{"id":13231,"date":"2026-10-25T10:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T14:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=13231"},"modified":"2026-10-25T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T14:52:13","slug":"can-a-facebook-page-hide-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=13231","title":{"rendered":"Can A Facebook Page &#8216;Hide&#8217; Comments?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be clear the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TownUnderground\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TownUnderground\">TownUnderground Facebook Page<\/a> does <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">NOT HIDE<\/mark> comments, but some people have asked why the total number of comments on a Facebook Page may not equal the visible comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are 17 comments on the post below, why can&#8217;t I see 17 responses? <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-15.png 687w, https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-15-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-15-293x29.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Facebook Page admin can hide a comment without deleting it. This is useful when managing a public Page, because the comment becomes less visible to other visitors while the person who posted it may not realize it has been hidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens when an admin hides a comment?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The commenter: The person who wrote the comment can generally still see their own comment, along with their Facebook friends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other visitors: The comment is hidden from most other people who view the Page post.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Page admin: Can still manage the comment and typically has the option to unhide it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Replies: Hiding a comment may also hide its replies, depending on the conversation and Facebook&#8217;s current behavior.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hiding is different from deleting: deleting removes the comment, whereas hiding limits who can see it. Hiding allows page admins to control what information is made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comments that have been hidden are marked &#8216;This comment was hidden&#8217; to page Admins <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-25-084759.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13232\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3.5947904869762173;width:248px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other explanation why visible comments may not equal the total comment count is another person has &#8216;Blocked&#8217; your Facebook profile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be clear the TownUnderground Facebook Page does NOT HIDE comments, but some people have asked why the total number of comments on a Facebook Page may not equal the visible comments. There are 17 comments on the post below, why can&#8217;t I see 17 responses? A Facebook Page admin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13235,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13231\/revisions\/13235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}