ATTENTION very IMPORTANT: Dear Facebookers – Your private inbox messages are now visible for all to see, from 2011 and earlier! This could cause a lot of embarrassment…this is a new change from Facebook as of 12 days ago.. Don’t believe me? Read your timeline from those years…yikes! They look like wall posts…..they are not! There’s an easy fix–when you’re in your own timeline, just click on the year on the right (2007, 2008, 2009) and you’ll see a box with a bunch of friends’ messages and a header that says 89 (EXAMPLE.) people have written on (your) timeline–hover over the right until you see the pencil, click and select hide from timeline. Do that for each year.

 @a2z4u

I don’t see them on my timeline. But I’dd definitely keep my eye out for them. Thanks for the heads up.  

@a2z4u I have heard this again and again from people but have yet to see an actual example. Can you provide a screen shot of one of these private messages (with names removed, of course)?

Russ

@a2z4u I will check my account over the weekend. 

Here are a couple of articles on the topic:

Only a French rumor (LA Times) - http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-facebook-private-messages-public-20121001,0,983933.htmlstory

Never leaked (Mashable): http://mashable.com/2012/09/26/facebook-private-message-leak/ ”Facebook believes members new to Timeline are confusing old posts for private messages.”

cc: @russellallert  @jenettapenner @andrea-vahl

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