Below is a listing of our top 10 tips for the popular social networking website Facebook.
Hide users, games, polls, etc.
It
quickly gets annoying seeing some users posts, game invites, polls,
etc. Hovering your mouse to the right of the post and clicking the Hide
button as shown below can hide any post. Once this button is pressed
you'll be prompted with the option to hide that user or in the case of a
Facebook application the option to hide that application from ever
showing up on your profile.
To unhide someone or unblock an application click the Edit Options link in the bottom right corner of the news feed as shown below.
Greasemonkey and FB Purity
Although
Facebook does not allow the ability to hide friends getting new friends
messages, friends becoming fans of something, and some application
messages they can still be hidden with browser add-ons. If you're
running Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Opera, or Safari we suggest installing
the Facebook Purity add-on.
Update your privacy settings
Click Account in the top right corner of the Facebook window and then click Privacy settings
to adjust who is capable of seeing what on your Facebook profile. We
highly recommend going through all the privacy settings to verify your
privacy is properly protected.
Anything that is not
set to friends only or friends of friends can be seen by anyone
searching on the Internet. Below is a few things we recommend for most
users.
- Under Search in Privacy settings uncheck Public Search Results. This will prevent users from finding your account and profile picture in search results such as Google
- Under Application settings, make sure you're only allowing applications you want to have access to your information. Applications that you grant rights to can have access to your Facebook profile information.
- If you're curious to see how a program or web page connect to the Facebook API can see your profile see Tip135.
Use the Facebook top bar for navigation
Knowing
how to properly navigate is vital if you want to get the most out of
Facebook. Below is a brief description of each of the available options
in the top bar as shown above.
Home (facebook logo) - Clicking this logo will take you to your wall (News Feed) that shows all friends recent posts.
Friend requests
- If any friend requests are waiting to be approved this icon will show
a notification of how many friends are waiting for approval. This icon
can also be clicked when you want to view any friend recommendations or
search for friends on Facebook.
Messages - This section allows you to send and receive private messages between one or more people you're friends with.
Notifications
- Any time a friend or Facebook application creates a new post you'll
be notified in this section. Clicking this icon will show all recent
notifications. If you wish to change what is capable of sending you
notifications including any Facebook applications or games click the See
All Notifications link at the bottom and check or uncheck what you want
to be notified on.
Search - Finally, the
search box in Facebook can be a powerful tool that can be used to
quickly find any current friends or people on Facebook. In addition
searching for terms such as a company name, product, sports team, music
band, etc. will find fan pages and groups that can be joined.
Modify your account notifications
Keep
your e-mail and your cell phone clean by updating or eliminate Facebook
notifications or keep more up-to-date by adding new notifications.
Facebook notifications can be added and removed by clicking Account link in the top right corner, then Account Settings, and then clicking the Notifications tab.
Top News and Most Recent
By
default Facebook will display your wall postings in the News format,
which means it only displays posts it believes are most relevant to you.
These results are based on your past interaction with your friends. If
you want to see every post made by all your friends that are not hidden
click the Most recent link in the upper right section of your news feed as shown in the above picture example.
If you want to adjust who shows up manually click the Edit Options in the bottom right corner of your news feed.
View High School work friends
If
you've added your High School or previous Work locations to your
profile, quickly see all classmates and co-workers on Facebook by
clicking the link in your Info tab under your profile.
Quickly change profile picture
Your
profile picture can be quickly changed to any other picture by visiting
your profile, hovering the mouse over your current profile picture, and
clicking the Change Picture link that appears in the top right corner of the picture.
Don't post private information on friend's walls on in comments
When
you make a post on a friend's wall or in any of their comments realize
that any of their friends are going to be able to see that post. If you
wish for something to remain only between you and a friend send them a
Facebook message instead.
Suggestions and random friend invites
As
you get more friends on Facebook it will begin making friend, groups,
and fan suggestions. These are suggestions made by Facebook and not your
friends. Unless these are something you're interested in they can be
ignored.
This same rule can be applied to people who
may want to be your friend that you don't know. If you don't know
someone don't accept his or her friend invite. Once someone becomes your
friend they'll have access to any information your friends are capable
of seeing.
Tag your Facebook friends in your photos
Always
make sure to tag any of your Facebook friends that are in pictures you
upload. However, never tag someone who is not in the picture. When
someone is tagged in a photo that picture is automatically added to that
persons profile and is a great way to share pictures with all friends
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