We’ve updated this guide with the new privacy settings just launched by Facebook. You can get the new Facebook privacy guide now.
Everyday I receive an email from somebody about how their account was hacked, how a friend tagged them in the photo and they want a way to avoid it, as well as a number of other complications related to their privacy on Facebook. Over the weekend one individual contacted me to let me know that he would be removing me as a friend from Facebook because he was “going to make a shift with my Facebook use – going to just mostly family stuff.”
Perhaps he was tired of receiving my status updates or perhaps he didn’t want me to view photos from his personal life. Whatever the reason for ending our Facebook friendship, I figured that many people would benefit from a thorough overview on how to protect your privacy on Facebook. Below is a step by step process for protecting your privacy.
1. Use Your Friend Lists
I can’t tell you how many people are not aware of their friend lists. For those not aware of what friend lists are, Facebook describes them as a feature which allows “you to create private groupings of friends based on your personal preferences. For example, you can create a Friend List for your friends that meet for weekly book club meetings. You can create Friend Lists for all of your organizational needs, allowing you to quickly view friends by type and send messages to your lists.”
There are a few very important things to remember about friend lists:
- You can add each friend to more than one friend group
- Friend groups should be used like “tags” as used elsewhere around the web
- Friend Lists can have specific privacy policies applied to them
I’ll touch on each of the things listed above in more detail later. A typical setup for groups would be “Friends”, “Family”, and “Professional”. These three groups can then be used to apply different privacy policies. For example, you may want your friends to see photos from the party you were at last night, but you don’t want your family or professional contacts to see those photos.
Using friend lists is also extremely useful for organizing your friends if you have a lot of them. For instance I have about 20 friend lists and I categorize people by city (New York, San Francisco, D.C., Tel Aviv, etc), where I met them (conferences, past co-workers, through this blog), and my relationship with them (professional, family, social, etc).
You can configure your friend lists by visiting the friends area of your Facebook.
2. Remove Yourself From Facebook Search Results
My mom is a teacher and one of the first things she asked me when she joined Facebook is how she could make sure her students couldn’t see that she was on the site. Understandably my mom doesn’t want her middle school students to know what she’s up to in her personal life. There are numerous reasons that individuals don’t want their information to show up in search results on Facebook, and it’s simple to turn off your public visibility.
How to Remove Yourself From Facebook Search Results
Now that you’ve decided that you would like to remove yourself from Facebook’s search results, here’s how to do it:
- Visit your search privacy settings page
- Under “Search Visibility” select “Only Friends” (Remember, doing so will remove you from Facebook search results, so make sure you want to be removed totally. Otherwise, you can select another group, such as “My Networks and Friends” which I believe is the default.)
- Click “Save Changes”
By default, Facebook makes your presence visible to the network you are in. Frequently, people aren’t aware of their visibility, so this is one of the first settings that users wish to modify. By selecting “Customize” from the search visibility drop down you can make your settings even more granular.
3. Remove Yourself From Google
Facebook gets A TON of traffic from displaying user profiles in search engines. Not all of your profile is displayed though. Currently the information displayed in the search profile is limited to: your profile picture, a list of your friends, a link to add you as a friend, a link to send you a message, and a list of up to approximately 20 fan pages that you are a member of.
For some people, being displayed in the search engines is a great way to let people get in contact with you, especially if you don’t have an existing website. Facebook also tends to rank high in the search results, so if you want to be easy to find, making your search profile can be a great idea. Many people don’t want any of their information to be public though.
By visiting the same search privacy settings page listed in the previous step, you can control the visibility of your public search listing which is visible to Google and other search engines. You can turn off your public search listing by simply unchecking the box next to the phrase “Create a public search listing for me and submit it for search engine indexing” as pictured in the image below.
4. Avoid the Infamous Photo/Video Tag Mistake
This is the classic Facebook problem. You let loose for a few hours one night (or day) and photos (or videos) of the moment are suddenly posted for all to view, not just your close friends who shared the moment with you. The result can be devastating. Some have been fired from work after incriminating photos/videos were posted for the boss to see. For others, randomly tagged photos/videos have ended relationships.
At the least, a tagged photo/video can result in personal embarrassment. So how do you prevent the infamous tagged photo or video from showing up in all of your friends news feeds? It’s pretty simple. First visit your profile privacy page and modify the setting next to “Photos Tagged of You”. Select the option which says “Customize…” and a box like the one pictured below will pop up.
Select the option “Only Me” and then “None of My Networks” if you would like to keep all tagged photos private. If you’d like to make tagged photos visible to certain users you can choose to add them in the box under the “Some Friends” option. In the box that displays after you select “Some Friends” you can type either individual friends or friend lists.
5. Protect Your Albums
Just because you’ve uploaded photos doesn’t mean that you’ve accurately tagged every photo correctly. This setting is more of a reminder than anything else. Frequently people will turn of their tagged photo visibility to certain friend lists yet keep their photo albums public to the world. If you are trying to make all your photos invisible you must do so on an album by album basis.
There is a specific Photos Privacy page from which you can manually configure the visibility of each album (as pictured below). This is an extremely useful configuration option and I highly recommend that you take advantage of it. This way you can store your photos indefinitely on Facebook yet ensure that the only people that can view your photos are the ones who you really want to see them.
6. Prevent Stories From Showing Up in Your Friends’ News Feeds
Oh, did you really just break up with your girlfriend? I’m sorry to hear that. I’m sure all of your friends and business contacts are also sorry to hear that. I can’t tell you how many awkward relationship status changes I’ve seen. The most regular one I’ve seen recently is when an attractive female ends their relationship and numerous guys hop on the opportunity to console her.
I’ve also seen the end of marriages, as well as weekly relationship status changes as individuals try to determine where their relationship stands with their significant other. My personal policy is to not display a relationship status, but many like to make a public statement out of their relationship. For those individuals, it can be a smart move to hedge against future disasters.
There are a number of ways to control how your relationship status is displayed. The first thing that most people should do is uncheck the box next to “Remove Relationship Status” in the News Feed and Wall Privacy page. In the rare instance that a relationship does uncomfortably end, you can avoid making things more uncomfortable by avoiding a friend notification about it.
Second, your relationship status falls within your “Basic Information” section of your profile. You can control who can see your basic information next to the “Basic Information” setting on the Profile Privacy page. Keep in mind that other relevant profile information like your gender, birth date, networks, and other settings are visible within your basic information section.
Making your basic information completely invisible to friends probably isn’t a good idea, but removing the news feed stories about relationship changes most likely is.
7. Protect Against Published Application Stories
This one is a little more tricky to manage but I’ll explain the issue at hand. Frequently when you add an application, a news feed item is immediately published to your profile. One way to get instantly embarrassed is to visit the “Have Sex!” application (found here). This application has no purpose besides telling your friends that you are interested in having sex with them. Without taking any action, the application will post a news feed story to your profile which says the equivalent of “Nick just published to the world that he is having sex!”
This is surely something that none of your professional contacts if any of your contacts are interested in seeing (honestly I’m a bit confused about that application, but that’s a different story). That’s why it’s important to monitor what takes place after you install an application on Facebook. Once you install an application you should visit your profile to ensure that no embarrassing notification has been posted to your profile.
More often then not, nothing will be posted but there are many applications on the platform unfortunately that publish stories without you knowing it. There are two ways to avoid having this happen: don’t visit applications or scan your profile every time that you do. Ultimately you shouldn’t be concerned about applications that you’ve built a trusted relationship with but any new applications could potentially post embarrassing notifications.
8. Make Your Contact Information Private
I personally use Facebook for professional and personal use and it can frequently become overwhelming. That’s why I’ve taken the time to outline these ten privacy protection steps. One of the first things I did when I started approving friend requests from people that I hadn’t built a strong relationship with, was make my contact information visible only to close contacts.
The contact information is my personal email and phone number. It’s a simple thing to set but many people forget to do it. Frequently people we don’t know end up contacting us and we have no idea how they got our contact information. Your contact privacy can be edited right from your profile. If you have chosen to enter this information, you should see a “Contact Information” area under the “Info” tab in your profile.
If it displays, you simply click “Edit” and then a screen like the one pictured below will show up.
For each contact item that you have in your profile you should set custom privacy settings (as pictured below) so that contacts that you aren’t close to don’t have access to your phone number and/or email. It’s a small change but it can save you the hassle of being pestered by people you don’t know well. Also, protecting your privacy is generally a good practice to get in the habit of doing.
As a side note, this is a great area to take advantage of friend lists. By getting in the habit of grouping your friends, you can ensure that you are navigating Facebook safely through privacy settings that are attached to your friend lists.
9. Avoid Embarrassing Wall Posts
Just because you use Facebook for business doesn’t mean your friends do. That’s why once in a while a friend of yours will come post something embarrassing or not necessarily “work friendly” and it can end up having adverse effects. That’s why Facebook has provided you with the ability to customize your wall postings visibility. You can also control which friends can post on your wall. There are two places you can control these things.
Adjust Wall Posting Visibility
Within your profile page you can control who can view wall postings made by your friends. To do so, click on the “Settings” icon on the wall in your profile page. Next, find the box pictured in the image above and adjust the setting which says “Who can see posts made by friends?” I’d suggest using a strategy similar to the one outlined in the previous step regarding contact information.
Control Who Can Post to Your Wall
In addition to controlling who can view wall postings published by your friends, you also want to control which friends can post on your wall. Not everybody needs to do this, but occasionally you simply want to prevent some people from posting on your page. If you visit the Profile Privacy settings page, there is a section labeled “Wall Posts”.
