Facebook Events can be set as public or only visible to friends, those invited or specific Facebook groups.

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Full names were always visible to non-friends in search results for your name.

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Their pictures and social plans should be visible only to their friends, not to their friends' friends or the online world.

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Mr. Fogle's Facebook page, as visible to his 243 "friends, " offered details about his social life, contacts and travel plans.

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Far too many investors become obsessed with what their neighbors, friends, or highly visible benchmarks are doing, and so tend to lose sight of their own big picture.

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