No, typing @highlight into a Facebook comment won’t reveal the identity of people checking …

The @highlight tag notifies your friends of a post you wanted to amplify, it doesn’t show who’s been watching your Facebook page. A VERIFY reader recently texted us a screenshot of a meme they saw on Facebook claiming typing @highlight into a comment exposes who is monitoring your profile. “Type @ in the comments and then click highlight to see who’s always checking your profile. If it turns blue you got page watchers,” the meme says.  One Facebook post with the meme has 20,000 comments – many of which are people responding with “@highlight”.  THE QUESTION Does typing @highlight into a Facebook comment reveal the identity of people checking your profile? THE SOURCES THE ANSWER No, typing @highlight into a Facebook comment won’t reveal the identity of people checking your profile. WHAT WE FOUND The @highlight tag in a comment doesn’t show you who has been watching your Facebook page, but instead notifies your friends of a post you found interesting or wanted to amplify. Facebook says it’s not possible for the @highlight feature or any other feature to show you who has viewed your Facebook profile. “Facebook doesn’t let people track who views their profile. Third-party apps also can’t
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