From this area you can completely disable your friends’ ability to post on your wall. You can also select specific friend lists that can post on your wall. Personally, I don’t really care who can post on my wall but I can understand the need to control who can see those wall postings. If you want to limit who can post wall posts on your profile, this is where you can do it.
10. Keep Your Friendships Private
While it’s fun to show off that you have hundreds or thousands of friends on Facebook, some of your friends don’t want to live public lives. That’s why it’s often a good policy to turn off your friends’ visibility to others. I’ve had a number of individuals visit my profile and then selectively pick off friends that are relevant to them for marketing purposes, or other reasons.
Whatever the reason they are doing it, just know that they are … it’s part of what makes Facebook so addictive: the voyeuristic nature. Also, your friends are frequently visible to the public through search engines and exposing this information can ultimately present a security risk. To modify the visibility of your friends, visit the Profile Privacy page.
Navigate down to the setting which says “Friends” and then modify the setting to whatever is right for you.
Conclusion
These are just ten ways that you can protect your privacy on Facebook. While there are a few other small things to keep in mind, these ten settings are most important. Keep in mind that while you may have turned off the visibility of many profile sections, there is no way to prevent all photos or videos from being visible if friends of yours make the images visible.
The best way to prevent embarrassing items from showing up on Facebook in the future is to not make bad judgements in your personal life. We’re all human though and being completely paranoid about every choice you make is probably not the best way to live your life. Be aware of what privacy settings are available and be conscious of what your friends may be publishing about you.
While you may not want to configure all of the privacy settings outlined, simply knowing how to do so is a great step in the right direction. By following the 10 settings listed above you are well on your way to an embarrassment free future on Facebook!
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Nick,
Thanks for putting this together. I can't tell how many of my friends are COMPLETELY unaware about 95% of this issue – especially the photo/video tag situation.
The more people that are aware of the Facebook default settings (and how "exposed" they leave you) the better.
Comment by Julie — February 2, 2009 @ 6:51 am
Privacy options are great, but at some point, why even HAVE an online presence if you need to block that many features? The same good old fashioned rule applies here… don't air your dirty laundry on the internet.
Comment by Lisa Jeffries — February 2, 2009 @ 7:39 am
Thanks for posting this! What I don't understand is why Facebook won't create a privacy setting that would allow you to approve or deny photo tags before they can appear on your profile.
I don't mind having some of my tagged photos available to people, so I don't necessarily want to make them completely private. But I just want the option to block a photo tag BEFORE someone tags a photo of me — not remove the tag after the fact, when people might have already seen a picture.
Comment by Sheena — February 2, 2009 @ 10:16 am
Great info. I already do most of this but I am going to check the one's that I missed. Definitely going to send this to all my Facebook friends. It's a must read.
Comment by Rolf Schewe — February 2, 2009 @ 10:53 am
Very useful. Knew only some of them!
Comment by Guillaume — February 2, 2009 @ 12:31 pm
Good tips. Found some useful info!
Comment by Timothy — February 2, 2009 @ 1:05 pm
This is what I'm looking for. For more privacy I would like to suggest that we can hide number of friend that I have. I don't want my friend to see that. I also want function like block certain user to comment at my wall or pics or notes or posted item. I also want to see function to hide specific friend status. Its annoying when somebody keep update same status specifically if its related to promoting something.
Comment by Faizal Rahman — February 2, 2009 @ 3:28 pm
Great job, Nick. This is definitely an area where many users need a lot of hand-holding. There's a nice article in this week's Chronicle of Higher Education about some of the problems academics run into when they don't know and/or ignore customizing their privacy settings on FB. Check it out: http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i22/22a00104.htm
Comment by Vitak — February 2, 2009 @ 3:50 pm
@Faizal: you can click the option button next to an item in your feed and select Less from to not get so many stories about them.
Comment by Anon — February 2, 2009 @ 4:00 pm
#0. Don't use facebook. Works wonders, everything stays nice and secure.
Comment by Kris — February 2, 2009 @ 3:22 pm
Thanks great tips!
Comment by Steve — February 2, 2009 @ 6:21 pm
Excellent information – even if you know it all it's good to be reminded so you can check your account. Thanks for posting this – I have retweeted.
Comment by Kim Baillie — February 2, 2009 @ 8:02 pm
Very helpful for Facebook users (but I'm a teenager, and thus a devout MySpacer).
Comment by Helena — February 2, 2009 @ 8:35 pm
Thanks for this, Nick!
I didn't know how to make our contact info more private so this has helped a lot thanks. It's weird how that isn't in the privacy settings too :S lol.
Comment by Calum Richardson — February 2, 2009 @ 8:07 pm
Or, for the ultimate privacy, you could avoid facebook all together. In case you forgot, there was a guy named Alexander Bell over a century ago, invented the telephone. You might want to start using that. And snail mail still works. Plus, with that info, no matter what, a message can get through. As an additional, it is far harder for snoops to get access to the info, you cannot get fired for those communiques and you can prevent stupid pictures from getting out for the world to see.
Try it for a week, see what not using the sites can do for you.
I tried those social networking sites, and after less than an hour on each, I decided never to use them at all. Saved my job when my friends got fired cause of facebook and myspace.
Comment by HaTred — February 2, 2009 @ 8:55 pm
Your post hit the spot! I just blogged on it thanking you for your guidance and direction to prevent FB havoc in our personal lives! Thanks again for your brilliant post!
-Mr. R
@mrich1911
Comment by Malik — February 2, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
Faisal, all those things can be done in Facebook. Number of friends hidden? #10 above. Block users? set up groups (#1 above) then allocated permissions. Hide friend's status? move your arrow over their status and an OPTIONS box appears – click "less about". They should disappear
Nick, I blogged about this, because one of our Australian newspapers (Murdochs news.com.au) grabbed provocative Facebook status updates and published them as "news". I sent readers to this article as a tutorial on how "not to end up front page of Saturday's newspaper". So thank you
Facebook Privacy (hope linking works) if you want more info on what happened.
Comment by Laurel Papworth — February 2, 2009 @ 11:06 pm
Thanks for the info – I was aware of most of those privacy settings but am glad you listed all 10 – I'm going straight to my page to make sure I've added them all! Cheers!
Comment by Tessa Gutierrez — February 2, 2009 @ 11:11 pm
Hey, thanks dude, this was useful!
Comment by K — February 2, 2009 @ 10:12 pm
Thank you so much – what a great list!
Comment by Amelie — February 2, 2009 @ 11:16 pm
Thank you for posting this!!! I didn't know half the stuff in here.
Comment by Jose Uzcategui — February 2, 2009 @ 10:25 pm
Will give this out to pupils-will be a big help. Always trying to tell them to put privacy settings up
Thanks
Comment by Mrs — February 2, 2009 @ 11:57 pm
most excellent! have forwarded to some friends already. thanks a lot!
Comment by wicak — February 3, 2009 @ 12:50 am
Really helpful. One thing I'd wish to add : Facebook privacy settings differ, depending on which country you opened your account.
I'm in France and some of the settings you were suggesting were turned on automatically. Meaning that Facebook could make them standard settings, but that's another story…
Comment by Kif — February 3, 2009 @ 1:02 am
Even if people find you on google, they won’t have access to your facebook account unless you have set your profile on public, right?
Comment by Payperbiz — February 3, 2009 @ 12:15 am
Great post, shared on Facebook
Comment by Joe Dawson — February 3, 2009 @ 1:18 am
Thanks a lot for this information. I have been using facebook and i know its sometimes irritating when your privacy gets infringed. Certainly these would help. thanks again.
Comment by amit vyas — February 3, 2009 @ 1:21 am
Hey, thanks for this. But the Public Search Listing checkbox does not exist on my privacy settings page… Huh? Any ideas as to why not? Much appreciated.
Comment by Howard Liptzin — February 3, 2009 @ 1:41 am
This information will be put to great use by the many job seekers I work with. What seems friendly and fun during good times, can easily work against the professional suddenly looking for a job.
Thanks for listing all of these in such a clear and consise way.
Comment by Kim Avery — February 3, 2009 @ 12:59 am
Fine! thank you.
just missed an instruction how to hide the visibility of the groups I'm in….
found it!
on: http://www.facebook.com/editapps.php?ref=mb
click on "settings" near 'groups'
and find several settings to change…
(just using fb in another language, so designations may vary)
Comment by computerliebe — February 3, 2009 @ 2:01 am
I use the friends lists to great effect, however one thing I would really REALLY like is a list of all friends NOT in a group. If I don;t remember to do this when I first connect up with a friend they can sometime languish in 'no mans land' and I'm never too sure what a person in this state can or can't see…
Comment by Steven Jones — February 3, 2009 @ 2:50 am
Excellent post Nick. Dugg & stumbled.
Comment by SteveEllwood — February 3, 2009 @ 2:53 am
So these are really important suggestions. So important that at the very least some of them should be default settings in FB. IMO, FB should have a pretty tough job defending the current default settings which as you put it have cost some people their jobs and relationships due to no fault of theirs.
Comment by phil k — February 3, 2009 @ 3:10 am
Gracias Ricardo. Está super útil el artículo. Espero que sigas bien.
Beso!
Comment by Laura — February 3, 2009 @ 3:37 am
Thanks for the tips – some new to me – but more importantly for reminding all of us that you can have fun with facebook without worry … going to share with this some of my reluctant clients
Comment by Peggy Hoffman — February 3, 2009 @ 4:18 am
Ditto with all the guys who commented here. This IS a must read for all FB users, new and old.
