Facebook adds option to remove comments function on public posts

Facebook is updating its platform to allow a public post to have comments limited or completely disabled.

The move was announced in a blog post by Facebook product manager Ramya Sethuraman. While some Australian pages are already seeing the new option, the full roll-out will be completed in the coming weeks.

While Facebook profile accounts can already limit comment on all public posts from the account-level, where the options are: Public, Friends, and Friends of Friends, this new feature allows users to update that setting for an individual public post, where the options are: Public, Friends, and Profiles and Pages they mention.

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