When someone re-shares something I posted, who can see it on Facebook?

If you want to share a post, click the share link, and choose the audience to share with. You can change this for each item you share on Facebook.

So the good news is, only people who would have reason to see your posts in the first place would see that you have shared something from a public page.



If your co-worker – who is not your Facebook friend – happens upon that rival company’s page, he or she will not see that you have shared their post as long as you have only shared with friends

Remember a page is different from a profile.  People have profiles, and businesses or bands or public figures have pages.    You “friend” a person but you “like” a page.  (And groups are a whole other story that I’ll have to discuss in another article!)  But, the sharing still works the same.  Whether you are sharing a link sent out by a public Page, or a photo shared by a friend, you can control who will see what you shared.


When someone clicks Share below your post, they aren’t able to share your photos, videos or status updates through Facebook with people who weren’t in the audience you originally selected to share with. 

Only the people who could see those posts when you first made them are able to see them when someone clicks Share. Use the audience selector to adjust who you share posts with.

Note: When a friend shares a link that you posted, they can share the link with a wider audience than you originally shared it with. Keep in mind that any text you added in your post will not be shared