A Facebook post claims that typing the “@” symbol in a comment and then clicking the word “highlight” will reveal how strong your Facebook ID is.
The claim is FALSE
Several Facebook posts have claimed that typing an “@” symbol in a comment box, selecting the word “highlight” from a pop-up menu and then submitting the comment would allow a user to see which friends had been lurking on their profile or page more than anyone else.
This function has made lots of people stumble on a facebook post because they saw notification of being tagged by their friends.
The lastest version of this rumor was that if the highlight shows blue, then you have a strong ID.
When the “@” and “highlight”, a menu popped up that listed various Facebook pages that included the word “highlight” in them. Near the bottom of the list, “@highlight” was mentioned with the words, “Some friends might receive notifications.”
Upon selecting the “@highlight” feature with the words about friends receiving notifications and then posting the comment, the “@ highlight” text turned blue and turned into a link.
Clicking on this link simply led to a Facebook page that displayed pending friend requests. The link did not display any current Facebook friends who might be repeatedly viewing a user’s profile. (The URL that the “@highlight” link led to was facebook.com/find-friends/browser.)
According to a publication on Distractify.com in October 2023, the “@highlight” is to allow users “to highlight a particular post by increasing its size and visibility.”
CONCLUSION
The claim that “@highlight” shows how strong your Facebook ID is False
