So, if a friend shared one of their friend’s photos/images, but you aren’t friends with their friend, you may not see the post unless they have “Friends of friends” permissions set. The information you see may be limited and depends on the person’s or business’ privacy settings. It’s important to remember that you may not be able to access the original poster’s image URL or get to a Facebook profile link from the image page. If John shares a Garfield comic from Funny Stuff, the “?fbid=” part of the URL takes you to the originally posted image by Funny Stuff, but John’s post already shows that information and provides a link to it. Third, images “shared” by one person DO take you to the original poster’s image page when using the “?fbid=” context, but the shared post always includes that information already, so there is no need. If there is no “ ?fbid=” in the URL, it shows the original poster’s username instead, such as “ TheMotherofAllNerdsPage/photos/a.1525555554372168/ 3469395706654800/.” The original poster’s username is “TheMotherofAllNerdsPage,” and the photo/image ID is “ 3469395706654800.” To get the actual profile name, copy the last group of digits and add them to “?fbid=,” such as “ 3469395706654800.” However, when someone shares a photo, the “?fbid=#” part of the URL takes you to the original poster’s image page when attached to “/photo.php” (/photo.php/?fbid=#). Copying the Facebook ID from the image URL, such as “ ?fbid=6456722346656323” and going to “ ?fbid=6456722346656323” does the same thing. You can also use the domain to obtain the image’s ID number to reach the original profile.įor instance, if one of your friends reposts a photo from one of their albums or bulk posts, Meta shows that “this photo is from a post” and provides a link to their original post that included it. The Facebook Photo ID number process does not deliver source information in most circumstances, but Meta provides a link on Facebook to the original post from which an image came.

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