I just noticed that the "interested in" section on Facebook has been moved. It's no longer at the forefront of someone's profile with their age, gender, hometown. You only see who someone is dating currently. You can still find it, but it's under a submenu of a submenu. Basically hidden so that no one will ever see it or look for it. I find this very irritating because it means I can't really be 'out' as bisexual anymore on facebook. People will see my current relationship and round me to that side from now on. I really think this will just contribute to bisexual erasure all around. What are other people's thoughts on this? I'm kind of considering deleting my facebook profile over this.
I've barely used fb in years. I'd delete it, but for a couple of friends I actually like. That must be irritating, sorry.
I did some crush stalking because of this thread and his profile still shows "interested in men". The Dutch Facebook layout is always lightyears behind on the English one. For example, we still don't have the gazillion gender options
I put my Facebook into English and back into French. Both options give me interested in men or women, not both. I'm not bi, but I can really see how that's irritating :/.
That's odd. One of my friends has "Interested In: Men and Women" on her profile. I checked on my account and it appears there are check boxes. I didn't try to click them but I assume you can select both? Is yours different?
I think the message Facebook is trying to display is that it doesn't matter who people are interested in.
There's a gray box with interested in: and you only have two boxes: men or women. Perhaps you can just fill in both?
You can fill in both. I put it so only I can see my "interested in" area, but it is set to both men and women. Of course, I am in the US, so your mileage may vary.
That's what I thought. I guess it's because I never updated it, but it used to be where you would be able to click on three options. There were never any boxes to fill out. That aspect has changed.
Facebook has evolved a LOT in the 7 years I've been on it. It's easier to figure what hasn't changed than what has.
Honestly I only go on there to just see what's going on with some of My friends and to post pics. My view of Facebook is just to use it as a photo album. As for the whole sexuality thing I'm sure they did that because some people want to put their sexuality but aren't all the way out yet.
Unfortunately the message that they're sending is that your sexuality is dependent upon who you're dating. If they'd moved relationship status to the same tab as sexuality then their decision would make more sense. But for the most part, this move hides bisexuals while keeping everyone else's orientation at the forefront.
