Facebook may let users search for old posts

Barack Obama's Facebook page. New technology may allow users to search and retrieve old posts from the Facebook archives. Image: Mashable

Facebook is testing using keywords to find old posts, the California-based company said in an email response to an AFP inquiry.

According to Facebook search results remain true to sharing settings used when posts were made, meaning people are only shown content they are permitted to see.

Facebook early last year launched "Graph Search" that helps members using desktop computers or laptops better navigate the vast amount of information at the social network, which is not available on Web search engines such as Google.

The feature was introduced as a work-in-progress and has yet to spread to all of the social networks 1.3bn users.

Facebook emphasised that "Graph Search" is focused on information archived within the network and not designed to compete with the kinds of general online queries handled by Google.

Facebook uses Microsoft's Bing search engine to scour content in Facebook.

Source: AFP via I-Net Bridge