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I changed my relationship status a few weeks ago from "single" to "in a relationship" (leaving the person-in-question box empty). Today I want this info as-is to be publicly accessible on my profile, but not have it plastered on other people's news feeds. How do I accomplish this?
Will it suffice to change the "only me" privacy setting to "public"?
This indicates that you have set this to not publish. You will need edit your privacy settings and allow Facebook to share this information.
Customize settingsRelationships and choose who you want to share this information with.I would imagine that if you want to publish your Relationship status change then you will have to set it back before changing your privacy settings.
Once you have amended your privacy settings then update your Relationship Status to "separated" and it should publish this to your wall.
EDIT
How you control who can see your Relationship Status has now been moved.
AboutBasic Info click EditRelationship Status to the far right of the box is a small drop down that lists who this information is visible to.
If you have Timeline (which will become default in the near future):
For Relationship Status:
The profile picture can't be hidden, it's public. Even if you hide the Profile Pictures album, the current profile picture remains visible.
Best Answer
When you change any activity, and don't want it to appear in friends News Feed, keep the audience "Only Me", After sometime (around 24-hrs) change the audience to "Public" or "Friends" or any custom. It will not appear to anyone's Timeline, but whenever someone visit your profile they will be able to see latest update.
So, yes, it will suffice to change the "Only Me" privacy setting to "Public".