{"id":54879,"date":"2023-09-30T16:31:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T16:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/facebook-will-let-you-make-up-to-four-alternative-profiles"},"modified":"2023-09-30T17:13:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T17:13:39","slug":"facebook-will-let-you-make-up-to-four-alternative-profiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/facebook-will-let-you-make-up-to-four-alternative-profiles","title":{"rendered":"Facebook will let you make up to four alternative profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>ARE you still using Facebook? Someone has to be because parent company Meta has rolled out a fairly chunky change for the social media platform. Now you can have up to four extra profiles attached to your main Facebook account. The reasons you would do that are up to you, but Meta\u2019s got a few suggestions.<\/p>\n

Before we get into that, a little bit about how the feature works: Users can create a new alias that spins off the main profile.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re finished making one (or four), it\u2019s possible to switch between each without logging out. If you\u2019ve ever swapped between a business and personal Facebook account, you\u2019ll know how it works. If you haven\u2019t … well, you\u2019re about to find out.<\/p>\n

WHAT\u2019S THE POINT?<\/p>\n

The ability to create multiple profiles has been in testing for a while. Meta says the move was driven by feedback that \u201c…clearer organisation of friends, groups and interests helps them feel freer to engage with the audience they believe is most relevant\u201d. In other words, people want one Facebook account for sports, one for anime, one for family, and one for… whatever.<\/p>\n

Some features of the social media platform won\u2019t be available to alias profiles. If you\u2019re fond of using Facebook Marketplace, dating, professional mode or giving Zuckerberg money, you\u2019ll have to do all of those via the main profile. Messenger will be available to alternative profiles but, as with the restricted features, it looks like Meta is keeping the door open for enabling or restricting features in future. It depends how folks behave, we suppose. If you screw it up for everyone else by using your multiple profiles to be a troll… well, this is why we can\u2019t have nice things.<\/p>\n

The feature started rolling out globally last week, a process that will apparently take several months to finish. Once it\u2019s enabled for you, a pop-up will offer instructions on how to create more targeted profiles (which Zuckerberg totally won\u2019t use to create more targeted ads for you).<\/p>\n

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