Most importantly, I agree with Steven Jones' comment. A "not in any list" list of friends would be awesome and facilitate the management of extensive friends/contacts lists…
cool article, shared on FB, and already some positive feedback because of it. Great job
Comment by Miguel — February 3, 2009 @ 4:40 am
i didnt know the Google one, thanks Nick, great stuff
Comment by Oday Nasser — February 3, 2009 @ 4:56 am
This is great! I didn't even know some of those settings existed. You explained it all very clearly. I'll definitely pass this on to friends and to a coworker of mine who felt leery about adding our boss and other coworkers as friends. Thanks!
Comment by Akirah — February 3, 2009 @ 4:56 am
I'm also could not find the option to turn off the public search. Has facebook removed this?
Thanks for the information.
Comment by Shawna — February 3, 2009 @ 6:16 am
I tried to go in to hide myself from Google, but that option is not on that page for me. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Comment by Jeff — February 3, 2009 @ 6:37 am
Got some very good tips here. Unfortuneateley , on the internet , you have to protect yourself from hackers. Social networks are one place that they can find the information to hack you. or steal your ID.
Comment by remowill — February 3, 2009 @ 6:44 am
Great stuff.
RE: Friend Lists
So, friends lists are a fine idea, but Facebook's application of the concept is cumbersome, at best.
What Facebook SHOULD provide is Drag & Drop function where we have a friends source list (photo, name, which of your friends list they currently exist within).
And a "drop zone" for each Friend List.
This way we could drag and drop friends and not have to bother with the current approach which is a combination of
a) start typing the name, and/or
b) pick n number of contacts from this impossibly long scrolling list.
Of course, methods for managing lists should also be developed. E.g., delete list/group, manage what the people in this list/group can see, etc.
The drag & drop approach would enable us to easily manage who appears in which list, but also offer a way to manage different permission levels.
Drag and Drop is the answer, Facebook.
Comment by Jabari Adisa — February 3, 2009 @ 8:22 am
Nick, this is an absolute coincidence! A group of my friends were actually wondering how effective FB privacy settings were after I put up some party pics. I had to assure them that I'd tagged my pic album as "Only Friends" & that others would not be able to view them. However, on further testing I discovered that the public URL that's posted at the bottom of the page for others can enable folks outside of those I'd designated to view my photo album. I reported this obvious limitation to FB immediately. Does this then mean that Friends of Friends could see them as well? Would they be notified of their friends being tagged in FB albums via the News Feed?
FB privacy settings are quite extensive, but they have to work properly in order to place complete faith in them. The thoughtful feature that FB did support was the ability for tagged friends to "un-tag" themselves.
Your post is much needed especially when FB grows & folks from all times of your life start discovering you. I've also started feeling that I should pare my friends list down to those I've stayed in touch with over the years.
Additionally, FB could easily create automatic Friend groups that used your captured association data when one connected with someone. This would help users quickly apply the right privacy setting based on the groups they selected without having to actually go through the tedious task of organizing each of these connections.
Comment by Rajdeep Junnarkar — February 3, 2009 @ 8:41 am
Thank you… I have been keeping my facebook profile for close personal contacts only, whereas most of my friends add contacts left right and centre, I bet none of them know about any of these settings. I'll pass on the info.
Comment by Luke — February 3, 2009 @ 9:30 am
Liked this so much I posted it to FB and LinkedIn. Having encouraged so many of my friends and colleagues to join Facebook, I feel accountable for reminding them how to use it wisely. Thanks for sharing.
Comment by Kelli Schmith — February 3, 2009 @ 9:36 am
This is really great info. And would be even more useful if I could stay logged in to Facebook long enough to actually change any settings.
Comment by Kevin Pedraja — February 3, 2009 @ 10:09 am
My Facebook privacy settings dont' appear to work this way. The "customize" setting has two radio button choices:
Friends of Friends
Only Friends
With no "friend list" below it.
I can add the friend list below where it says "Except These People," but it won't really do what I want it to do. Nor does it work like the example you hav ein your e-book. Do I need to upgrade something?
Comment by casey dawes — February 3, 2009 @ 10:37 am
Great timing! Thanks Nick for posting this.
I'm struggling with making affords to clean my page.
Least of all I want to know about status updates of my friends and to see all these "sorry to hear that" & "congrats"/hehe/. But, in general, FB is a great thing when u know why u r there.
Nick, I tried to find u, but it seems like min 3 pages of ppl with the same name on FB, lol. So, I ask u publicly:):) Can u plz, add me?
Thanks.
Inna
Comment by inna — February 3, 2009 @ 11:02 am
Hi Nick, thx for lifting the lid on this. Very well explained!!!
Comment by Peter Heffner — February 3, 2009 @ 10:47 am
Great info!
Comment by David Rosen — February 3, 2009 @ 12:02 pm
This is great stuff. Thank you.
Comment by Mary Danielsen — February 3, 2009 @ 11:22 am
Good F*cking post.
I use my Facebook for work and a friend of mine posted a damn link to LemonParty on my wall the other day and I guess when you do that a picture can be selected from the site to show a little bit about the link….well you get the idea. And from my email you can imagine that LemonParty would NOT be a good thing for people from work, especially Flight Directors, to see. HAHAHA.
Thanks for the insight!
Comment by Jon — February 3, 2009 @ 1:26 pm
Just remember guys… the f**king feds and pigs have access to everything on facebook, myspace, and every other social networking site out there. Private or not. They can get it. Don't ever post or say anything on a social networking site that you wouldn't say directly to a cops face.
Comment by Ken — February 3, 2009 @ 3:03 pm
There were a couple here I didn't know about! Thanks for sharing this info!
Comment by Gabi319 — February 3, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
Thanks for sharing – and a great post. Many people don't know the dangers lurking online and even within Facebook.
Comment by avenuegirl — February 3, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
Thanks for taking the time to post this Nick.
I have been venturing into various social websites lately but not FB yet.
Apart from their “Terms Of Use”, if I have read it right, of allowing them to use your content, which may have intellectual property (IP) rights, for their own advertising purposes while you are a member, these security issues you have raised are also a concern.
I have learnt in the past,
- from other peoples actions on chat forums that it is best not to upload anything onto the internet that you wouldn’t want the public to see and
- secondly, from some writer about deciding what to do in different situations and possibly common sense: Don’t do anything you would not want your mother to find out (or substitute another caring person you admire and respect or your boss). This may be a way to measure if your conscience is letting you know not to do a thing before any evidence is created and/or published. If this was the case, then maybe FB can remain a social tool without changing the default security settings too much.
Comment by Steven — February 3, 2009 @ 6:53 pm
Excellent post, Nick. I choose to have most of my privacy settings tweaked to show max info to all peeps.
However, I know that privacy is a major concern for lots of members. Like yourself, I helped my mom to be practically invisible on Facebook as she just connects with a few family members.
Cheers,
@marismith
Comment by Mari Smith — February 3, 2009 @ 6:55 pm
Thank you so much, so many people are not aware of how much they put “out there”!!!
Comment by laura — February 3, 2009 @ 7:47 pm
Yes, Nick, this is excellent information. I'm going to post this link to my Facebook profile. Hopefully, this will help educate some of my FB friends regarding privacy settings.
Thanks again,
@technet_sistah
Comment by Facebook User — February 3, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
In regards to Number 4, I wish I could see the pictures from The Thievery Corporation Tour. Thievery Corporation is the shiznit. im going to see them in a couple weeks
Comment by Jimmy Bones — February 3, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
this is really a great informations
thanks !!
Comment by rmilana — February 3, 2009 @ 11:18 pm
Util para cuidar privacidad. pese a que esta en inglesse entiende
Comment by Gigi — February 3, 2009 @ 11:52 pm
Hey everyone,
I am confused about something….
If I post photo’s and make them “only friends” but “none of my networks” what does this mean? Who can view my photo’s then?
Thanks so much for your help!
Comment by Anonymous — February 4, 2009 @ 2:06 am
-Facebook privacy fail?-
Great info, just one thing: I followed the steps to avoid my friends to see other friends of mine and it worked (when they look at my profile), but in their mainpage they still have in these "suggestions/people you may know" list my friends, saying they have me in common. So you can avoid your friends to see your list of friends, but they will know them anyway… I think it's a big facebook hole, isn't it?
Comment by Mandelrot — February 4, 2009 @ 3:18 am
if you would like your lives to be private, why facebook? facebook is a social website, somewhere where people would like to be seen. and then you hide? great logic..
Comment by jtag — February 4, 2009 @ 6:08 am
Can I block the people you may know application?
Comment by Jennifer — February 4, 2009 @ 6:14 am
Thank you for posting the article.
It is important about privacy settings we must notice. I think the barance between private and open is very important. We should know what imformation must hide and open.
Comment by Yasuo Itoh — February 4, 2009 @ 6:50 am
Superb information. Started already making friends lists.
Comment by Micky — February 4, 2009 @ 7:01 am
Great article, the more people that become aware of available privacy settings, the better.
The big one I would add to your list is blocking what applications your friends use can see – by default, much of what your friends can see about you can be seen by any application that they authorize (not which ones *you* authorize).
Especially if you have friends who are prone to click on every application that catches their eyes (surely I'm not the only one who has a few of those), but probably for even the most innocent apps, do the app creators really need to know all of my personal info from where I live to my relationship status to my religion? I think not! It's under the privacy settings area, under applications settings.
Comment by Heather — February 4, 2009 @ 8:17 am
This is all good info and I follow a lot of them but people need to really just be more responsible for their actions online before they run rampant with photos or messages they wish to be private.
Comment by Dasahrk — February 4, 2009 @ 8:36 am
Thanks for this article. It's very very important what you write and no one care about it. Again thank you.
