How to Make a Post Shareable on Facebook

Useful for helping to spread information or cute cat photos

The point of social media platforms like Facebook is to share content with your friends. On Facebook, some content is shareable, and some aren’t — it all depends on the privacy settings of whoever posted the content in the first place.

In this article, we’ll explain how to make a post shareable on Facebook.

What Are the Facebook Privacy Settings?

You must choose a privacy setting whenever you post something to your Facebook profile. These sharing settings will determine who can view and share your posts.

The privacy options are as follows:

If you see a post in your newsfeed, but the share button isn’t visible, or you’re unable to share posts with your friends, it means the author of the post has made it private (or it’s in a private Facebook group).

Note:You can alsocheck who shared your Facebook post.

How to Make Your Facebook Post Shareable

To make an existing post shareable on the Facebook website:

Note:You can selectEdit Post, then on the audience drop-down menu, choosePublic.

To make a post shareable on your mobile device:

Note:This should work for both the Android and iOS versions of the mobile app.

You can also change the privacy settings when creating your post:

Sharing Is Caring

By making your post public, anyone on Facebook should be able to share your existing or future posts to their timelines or via other apps likeFacebook Messenger. While it isn’t always a good idea to let everyone see your activity or full profile page, it is useful if you want to keep in touch with your friends.

Jake Harfield is an Australian freelance writer whose passion is finding out how different technologies work. He has written for several online publications, focusing on explaining what he has learned to help others with their tech problems. He’s an avid hiker and birder, and in his spare time you’ll find him in the Aussie bush listening to the birdsong.Read Jake’s Full Bio

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