhollow on Monday September 24, 2012 @05:11PM (#4567011)

I seem to be mistaken. However I was twice as stupid because I have hidden all these messages, and now I can't recover them on my timeline. I don't find them in my activity log (not under "hidden" nor "all"). Strangely, if I update my status and make it "hidden" in my timeline, it shows under "hidden" in the activity log...

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Re:Facebook Users Report Seeing Old Private Messages Showing... by fidotron on Monday September 24, 2012 @03:35PM (#4566495)

Likewise.

Well, FB had kind of jumped the shark. I guess they wanted to leave no room for doubt about it.

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Re:Facebook Users Report Seeing Old Private Messages Showing... by olasitarska on Monday September 24, 2012 @02:41PM (#4566216)

I don't think so - I had my totally private messages visible publicly..

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Re:Facebook Users Report Seeing Old Private Messages Showing... by quadrahelix on Monday September 24, 2012 @02:47PM (#4566244)

Screenshot?

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Re:Facebook Users Report Seeing Old Private Messages Showing... by skiplecariboo on Monday September 24, 2012 @03:02PM (#4566324)

i' m thinking the same. People please compare with email notification Facebook was sending at the time, provide screenshot to have a real proof !

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