A friend told me he posted a comment onto a Facebook page's status update today. I went to that Facebook page, and looked at all the comments on the status update, but I did not see his comment. He told me he could see his comment, so I'm wondering if Facebook has a feature that can let a page admin prevent others from seeing someone's comment while still letting that person see his own comment, so that he doesn't know it was hidden?
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Yes, it's possible per person without lists. Here's how he did it, if you want to do it back.
Account (drop down menu at top right) - Privacy - Customize Settings - scroll down - Pick what you want, e.g. "Can see Wall posts by friends" - Customize - type the first few letters of the name in the not bit, select it and Ok. You can check this by viewing as that person, there won't be a box where the normal post to wall box is.
Are you referring to your News Feed (Top News), News Feed (Most Recent), or the Recent Activity on your profile?
I think that News Feed (Top News) only displays what Facebook considers to be most interesting to you, so I wouldn't expect your own likes/comments there. The News Feed setting that you mentioned applies to the Most Recent setting.
News Feed (Most Recent) does not display individual stories for comments and likes on posts; you would only see them under the corresponding post, if it is expanded. Are you saying that you expanded the likes/comments and you can see comments from other people but your comment is not there? Sometimes it takes some time for it to show up although it shouldn't take days (unless it was deleted).
If you are referring to the Recent Activity on your profile, there is an additional setting for that that you didn't mention. On your profile's Wall (not your News Feed), scroll to the bottom and click Edit Options. If you have hidden any kinds of stories from your Recent Activity these will be listed and you can unhide any of them by clicking the X and then Save.
As for the Photos tab, that used to be a known issue although the link to Facebook Help in that answer does not seem to work now. I don't know if that means that it should be fixed.
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This article says that Facebook does give page administrators the option of hiding a comment, which makes it invisible to everyone except the commenter and his friends. When a page administrator hides a comment, the following message appears on the administrator's screen:
This means the page admin must have hidden my friend's comment. (The reason I didn't see his comment is because I wasn't Facebook friends with my friend at the time - we sometimes defriend each other so we can see how the privacy settings are working.)