Facebook Testing ‘Search This Profile’ Feature
Facebook confirmed to Mashable that it is testing a way for users to search other users’ profiles, but they will only see content that they have been granted access to.
Facebook confirmed to Mashable that it is testing a way for users to search other users’ profiles, but they will only see content that they have been granted access to.
Mashable reported late last week that The Huffington Post business editor Alexander Kaufman spotted Facebook’s Search This Profile feature, adding that the feature is active on the account of Mashable space reporter Miriam Kramer.
According to Mashable, the Search This Profile feature allows users to search other users’ profiles for specific terms in posts, and the screenshot below shows the results of a search for “Mashable” on Kramer’s profile.
A Facebook spokesperson told Mashable the test was “a small pilot program” for select desktop and iPhone users in the U.S.,
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