Part of the Internet acronyms and lingo glossary:

A Facebook wall is the area on a profile or page where friends and “fans” can post their thoughts, views, or criticisms for everyone to see. Walls have three viewing settings: user + others, just the user, and just others. These settings can be changed by clicking the "filters" option at the top of the wall. Most walls automatically display the "user + others" option, showing posts, links, tagged material, and other information posted by both the page's operator and their friends or fans. Walls also incorporate the news feed, displaying updates made by the user such as statuses, links, pictures, and other recent activity.

Next Steps

Read more:

Abbey Klaasson discusses how a high click-through rate for content posted on Facebook walls can help marketers manage their social media presence.

Facebook Help Centre answers frequently asked questions about Facebook walls and how to use them.

This was last updated in August 2010
Posted by: Margaret Rouse

Related Terms

Definitions

  • Facebook Connect

    - Facebook Connect is a single sign-on application which allows users to interact on other websites through their Facebook account. (WhatIs.com)

  • Facebook Insights

    - Facebook Insights is Facebook's version of web page analysis, which allows a user to keep track of information such as page views, unique views, fan statistics, wall posts, video and audio plays, p... (WhatIs.com)

  • Facebook Mobile

    - Facebook Mobile is a feature that allows a user to access Facebook from their cell phone through text messages, e-mails, downloaded applications or a web browser. (WhatIs.com)

Glossaries

  • Internet acronyms and lingo

    - Terms related to Internet acronyms and lingo, including slang definitions and jargon about texting, Twitter and other social networking sites.

  • Internet applications

    - This WhatIs.com glossary contains terms related to Internet applications, including definitions about Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery models and words and phrases about web sites, e-commerce ...

Tech TalkComment

Share
Comments

    Results

    Contribute to the conversation

    All fields are required. Comments will appear at the bottom of the article.
    Back to top