Comment by Ozgur Koca — February 4, 2009 @ 8:48 am
My interpretation of this post can be summarized as, “Facebook privacy settings are too confusing for Facebook’s users.” This post would not exist if Facebook UX and docs were clear. It’s a shame, but if it were easy for users to control the use of their PII then Facebook would suffer. Facebook, quite simply, is incentivized to make their privacy settings confusing.
I emailed Facebook privacy support to explain that I don’t think reasonable people would think that “Use this to control who can see the full list of your friends on Facebook” means “(same) except for search results which ignore this setting.” Their response was to tell me that they looked at my privacy settings, and people could not see me in search results. I replied that they completely missed the point and that unless they had escalated the issue to their manager, I was shocked that they had read access rights to my settings. I no longer tell people that Facebook is trustworthy.
Comment by Ted Howard — February 4, 2009 @ 8:00 am
Fantastic, super helpful. I’m wondering if you have such a version in Spanish, not for me, but Facebook is big in Venezuela, and I’m sure my family and friends could use your advice. Please, let me know.
Sincerely,
Juan Carlos
Comment by Juan Carlos Pinedo — February 4, 2009 @ 8:05 am
Some very useful information. It's staggering how many people I know who have Facebook accounts that are wide open to anyone who cares to look for them. I think I'll post this to they all.
Some useful tidbits for those who think they have already locked it right down too.
Comment by The Pinged Hobbit — February 4, 2009 @ 11:21 am
I think this information is great! Thank you. I would however like to suggest that an application is added to facebook that allows you to preview a piture tagged of you BEFORE it hits your profile. Although the picture may not be indecent, it may not be one that you would like shown to everyone who can view your page – and has logged on before you.
Comment by Naa — February 4, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
I agree with Steven Jones’ comment. A system managed “not in any list” list of friends would help greatly in managing the friend lists…
Comment by Ray — February 4, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
i don't see the checkbox for removing myself from public search listings; would this just not be present if i already had set myself to only be visible to friends?
Comment by piebob — February 4, 2009 @ 2:41 pm
well most people on facebook are stupendous fgts so enjoy whatever bad luck befalls you
Comment by Tiger — February 4, 2009 @ 6:42 pm
Bunch of fools, you realise your selling your identity to Facebook when you sign up, they own your data and you can never get it back, you can’t delete your profile so basically your giving away every single thing about yourself including where you like to socialise, where you work, your relationships with people, your likes, where you are. Facebook has the power to completely map out your life and how your connected to every person you know. Also the people who ploughed millions of pounds into a social networking website are very high powered political figures, you people should think about what your giving up when joining such a website I.E. freedom.
Comment by Fools — February 4, 2009 @ 11:27 pm
Wow, this is a great post! And excellent comments too.
Comment by jon — February 5, 2009 @ 12:20 am
I can stop people being able to comment or see comments on my wall but is there a way to stop people commenting on say when you become friends with someone or update your status?
i.e:
jb is now friends with ……… 12.07pm -comment
???
Comment by jb — February 5, 2009 @ 6:41 am
Thanks for these tips! I’ve found them very useful!
Comment by Filipa — February 5, 2009 @ 7:18 am
why isnt disabling facebook beacon on there???? its the worst part of facebook, screw who knows who your friends are or not stop facebook from seeing what you do outside of facebook
Comment by anonymous — February 5, 2009 @ 8:34 am
Tip Number One is not, as it turns out, for organizing the friends you already have. It's for bringing new friends in from the outside. Just a marketing technique.
Comment by anonymous — February 5, 2009 @ 10:38 am
Thanks. I have now put some of these into practice. A lot of these features I didn’t even know about before.
Comment by Martin Lewis — February 5, 2009 @ 10:43 am
There's a couple here that should likely be turned on as well:
https://register.facebook.com/privacy/?view=platf...
There's not too many Facebook Connect apps in the wild yet, but can't hurt.
Beacon is the annoying one that will show what tickets you just bought on Fandango, or if you post to Livejournal, or other things you probably don't want everyone to know about.
Comment by Anthony — February 5, 2009 @ 11:51 am
I'm updating as I read. Thanks
Comment by Terrance — February 5, 2009 @ 12:18 pm
Its such a great information on how popular is facebook. Its also told us how irresponsible people or parties are making use of it for their own benefit. And of course to do smearing campaigns.Its also good when the users being educated on the proper use of facebook to disseminate information as well as to promote harmony and understanding among people of various nationalities.However we should be aware that people of dubious characters would also infiltrate in this largest social networkings to cause havoc and insecurity to the users especially the naive and teenage users.So facebook can be a two-edge knife, that should be handled properly.
Comment by Rb Salleh — February 6, 2009 @ 2:46 am
Thanks for this information. I had no idea about all these settings and now I've changed them.
Comment by Gina — February 6, 2009 @ 4:33 am
why on earth would people like to be on facebook anyway???
Comment by polly — February 6, 2009 @ 5:20 am
very usefel information. thank you!!! i'm a new user, but the potential invasion of privacy or anonymity is obvious, quick.
Comment by Kendra — February 6, 2009 @ 8:24 am
Thank you for the helpful advice!
I am wondering – is there a way to 'untag' yourself from a photo that has been mistakenly tagged, by someone else, as you?
Comment by LMD — February 6, 2009 @ 3:28 pm
I like facebook. I don’t think anybody else know me that well so they ignore me. But I am okay with it. I chat with a good friends that I really know.
Comment by Jessica Shniper — February 6, 2009 @ 11:09 pm
It was increidible. Thanks for the TIPs.
Comment by Alberto — February 7, 2009 @ 5:16 am
Thanks for the tips. However, I was looking on how to change my profile picture without notifying everyone.
Thanks in advance!
Comment by Manuel — February 8, 2009 @ 8:07 am
Good article.
There's two typos in it. LOL
Comment by Splum — February 8, 2009 @ 8:37 am
Great Resource! Thanks for posting this article. An email has been doing the rounds which highlighted a BIG technical glitch on about photo and profile privacy that most people don't even 'know' about! Can anyone please give a solution for this?
(1) First, in the 'Privacy Settings under 'Basic',the first option asks who should be able to see your "Profile". What exactly do they mean by "Profile"? As in, if you choose "Only friends" for this first question, then don't all the other questions i.e. personal info, basic info, status updates, friend etc become moot and void! Because if ONLY your Friends can see your "Profile", then what is the point in choosing privacy options for other things? For example, if you end up choosing "friends of friend" can see "my Status Updates" then how is it possible that "only friends" can see your "profile"…..but "friends of friends" can see your "Status Updates" . Right?
(2) Second: If I click a small thumbnail picture which appears in my mini-feeds as "My Friend Amy commented on Brad's picture" or "My friend Amy was tagged in Brads' picture" when Brad is neither my friend nor in my network…… then, I can not only see 'that' picture of Brad… but I can see his 'whole' personal album! Does this happen because Brad by mistake:
a) Forgot to uncheck the 'All of facebook' can see my album box? This is very cunning of FB to do this as by "default" this box is "Checked" and most people don't even notice this!
OR is it because,
(b) Brad he checked the box "friends of friends" can see this album?
BUT if (b) above is true, then why can't I go to Brad's profile and see that album (since I am a friend of friend of Brad's?). Apparently even though he checked "friend of friend" can see his album, BUT his general profile is hidden and visible only to friends, then WHY am I able to see his album?
Thanks to all in advance,
Betty
Comment by Betty — February 8, 2009 @ 9:15 am
This is exactly what I was looking for on Facebook. I felt
a little exposed at times sharing my weird sense of humor. Some of the published resources help keep some privacy in your life. Check it out !
Comment by Colleen Donahue — February 8, 2009 @ 10:36 am
But I only have my friends and family on facebook and I NEVER accept anyone I don't know. Is that okay?
Comment by HCS — February 8, 2009 @ 11:28 am
sheena- they used to have that, I think it got to be too much work to approve or deny. you can always have it notify you whenever you're tagged, and then untag yourself if you wish. the person can then not tag you again in that photo.
Comment by Becca — February 8, 2009 @ 4:24 pm
come on baby, come on
Comment by admin — February 8, 2009 @ 7:50 pm
did you say correctly on #6 "uncheck… 'Remove Relationship Status'". or did you mean the opposite?
Comment by JeremyFM — February 9, 2009 @ 6:21 am
There are still major shortcomings in FB's privacy controls, including… the lack of privacy settings for your networks, asymmetric read/write controls for your wall, lack of friend lists and exclusions for your profile, and lack of friend lists for your basic & personal info. Also, in order to simply reply to a Facebook message from a non-friend, you have to give "permission to view your list of friends, as well as your Basic, Work and Education info for one month."
Comment by Logical Extremes — February 9, 2009 @ 10:41 am
Is there a way to tag a whole friend list in a note, instead of having to type in each persons name one by one (inevitably forgetting someone)?
Comment by Liz — February 9, 2009 @ 11:15 am
When a friend posts an inappropriate video or comment, I would like the option to delete it, not just "fewer or more" stories about this person – why can't I just delete it? Am I missing something? Thanks!
Comment by Tracy — February 9, 2009 @ 2:35 pm
One thing I couldn't find was how to prevent an application from sending a news feed item announcing when you add the application. You can only change the settings after you add the application. Anyone know if this is doable?
Comment by Athena — February 9, 2009 @ 4:03 pm
Great job Nick! There is a lot of good information in that list.
Athena – On the news feed when you add an application,there is not a way to stop the very first news feed item. Facebook needs a Global setting in the account area to "disable all application news feeds by default". You can however, go to your front page and delete the item yourself after exiting the application. I only let like a couple apps post news feeds.
Comment by Bob Powell — February 10, 2009 @ 3:29 pm
I use facebook for work and for play – thank you so much for this helpful advice. It makes me feel a little safer in this world that makes it so easy for your personal information to spread virally!
