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How to Restrict Who Comments on Your Social Media Posts
How to Restrict Who Comments on Your Social Media Posts
There will be times when rather than encouraging people to comment on your social media posts, you need to restrict or ensure no comments can be posted at all. This could be for a number of reasons such as the posts are purely announcements or if they could provoke trolls, hate speech or negative interactions. In this article we look at the three main platforms and see what options they offer.
In Instagram, you can change who can leave comments by clicking on the cog in the top right of your profile page and selecting privacy and settings. In the settings menu, scroll down to Comments and you can allow comments from Everyone, People you follow, Your followers or People you follow and your followers. You can change this at any time.
Another option is to restrict accounts. You can use this option if you don’t want to block or unfollow people that you know. Click into their profile and the three dots at the top right and in this menu, click Restrict. This is a great option as they won’t be notified that this has happened, you can review their comments and approve them (or not) based on the content and your activity status will be hidden. Only you and them can see their comments.
In the same menu, on their profile, you have the option to block or report depending on what they have posted on your account.
Finally, you do have the option of making your account private which means that only followers that you approve can see your photos and videos.
In Facebook, you can control who comments on individual posts. Click on the post and select Who can comment on your post. The options are: Public, Established followers, Profiles and Pages you follow or Profiles and Pages you mention. Within a Facebook group it is slightly different but you will have the option to turn off commenting.
You can also click on the dots next to an individual comment and either hide or report it.
If you don’t have time to monitor each post, you can select Audience and Visibility, then Followers and public content and in Who can comment on your public posts you can choose Public, Friends or Friends of friends.
If you have identified certain individuals who are trolling you then you can click on their profile and either block or report them.
X (Formerly Twitter)
In X, you can choose who can reply to your post. If you are writing a post within X then select the little globe at the bottom and it will tell you who can reply. Either Everyone, Accounts you follow, Verified accounts or Only accounts you mention. If you use a scheduling tool like Buffer or Hootsuite then you can just visit your profile on X and change who can comment after the post has been published. Simply click the three dots in the right-hand corner of your post and Change who can reply.
Currently there doesn’t seem to be an option to select a default setting for who can reply to your posts.
The other option is to block or report individual profiles which you can do by clicking on the dots at the top right of their post.
We hope the above gives you confidence to use social media. You may also be interested in our articles on related subjects:
- https://www.reddesk.co.uk/negative-comments-on-social-media/
- https://www.reddesk.co.uk/brand-awareness-social-media-reflect-business-brand/
- https://www.reddesk.co.uk/mental-health-tips-working-in-social-media/
If you need some assistance in managing your social media either from an Online Reputation Management perspective or just for some ideas on how to post then please do get in touch at mel@reddesk.co.uk.
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How Virtual Assistants Are THE Small Business Support Solution
How Virtual Assistants Are THE Small Business Support Solution
If you are running a small business, sometimes you need an extra pair of hands. If you don’t have enough work to employ a new team member full or even part-time, why not think about hiring a Virtual Assistant. We are THE Small Business Support Solution. Read on to find out why.
Project Work
If you are about to embark on a project then you have probably thought about how you will plan and organise your resources and people. However, things don’t always go to plan and you might be required to step in to oversee elements that may take your time away from managing the project as a whole. Red Desk can be brought in to ensure your project is finished on time, stays within budget and meets the requirements of the business. Our past project management experience includes design projects, large world-wide social media and marketing projects, international conferences, house renovations and project managing relocations.
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Working for yourself is so rewarding but at times you need a break. How do you ensure your business runs smoothly when you are away? A Virtual Assistant can be brought in to respond to emails, send out marketing packs and invoices whilst you are recharging your batteries.
Recurring Tasks
As your business evolves, you will find yourself caught up in tasks which could be outsourced and therefore freeing up your time to concentrate on the bigger picture. Here are some examples of recurring tasks that you could handover to a Virtual Assistant:
- Website work – updating plugins, adding blogs or reviews
- Financials – credit control, updating price lists
- Social Media – adding videos to YouTube, creating and adding social media posts to Facebook / Instagram / X
- Reviews – following up with customers who have bought your products but have yet to leave a review
- Appointment booking – contacting previous customers to see if they are interested in your latest deal
Start Up Help
If you are starting up your business then you may need business support for the following:
- Research – a Virtual Assistant can help you carry out market research to help you collect valuable data
- Connections – If you are looking to work with or hire a certain person then we can help you find the right connection
- Company Set Up – we know what steps you need to go through in order to start trading. From registering at Companies House to finding the right business name, we can help you get on your feet
- Websites – We work closely with website designers to ensure your website is up and running in a timely fashion
- Admin – A VA can be in the background supporting you by ordering your business cards, inputting sales leads into a CRM or designing your invoice template
If you are in need of an extra pair of hands, no matter how small the task, please do get in touch at mel@reddesk.co.uk.
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