New York: Facebook has started testing a new feature that will allow a status update that's only visible to the News Feed and will not show in the user's timeline.
The Verge reported that the option appears as a 'Hide from your Timeline' checkbox beside the posting button.
When users' check the box, their status update will be posted to the News Feed and will bypass their Timeline.
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Currently, the new News Feed-only posting feature is available on Facebook on the Web but not on mobile.
The new feature is not available when users' share a post from their News Feed and they still have the same options to share to their own Timeline, a friend's Timeline or in a group or event.
Also, the posts that users' published to the News Feed while hiding from their own Timeline still show up in search.
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