Comment by Lucy Ross — February 10, 2009 @ 4:23 pm
Is there a way to only restrict one list of friends from seeing my comments on photos, links, videos, etc rather than just prevent any of these things from being on the "news feed" and "wall?"
thanks
Comment by H — February 10, 2009 @ 9:35 pm
It looks like you may have a different version of FB than I do… Any idea about this? Thanks!
Comment by FBer — February 10, 2009 @ 11:24 pm
You know, I’d like to ask everyone out there, especially those who are concerned about privacy and ask what kind of society you want to live in? I’d like to live in a world where people can know me and know me as a close friend might. That means they don’t just see the carefully filtered pre-approved pictures but also those where my head is in the toilet or the bong is to my lips. That includes my bosses and potential employers. We are rapidly approaching a day when you will be under surveillance 24/7 and there won’t be a whole hell of alot you can do about it. So instead of trying to invent an idealized version of yourself to meet “their” standards, I hope you realize we can turn the equation around and redefine “acceptable behavior” to mean behavior that we can achieve without the anxious wringing of hands and obsessive deletion of anything that might compromise your shitty job.
Comment by jeff — February 11, 2009 @ 3:30 am
I am not registered in Facebook and I never have. However, I know that my name is tagged on pictures shared on Facebook by friends of mine…
What am I supposed to do to avoid that? Because, with no Facebook account, I can’t even know these pictures exist and my name is tagged, except if I’m told from outside.
Comment by Thomas — February 12, 2009 @ 8:15 am
Best article about facecrap. Ever.
Comment by A. Nonym — February 12, 2009 @ 9:59 am
If you want privacy then don’t use facebook it’s that simple…..
Comment by private — February 12, 2009 @ 10:21 am
Incredibly important piece of advice to pay heed !
Comment by Aamer Inam — February 12, 2009 @ 12:27 pm
Great tips! We all need to be more conscious of our online privacy, especially on social networking sites like Facebook.
Comment by Defend My Identity — February 12, 2009 @ 3:28 pm
All excellent tips – I use most of these already on Facebook. And I think anyone who registers at ANY social networking site needs to have a basic knowledge of the privacy settings on that site before posting anything on it.
Comment by Brian Heath — February 12, 2009 @ 7:50 pm
In regards to #9. Avoid Embarrassing Wall Posts, upon examining the wall post configurations within in a profile page (accessed via the Settings icon) and Profile Privacy setting page (Wall Posts section), I am uncertain that these two preferences address different Wall post customizations. The tip states that the first preference allows you to configure who can see posts made by friends, and that the second preference allows you to configure who can post to your Wall. If you click on the Help question mark by the Wall Post section of the Profile Privacy setting page, however, the dialogue box states:
“Use this control to decide who, upon reaching your profile, can see posts on your Wall made by your friends.”
If this is accurate, then both sets of preferences perform the same function—configuring who can see posts made on your Wall. If this is correct, then there doesn’t seem to be a way to set permissions for who can post to your Wall beyond the all or nothing checkbox in both preferences.
Can Nick O’Neill or a reader verify this?
Comment by sken — February 12, 2009 @ 9:30 pm
This is great — all facebook users should be aware of these.
One thing you didn’t mention in the application section, though, is that you don’t need to scan your profile every time you use/visit an app… just after the first time you’ve added it. After you’ve added it, you can go to your application settings page and say the application is not allowed to post things in your news feed. A commenter above was right, though, there does not seem to be a way to to prevent it before you add the app.
Comment by Emily — February 13, 2009 @ 12:35 am
i know that Excepting = exclude, not counting.
But I’m SO SO SO confused.
So in a situation, say for setting who can see my list of FRIENDS,…
For “Who can see this”, I choose “ONLY FRIENDS”
and then have people in my “EXCEPT THESE PEOPLE”, the people in the excluded group CAN or CANNOT see my Friends list??
If I choose “NO ONE” can see my… say WALLPOSTS.
Are the people in the “EXCEPT THESE PEOPLE” list ABLE or NOT ABLE to see my wallpost?
Wouldn’t it just be easier if it was clearer “who CAN see this information” and “who CAN NOT see this information”. or is it just me?!
I rather they had thought first and foremost about our privacy first… I mean, the users keep the phenomena going. I’m glad they were able to implement these settings, so for that, thank you!
Thanks for the info also!
Comment by juli — February 13, 2009 @ 1:41 am
Nice post! Can you also let us know how we can disable people(that arent on our friend list) viewing our profile after replying to a message they ve sent?
Comment by didgit — February 13, 2009 @ 1:59 am
Thanks for the list. I knew most of these, but hadn’t realized you could make multiple friends lists with different privacy settings. I might start to use facebook more now.
Thanks again!
Comment by jack — February 13, 2009 @ 2:05 am
Would be cool if now I just could believe that there is any privacy at facebook.
Comment by Blah — February 13, 2009 @ 3:16 am
How can I change my privacy settings so that when I add someone as a friend, and the friend request is still pending, that person will not be able to view my profile and "You must be friends with (my name) to see her full profile" will come up when they try to click on my name while the friend request is still pending?
Comment by Sharice — February 13, 2009 @ 6:00 am
very very nice article, Nick!
Comment by squeeze — February 13, 2009 @ 10:42 am
I Guess: Don't Use Facebook in the first place was intentionally fogotten as an advice, wasn't ist?
Comment by Jonathan — February 13, 2009 @ 1:59 pm
Regarding the Google thing–
First, do a search on Google and find yourself –I used my name and region. You may need to keep narrowing the parameters, but your FB page is there on Google! and then you can edit from there–it takes you right to the search privacy page in FB.
I couldn't find the same page from within FB.
Comment by onegirl — February 13, 2009 @ 2:33 pm
One other thing to note about privacy on Facebook is that if Facebook adds a new Privacy setting it is alway turned off. So you must go in an activate it.
In Canada this is basically like negative sales. You sign up for a product like a Cell / Mobile Phone and unless you uncheck all the options you end up paying for the highest plan.
This was made illegal a few years back because the banks and mobile phone companies etc were making a killing by selling options to un savvy customers who didn't know enough to opt out of the services.
So you should go back and check all your settings everynow an then on Facebook to make sure they haven't changed something so that it is now visible when you thought it wasn't.
Comment by Luke Morrison — February 13, 2009 @ 6:00 pm
this is a great post, I’m going to look into my account asap
Comment by sir jorge — February 13, 2009 @ 5:10 pm
Great post, Nick. Thanks for doing us all a favor.
Comment by David Kirkpatrick — February 13, 2009 @ 5:27 pm
Excellent. Thanks for sharing this.
Comment by Ben — February 13, 2009 @ 10:07 pm
this is awesome. super helpful.
Comment by Michelle — February 14, 2009 @ 9:21 am
I don't know how workable an idea this is, but could you have two separate accounts for personal friends and professional contacts? Using separate email accounts it's presumably do-able.
Comment by John — February 14, 2009 @ 9:32 am
Fantastic list of things to do to keep it private. Definitely well worth the read. Thanks for posting this.
Comment by Debra — February 14, 2009 @ 12:23 pm
I am one of the several people posting here whose version of FB privacy settings has no mention of public search listings (tip 3). I am in France, is this anything to do with it?
I am also interested in the fact you can have different groups of friends. If you make different groups can the members of each group only see in your pofile the other friends from that group?
Comment by Oliver — February 14, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
good points, thanks for the article.
still, here's an excerpt from Facebook's terms, chapter "Licenses. I'm sure you've all read it
You are solely responsible for the User Content that you Post on or through the Facebook Service. You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) Post on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings or (ii) enable a user to Post, including by offering a Share Link on your website and (b) to use your name, likeness and image for any purpose, including commercial or advertising, each of (a) and (b) on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof. You represent and warrant that you have all rights and permissions to grant the foregoing licenses.
Comment by Urrfaust — February 14, 2009 @ 3:07 pm
Looks like I have some work to do, privacy-wise!
Comment by Amy — February 14, 2009 @ 3:15 pm
I think it should have been 11 things. I like to turn it up to 11.
Comment by MCNB — February 15, 2009 @ 6:35 am
Unlike the author, I keep my professional and social networking separate: Linkedin and Facebook, respectively.
Comment by PhiDeck — February 15, 2009 @ 7:13 am
It seems like “privacy'' is not the only thing some people want to control. Rather, we consider Facebook a public presentation of our identity, and we want to look good for the same reason we want to dress well. Maybe we want to be more playful with our friends, but we don't want them picking out our wardrobes!
But we sort of do, so how can you control it, have it both ways? I was a little horrified by my own vanity reading about the setting “allow only THESE friends to post to your wall,'' thinking, ha I could use that on some people. But it feels awful to be on the other end of that. When someone starts expurgating my posts, I'm not so much upset at being deleted as “you were just wearing my friendship like clothing from the beginning. ick.''
Secondly, in facebook-privacy-world, the right to see something is often separate from the right to search for it. I don't like this because if someone untags a photo, and you see it anyway, you get accused of “stalking'' them because they are like “OMG how did you FIND it?!'' First, what made you think I was looking for it? The answer is probably “because I *know* you're interested in me.'' Well in that case, what an awful word for expressing interest in your friends!
