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What are "weak reference" profile links on Facebook?

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I have found nothing about of the purpose of that little icon next to a name tag (referenced by the red arrow in the picture above) from Facebook API docs. To be honest this is the first time I have seen it. It still works like a regular name tag, only difference is the mysterious icon and the greyed out name.

<a class="profileLink weakReference" href="facebook_profile_link" ...
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ains Avatar asked Jun 04 '13 10:06

ains


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I got the answer! No it't not because of verified account. Verifies profiles show a blue tick mark Whereas this kind of symbol comes in the following case When you Tag a friend in a closed group, hence that friend will not be notified of the tag nor of the notifications. Then this symbol comes before his/her name

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TheSarfaraz Avatar answered Oct 15 '22 18:10

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