Say there is a Facebook photo that friends are talking about, but you decide you do not really want to see in the stream. Will hiding the post, hide all activity related to that post ?
Example:
I tried hiding the person but Facebook adjusts accordingly and brings the same post back but instead as from a next Facebook friend linked in the same photo either as a comment or a photo tag.
If you post to "Friends" or more (including "Friends of Friends" or "Public"), then the friends of the people that are tagged will also be able to see, like, and comment on your post.
When I tag someone in a photo or post, who can see it?
When you tag someone, it may be visible to:
- The audience you selected for your post.
- Friends of the person you tagged (if the audience is set to Friends or more).
People who can see your photo or post can also like or comment on it.
You can get around this by posting to a friend list instead. If you create a friend list with all of your friends on it and post to that list (by entering the list name using the Custom setting), then you can post to all of your friends without automatically including the friends of the tagged people. However when you add new friends you would need to remember to manually add them to that friend list.
It all depends on your privacy settings.
The default for actions is often that "friends of friends" can see actions.
You can control the visibility of a post when you post it. Make sure the default action for that is "Friends" only. This can be done on the Privacy Settings and Tools page via the "Who can see my stuff?" option:
Then go to the Timeline and Tagging Settings page and make sure that the "Who can see what others post on your timeline?" option is set to "Friends" only rather than "Friends of friends".
These options change regularly so it's always worth double checking the settings and making sure only those people you want to interact with are able to see what you post.
Best Answer
My understanding of the "Hide this post" functionality is that it will hide that post and all future comments, like etc on that particular post.
If another friend posted the same picture again you would have to hide that post too. Facebook isn't intelligent enough to recognise, what are essentially, duplicate posts.