For a second example, most younger users set all their album privacy to Everyone, Networks, or Friends-of-Friends. They have to. I think a more restrictive setting breaks the social process for which they use facebook, because they often go to events with people they're not facebook-friends with, and after the event they want to (1) see ALL the pictures, (2) request new friends by looking at the photo tags. if you are not friends with a photo album's owner, those settings mean you can still see photos of your friends tagged in there, and once you can see a photo of one friend you can see the rest of the album, too. This way, facebook actually functions like a, well, facebook, putting you in touch with people you remember seeing. If you want the result, it's “awesome, i love facebook,'' and if you don't, whoever did exactly the same thing is “stalking'' you.
so, my plea is that everyone learn how to use the privacy settings and stop expecting to have their minds read or for everyone else to use facebook in the same limited way of which they're capable. If you want to call someone who knowingly expresses unwanted interest in you a stalker, DO IT, those people are rude! but trying to stygmatize people who know how to use facebook because you don't, or you would just rather blame them than try to learn because it's so much easier, ought to make everyone perceive you as lazy ignorant and unwilling to accept responsibility, as well as rather unkind!
Thirdly, that said it's actually hard to see what the news feed you're spewing looks like. You can break the rules, make a second profile, set it to Unsearchable, and friend your main profile—then you can login to the second profile to see the news you're spewing. but I think it's against the rules. and remember even if it were possible to delete things from a news feed after they happen (like how it's possible to delete them from your wall), which it *isn't*, it'd be meaningless anyway because you can get an email copy of some parts of the news feed, and email can't be deleted after it's sent because email is part of the Old Internet, before women started using it, and “no deleting'' is how the patriarchy saw fit to design it.
anyway, please take responsibility for your own privacy, or Presentation, or whatever you are trying to accomplish, and don't blame the people looking at you for what you wore—that's my request.
Comment by burkeles — February 15, 2009 @ 8:35 am
This FB newbie thanks you…!
Comment by Nick — February 15, 2009 @ 12:38 pm
Also, tagged photos still show up in the news feed… would love to see that functionality fixed….
Comment by at — February 15, 2009 @ 9:40 pm
Great page, thanks for this – I'll point some of my more paranoid friends in its direction.
One more point though ,that wasn't covered. I haven't read all the comments, so apologies if someone has already brought this up: Applications that seem harmless can act as data miners and, as I understand it, can access your friends details as well.
So, while I may not have chosen to add the "Send underwater lovehearts" application, it can nevertheless access certain aspects of my information.
This can be remedied by blocking your information in the settings described in the post or by blocking the application entirely. The latter also means if other friends invite you to the application (and I've had over a dozen invites for the same application in one day before) you don't get the same invites popping up again and again and again.
Thanks!
Comment by Kevin Campbell-Wrigh — February 16, 2009 @ 12:16 am
Public search listing option is not available… please let us know how do not appear anymore on Google !!!
thks
Comment by Rachida — February 16, 2009 @ 10:10 am
In tip #6 you mention changing the privacy setting for your "Basic info." I would like to hide my relationship status from everyone except for close friends — which I have all in one "friend group." However, not only is there no way to only control the setting for relationship status.. there is also no option under the "basic info" category to allow only "some friends" access to your basic info.
Most other categories have a "some friends" option. I guess it's because "basic info" seems like an essential category that you shouldn't want to block too many people from. Instead of being able to choose the select few you want to be able to see it; instead you have to single out those people who you con't want to see it.. it allows you to block people one by one .. but doesn't give you the option to block everybody.
Comment by Sally — February 16, 2009 @ 10:55 am
PS If you are wondering why I don't just delete my relationship status, it's because I don't want to hurt my boyfriend's feelings. He's the one who intiaited putting our relationship status up there.. I feel like it would be rude to delete it. But I don't feel that my business associates and other essential strangers need to know about my relationships.
Comment by Sally — February 16, 2009 @ 10:56 am
very necessary. I'll be changing some setting right away.
Comment by Diane Roth — February 16, 2009 @ 6:58 pm
Nice summary of available settings!
note: Your section 'Control Who Can Post to Your Wall' isn't entirely correct though — you can prevent everyone from posting, but not individual friends it seems. You can hide your wall from individuals but not simply make it "read only" for specific friends.
Comment by Mike — February 16, 2009 @ 8:22 pm
Thank you very much for writing and posting this resource. However, I hope that readers do not think that this presents every conceivable way that your privacy can be compromised on facebook.
One point you do NOT mention is one that caught me unaware recently:
Anytime you interact with a "random" non-friend (for example, a friend of a friend whose posted photo of your friend you comment on, or a wannabe friend whose friend invite you reply to with "Sorry, you must have me confused with…"), you are basically giving the "random" permission to view your profile **as if they were your friend** for 30 days! A random non-friend whose note I had commented on started commenting on my photos. Creepy!
Comment by Jennifer Stafford — February 17, 2009 @ 11:31 am
Who cares about their facebook page need to visit psychoanalyst
He will help them to fix their problems in life 
))
Comment by Sherry — February 17, 2009 @ 12:48 pm
I like it!
Comment by Adam Miller — February 17, 2009 @ 1:06 pm
Awesome tips, thanks.
Comment by Richie — February 17, 2009 @ 3:54 pm
Fantastic post, thanks for listing all these helpful tips. Most of what you have noted, I had already done…but am now tweeting and sharing with friends as a reminder to them as well. The other thing I have "turned off", for the most part, are those silly apps!
Comment by Keli Whidden — February 17, 2009 @ 3:56 pm
I don't have the "Create a public search listing" option available to me either, as some others mentioned. I remember that option though, and remember that I had mine unchecked. I also unchecked that option when setting up privacy features for someone else's account. Neither of our names nor Facebook listings come up when I type our respective names into Google. My guess is, it worked for us. Don't know what to tell the people who can't find this listed for them, though. Maybe Facebook got rid of it, or placed it somewhere else? (If we're going to advocate that FB do something, let's make the next campaign about putting all relevant privacy/account/search/profile, etc. settings in one place, instead of making us all jump through hoops to try to figure this out. It can be very daunting for the newly-initiated FB user.)
Comment by M — February 17, 2009 @ 6:26 pm
The Google search checkboxwas here a month ago, but it has recently disappeared, and I can't seem to block Google from indexing my page… Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
Comment by pitulgi — February 17, 2009 @ 6:41 pm
Does anyone know how to be hidden as being online? I don't want people to know that I am online when I am. yes, i am on a social site, and don't want to be social ha ha.
Comment by anna — February 17, 2009 @ 7:19 pm
dumb advice coming from a teen..
disabling all this stuff makes it boring
we live for embarssing pictures from the weekend before or secretly chaning friends statuses.
Comment by chanel — February 17, 2009 @ 8:52 pm
Anna (2/17/09 @ 11:19PM) – It's very easy to do what you're asking. When you're in FB, look in the lower right corner of your screen. You will see a little person icon with a green dot next to it. Left click this icon, then click "go offline". You will now see a red dot instead of green, and this means you will appear as offline to all your friends whenever you are on FB.
Comment by Ursula — February 17, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
Yes, did FB change some of these lately? The box to disallow Google from indexing was not available to me. Neither was custom control over only letting some friends see my wall postings, or only letting some friends see my friends list. I couldn't manage either of these using custom friend groups. Clarification of this post would be appreciated if FB has changed their options.
Comment by SA — February 17, 2009 @ 11:09 pm
@Juan Carlos e hispanohablantes: Preparé una versión en español.
Hello there!! I prepared a spanish equivalent, for the record:
http://tecnologiaslibres.net/2009/02/18/configura...
I hope you like it!
Greetings from Mexico!
Comment by smoodin — February 18, 2009 @ 1:29 am
Thanks for this info. I had pictures of a friend's child I wanted to share with them and others that were there when they were taken who are also on FB, but knew the parents didn't like all and sundry seeing photos of their baby. I used the privacy settings for photos and it was brilliant and would use it again. Handy to have these hints and tips provided, as sometimes we don't have the time to figure it out but want extra security and privacy and just use Facebook to keep in touch with real friends and socialise with them! For others they can ignore it and be humiliated without their knowing it! We can all make the choice, and that's what I like.
Comment by Paola Brett — February 18, 2009 @ 2:43 am
Tick, tick and tick. Proud to say I did all this before this article has been published =)
Comment by Muppet — February 18, 2009 @ 4:30 am
thankyou .. very informative tips ..were a few settns had to change.. glad to know of these saftey tips.
Comment by kat — February 18, 2009 @ 5:17 am
Wow…seriously? Turning off the sharing functions with friends on Facebook? Really? Geeze…get over yourself:
1) Most people are NOT into you…because you're *gasp* just not that special.
2) People who do care, will pay attention, and Facebook is simply a communications tool to enable that. If you're trying to hide, then what the heck are you doing on Facebook in the first place?
3) If you're foolish-enough to think privacy still exists, then you obviously have no idea the extent of personal information which exists in public records…nor the ease at which many other semi-private records are accessed daily.
4) If you're doing something that'll end a meaningful long-term relationship, or end a job, have you ever considered…umm…not doing it?! Seriously…how difficult is that concept?
5) For those in that category consisting of some fraction of 1%, whom have been stalked, raped, or otherwise attacked, injured, or even killed through online-linked info/activity. You (they) have my sympathy; I've been on the receiving end of some pretty terrible abuse myself. While none was linked with online activity…it sucks just as much… Though, I'm not allowing an individual's screwed-up sense of morality to control my life, or my decisions…and they know it… Stop living in fear.
Comment by GreggB — February 18, 2009 @ 6:11 am
A useful setting for more serious privacy matters that didn't get mentioned is the "Block List". I didn't know about many of these security measures, this is a great post, but Block List works well to prevent specific people from finding you. People can regularly send you messages even after you have unfriended them, but putting them on the Block List, in Privacy Settings, makes you unfindable for them on facebook- you do not exist. You just type their name in a box. Simpler than hiding from everyone, good for avoiding harassment.
