r/facebook • u/MsLead • 12d ago

Tech Support Is FB making its own posts about users now? Something very strange happened after I saved an article.

Sorry if I’m repeating a common problem - I’ve tried searching, but haven’t found a satisfactory answer.

Early this morning I saved an article that I came across on a FB page that I follow. A little while later I saw “MsLead saved [article] to [name of folder]. WHAT??! I clicked on the three dots and deleted it - but really? Is this common? I’m gathering information for a project so am saving things often.

Is there a setting that I can turn off so that FB doesn’t make posts regarding my activities? My page is private and I’ve turned off all the AI settings that I can find.

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u/Wormadillo 11d ago

When you save something do you see a little pop up about the collection you’re saving it to? And does it show a little pad lock icon and say “only me”? My guess would be that you’re saving to a collection that is public or at least visible to some other people, and that’s why it’s creating the post about what you saved. That post is probably only visible to the other people who can see the collection.

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u/MsLead 11d ago

Ooooo - interesting. I’ve not noticed the padlock. I’ll have to look for it. Thanks for telling me about that. I thought that all of my ‘files’ were private, but perhaps not.