Comment by amy — February 18, 2009 @ 6:18 am
agreed that Facebook has removed the option to remove ourselves from google search.
i joined facebook right around new year's day 2009, and i have never seen the option. just looked for it and cannot find it anywhere.
and i can find myself all quick like with a google search. it goes to a page that says my name and has the default non-picture facebook avatar and no further information.
looks like facebook wants to advertise itself with our presence and thinks it can do so no matter what we think, i.e., "joe blow is on facebook!" they are going to say through the google regardless of our wishes.
Comment by joe blow — February 18, 2009 @ 8:02 am
As I tried to implement #10 Keep Your Friendships Private, I could not find an obvious way to prevent friends from seeing other friends. So I created a Friend List called "all friends added" and changed the setting for "Friends" on the "Profile Privacy" page to Customize it to "Only Friends" Except These People: "all friends added" which I hope does the trick.
Comment by Pete Nikolai — February 18, 2009 @ 8:25 am
Beware that if you add Facebook Mobile to your profile, your mobile phone address is automatically published in your contact information.
I wasn’t aware of this until a couple of friends mentioned it to me. Not only did it appear on my contact info, it was also part of the news feed on my profile page. I have since removed both- one by modifying a privacy setting, the other I had to manually delete.
Comment by piglet — February 18, 2009 @ 11:21 am
I tried to do #3, yet when I go to search privacy settings page, I cannot find any "public search list".
Why is this?
Comment by Facebook User — February 18, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
Isn't the point of Facebook social networking. What good does it do to make everything private. Yes, I do keep a lot of my stuff private but some of the stuff is OK: silly pictures and wall posts, etc., etc.
Comment by Sarah — February 18, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
That option is only visible when you have set your 'search visibility' to 'everyone'. With lower visibility there is no public listing in search engines.
Comment by Joerg Heinicke — February 18, 2009 @ 2:09 pm
Already did that as soon as I joined!
Comment by been there, done tha — February 18, 2009 @ 2:09 pm
pretty much if you stick it on the internet people will see it. i just want the option of deleting individual posts once in a while.
Comment by cindy — February 18, 2009 @ 5:27 pm
Another good tip (sorry if it's been posted already) is:
Settings/Privacy Settings/Profile
"See how a friend sees your profile (Start Typing a Friend's Name)"
Comment by Jaime Kerr — February 18, 2009 @ 5:37 pm
There is another way to protect against unwanted application notification. (#7)
you just have to go to : http://www.facebook.com/editapps.php
then click on "edit settings" and a box will pop out.
all you gotta do is change the wall settings to "never publish any stories from .. "
hope that's useful.
Comment by Reen — February 18, 2009 @ 8:37 pm
I´m thinking about deleting my account… but it´s become a catch-22 situation. Why? I´d like to be free of the whole thing, which I now only use to keep in touch with friends and dislike the whole curtain-twitching element of it, but I am reluctant to sign off completely as I would like to know how I´m being represented online amongst all my acquaintances (photos uploaded, comments, etc). All those who´ve already posted DO have a facebook presence, even if they don´t sign in and see it. You know that party you went to last weekend? Those photos your friend took are likely on facebook already!
Comment by Reluctant Facebook u — February 19, 2009 @ 3:14 am
thanks a lot for these very useful tips, that's just what i've been looking for!
Comment by Peter — February 19, 2009 @ 4:54 am
well, if you are loooking for privacy, you don't need facebook…
Comment by sergei — February 19, 2009 @ 6:27 am
Great post, I'll share it on my profile right away!
Comment by Facebook User — February 19, 2009 @ 8:22 am
Regarding the multiple friends lists. If you have the same person on two or more lists and have different privacy settings for the various friends lists, does FB keep the settings separately? For example, say you have your wife on both the Family friends list and a Church friends list. If you wish to have a more inclusive amount of information on the Family list, does putting your wife on both lists open up the more inclusive set of information to the members of the Church list?
Comment by Bill Robinson — February 19, 2009 @ 9:02 am
What a great help! Thanks for all the tips. I don have a question for you:
If I deleted someone off of my friend list, do I automatically come off of that person's list? If not, is there a way that I can get myself off of someone's friend list?
Comment by shannon Savage — February 19, 2009 @ 10:19 am
How about creating a Friend List where the people on the list are not allowed to see posts from the other people in the same list. An example would maybe be a list of girls you are dating, or maybe competing clients. That seems like a pretty useful feature.
Comment by concerned user... — February 19, 2009 @ 10:36 am
I couldn't find tip #3 on my Privacy page either, but after fiddling around a bit, I discovered that it only shows up when you allow everyone to search you.
Comment by Rusty Shackleford — February 19, 2009 @ 10:48 am
Great Article! Those tips are very helpful.
It's true though, even if you don't use facebook your privacy is at risk: many people have no discretion over the pictures they post or who is in them. I've heard stories of non-facebook users being "caught out" by users who saw them in other people's pictures. The best way to avoid embarrassing disclosures is simply to avoid the situation in the first place.
Comment by Morgen — February 19, 2009 @ 12:09 pm
Thanks for the tips, great resource.
Comment by Facebook User — February 19, 2009 @ 4:31 pm
dude!! dat foto tagging feature has to be known by a lot of pepl, coz many dunno bout it…and they post their bikini clad pics for their frens and once tagged they are appearing all over their frens lists…and then they are jumping around in panik saying how come dat so n so fellow has my pic…hahahaha CLASSIC
Comment by Shounak — February 19, 2009 @ 5:20 pm
Great post Nick! I have shared on my FB page, hopefully people read it. I think people tend to get to comfortable with facebook and other networking sites and post way too much info or pics not realizing everyone can see it. Glad to know there are several ways to customize the privacy settings.
And in response to jb's post on 2/5 — you can remove the "you became friends with…" by going to Privacy settings, News feed and wall, and uncheck the "Add a friend" box.
Comment by Sandy — February 19, 2009 @ 8:45 pm
Wow, that's a great message you got their man.
Comment by Ojnh — February 20, 2009 @ 4:39 am
How timely as I searched my name on google last night. I was shocked at the results list, which showed many things I commented on in Facebook. After reading this article I double checked my privacy settings and to my surprise the box for allowing for google searches is NOT checked. Now what???
Comment by Lorraine — February 20, 2009 @ 5:54 am
OMFG my internet content isn't safe, ANYONE CAN READ IT!?!?! What the hell. Honestly, please don't breed if this surprises you. This is SOCIAL NETWORKING it is supposed to be information about you – if you don't want to share it, the DON'T JOIN. If you are bothered that those photos of you being a little drunk at the party will get out here are your options:
1) Don't get drunk at parties.
2) Un-invent cameras (impossible).
If you got fired because your boss saw you in a picture on FB you need to SUE HIM. That is INLAWFUL and has nothing to do with privacy.
Comment by youareallretards — February 20, 2009 @ 6:48 am
I haven't read through all the comments, so if someone's already mentioned this I apologize: Being able to control your privacy to such degrees is great — but my problem is when people act like you HAVE to limit your exposure. For example, you might friend somebody and they complain that they are seeing all your status updates, pictures, application news feeds, etc. and suggest that you adjust your settings so that they (and everyone else, they claim) don't have to be bothered by your trivial life details. But privacy settings are for the USER, not for the convenience of the user's friends or networks. If someone is not interested in seeing a bunch of frivolous news feeds, THEY need to adjust their news feed settings so that they don't have to see thing they don't want to see.
Comment by Socrates — February 20, 2009 @ 8:03 am
I can't find the link for the photo privacy settings… where is it? Thanks!
Comment by Linda — February 20, 2009 @ 8:32 am
Thanks for the info! I'm going to use all these tips.
What bugs me is that someone can just randomly take a pic of you, and stick it on thier facebook. This guy I had just met sent me a friend request, and I accepted. The next day, a tagged pic of me popped up that he apparentally took with his phone without me knowing. I had just met him that night….creepy! The pic wasn't inappropriate, but it was VERY unflattering. I deleted the tag so at least people who I haven't seen since high school that are on my friend list wouldn't see such a gross pic of me!
What still bothers me though, is that pic is still on his profile and there is nothing I can do about that. I think its sick that someone can "sneak" a pic of you and then just post it on their site. If I were not on Facebook, I never would have even known he took a pic of me. Now at least I know to stay away from where the creepy guy with the camera is……ugh!
Comment by happysue — February 20, 2009 @ 11:00 am
I agree that a lot of this should be activated by default. In lieu of that, there should be a tiered system of friending someone. You should be able to assign levels of access to people when you approve them. "Confirm as friend" "Confirm as acquaintance" "Confirm as co-worker" "Confirm as relative," etc. There would be a different level of privacy with each and you'd be able to apply them on an individual basis at the click of one button. (To keep everyone egos soothed, no matter which you choose the news feed would still read "X is now friends with Y."
Comment by D — February 20, 2009 @ 12:55 pm
Thanks for the information! This is a really comprehensive listing of the most important settings that we need to pay attention to if we value our privacy on Facebook. You've gone to a lot of trouble to make it seem easy and I, for one, am very grateful to you. Thanks a lot!
Comment by Cynde L. Hammond — February 20, 2009 @ 12:56 pm
Scuttlebutt has it that several teen-age "aides" at our local nursing home were dismissed because they left potentially libelous comments about co-workers and comments about persons in their care that violated the provisions of HIPA (personal health information privacy law) on MySpace. The same kind of thing can happen with any social networking site. I keep my Facebook activity limited to immediate family.
Comment by Stan Schulz — February 20, 2009 @ 1:19 pm
I'm a little confused by the whole networks thing.
If I choose that none of my networks can, let's say, see pictures tagged of me does that mean that none of my friends in that network can see them? Or does it just mean that people in my network that I'm not friends with can't see them? Other than that, these tips were great. Honestly, I had done all of these things about two weeks before I read this, but it's good for everyone to know.
Comment by Hannah — February 20, 2009 @ 3:17 pm
IT HELPEDD BIG TIMEE THANKS
Comment by adksaj — February 20, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
just an fyi – not sure if he covered it, as this is a long article and I just skimmed it.. but there is a privacy feature to control overall privacy of the entire photo album section and fb and there is a privacy control feature for each photo album.
Also, every application has it's own privacy control – For example, if you want Friend A to see your bumper stickers but not CoWorker B, then you can prevent CoWorker B from seeing it, as well as any other application or 'box' you have on your page.
In respose to Hannah above: "No Networks" means people in your network that you are NOT friends with cannot see the pictures. If you want to limit it further you will have to put certain friends from the network in their own group and then block them
Comment by hollie — February 21, 2009 @ 7:06 am
Thanks for the detailed guide to Facebook privacy. While most of these settings are obvious thru a quick browse of the privacy settings page, I hadn't thought about making separate friend's lists and assigning different privacy settings to each of them.
Comment by Nabil — February 21, 2009 @ 1:12 pm
I have a question…I recently added the My Girls application and accidentally added a friend to my list unintentionally. Now I can't figure out how to take her off the list. Is there a way?
Comment by Sarah — February 21, 2009 @ 5:37 pm
The public search only shows up if under search availability, you have it set to everyone. Otherwise, the option is not there.
I don't like it that if a friend comments on a picture of mine, all of their friends can now see my pictures. Any way to change this?
Comment by Me — February 21, 2009 @ 6:06 pm
Thanks Barbara. Great info to have!
Comment by Sumati — February 21, 2009 @ 9:43 pm
This seems somewhat paranoid to me. Do you really have that much to hide (and is your information in that much demand)? I find some use for two or three of these tips. The others might be useful if I were either a secret agent or having multiple affairs.
Comment by Robert Gebhardt — February 22, 2009 @ 1:38 am
If you're unsearchable in facebook, you're unsearchable in google. Make yourself unsearchable then google your name + facebook and see that your page doesn't come up in the search results.
Comment by Chick — February 22, 2009 @ 12:59 pm
Hey if I block someone can they see me if they are still in my same network??
Comment by Samantha — February 22, 2009 @ 7:32 pm
can you please send me the facebook privacy e-book.
thank you
Comment by rian — February 23, 2009 @ 11:26 am
dooh.. why this tips came so late?
Comment by mnrp — February 23, 2009 @ 3:57 pm
@youareallretards:
1) "if you don’t want to share it, the DON’T JOIN" – actually, not true and that´s the problem (see my previous comment)
2) Why should you have to moderate your (perfectly legal) behaviour like having a drink with friends or hanging out with the people you want to just because of the potential privacy issues of a big-business social networking site? Sorry, is your life lived primarily via the internet or in your body??
3) In the case of your boss firing you for the reason that he saw a picture of you drunk at a party, then, yes, maybe you could sue him. However, in the likely event that he doesn´t specify that as the reason when firing you, then I guess you can´t…
4) It´s unlawful.
Comment by Reluctant Facebook u — February 24, 2009 @ 3:01 am
is there a way of blocking somebodies access to my info, but still allows me to see their status etc. ie. if i block this person, and they become friends with my partner- i still want to be able to see that. at present only my friends can view my profile. Is this suffiecient to keep this person from being able to view my friends, but still allow me to see if she becomes friends with any of my friends?
Comment by jaxon — February 25, 2009 @ 2:20 am
Thanks for the tip. Note: Mac's user interface is so ugly/gray… what's all the hype about??
Comment by Nobody — February 25, 2009 @ 6:30 am
This FB thanks you too. Great article.
Comment by Dari — February 25, 2009 @ 9:04 am
Mike, since you're posting your artwork and writings on facebook now, you might want to read this long article. A journalist friend of mine who knows a lot about internet security suggested to me that I should be aware of this.
Comment by Mike Dykstra — February 25, 2009 @ 11:50 am
I think that would be very helpful to a lot of people.
Comment by Amanda Carson — February 25, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
I have a question. On number 9, "Avoid Embarrassing Wall Posts", both options, whether I set it in my profile wall setting or profile privacy setting, if I exclude a person, then that person can neither see any walls posts nor write on my wall. I was hoping if anybody can tell me if there was a way to stop someone from seeing wall posts made by others but still be able to write to my wall? It's really important.
Comment by Jaba — February 25, 2009 @ 8:52 pm
Christine, thank you so much for sharing this valuable information! As a "Facebook newbie," I find it helpful to know some ways to protect myself.
I can always count on you for good advice!
Shari
Comment by Shari Ward — February 25, 2009 @ 9:37 pm
Thanks this will help me on my project i am so going to fail
Comment by David Archuleta — February 26, 2009 @ 5:33 am
thanks I learned a lot. Great tutorial.
Comment by Missy Caulk — February 26, 2009 @ 7:23 pm
Thank you. Very helpful article.
Comment by XShot — February 27, 2009 @ 10:03 pm
Thanks for the information, I learned a lot and put use some of the settings immediately.
Comment by Ava — February 28, 2009 @ 11:59 am
Great read, there is good info here to digest and with this insightfull information, it makes one rethink their 'social tree' on FB and how to manage it. I am however, still at a loss in my search for that security setting to make me anon while on FB if I so choose. It seems when I get on there to send some emails or updates, I get swamped by people who want to chat me up. It would be helpful to have a button to make my status anon once in a while while I try to get some stuff done. Good article though – Thank you!
Comment by James — March 1, 2009 @ 8:55 am
Great read, there is good info here to digest and with this insightful information, it makes one rethink their 'social tree' on FB and how to manage it. I am however, still at a loss in my search for that security setting to make me anon while on FB if I so choose. It seems when I get on there to send some emails or updates, I get swamped by people who want to chat me up. It would be helpful to have a button to make my status anon once in a while while I try to get some stuff done. Good article though – Thank you!
Comment by James — March 1, 2009 @ 8:55 am
The first word “everyday” should be “every day”. “Everyday” is an adjective used to describe things occuring commonly. It made me wonder about the validity of the entire article.
Comment by Tif — March 1, 2009 @ 7:56 am
OK – so after a bit more searching, I found a button that will list you as "offline." click it, and it's done. nice! Thank you again!
Comment by James — March 1, 2009 @ 9:21 am
if you block someone from your facebook, is it possible that they can ever become friends with you again?
Comment by CALiPH — March 1, 2009 @ 11:36 am
Dude, I made several changes to my profile last week based on this post. Today, I tested to see if I was still listed in Google, and I am (horrors). When I went to edit my search settings again, they had REMOVED the option to remove yourself from google. Looks like my days with Facebook will soon be over.
Comment by fhh — March 1, 2009 @ 1:36 pm
Oh, um – that option is hidden unless you have your FB visibility set to "everyone". I'm not sure why, but it seems like I'm still visible in Google, even though I've opted out. Help is welcome.
Comment by fhh — March 1, 2009 @ 1:40 pm
Oh dodgy! I still show up in Google, but no content on the resulting page. What I want to do is get rid of that search result altogether, but maybe that's asking too much. Maybe I'll just obfuscate my name like others do. What's a good nickname to use?
Comment by fhh — March 1, 2009 @ 1:41 pm
thanks!! this really opened my eyes.
but one thing, the disabling public search engines, i don't see that option anywhere :/ i guess facebook decided to sell us, once again, to google.
but i googled a few more of my friends and their profiles didn't show up when i searched them? how can this be? any suggestions are welcomed!!
Comment by k. — March 1, 2009 @ 3:22 pm
ah, i found the answer about why we can't block google:
Unlike most sites on the Web, Facebook limits access to site information by third party search engine "crawlers" (e.g. Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask). Facebook takes action to block access by these engines to personal information beyond your name, profile picture, and limited aggregated data about your profile (e.g. number of wall postings).
they won't allow them complete access to our information, but they will grant them access to our name, our friends, or whatever else you want displayed when someone finds you in a facebook search.
Comment by k. — March 1, 2009 @ 3:33 pm
Can you set up a friend group such that the members can post to your wall, but their posts can only be seen within that friend group? For example, I don't want anyone to see what my crazy brother-in-law writes on my wall, but I still want to see those posts.
Comment by d — March 1, 2009 @ 7:08 pm
Can you alter the settings to allow ONLY those you select to see the one or two [incriminating] photos within an album? Or are you only allowed to adjust the settings for the album in it's entirety?
TIA!
Comment by Jen — March 2, 2009 @ 8:54 am
“Everyday I receive an email from somebody about how their account was hacked”
“Somebody” is singular, so it should read how his or her account, not their account.
I’m surprised at the sheer number of people who write for a living who can’t get this right.
Comment by JR — March 2, 2009 @ 11:41 am
What happens when Facebook staff violate the privacy rules and FB won't respond?
Comment by galen — March 2, 2009 @ 2:05 pm
I want to hide my friends' list from ALL muy friends, how can I do this?
Comment by Victoria — March 3, 2009 @ 9:01 am
Thanks for all that info – must useful! One thing I’m having a major stress about is my friends newsfeeds about my events. I don’t want events I’m attending to appear on my friends newsfeeds but I cannot find a way to prevent this from happening. I don’t have events I’m attending showing on my wall so it’s kinda obvious I also don’t want these events showing on my friends news feeds! Any help or info greatly appreciated!
Comment by Faye — March 3, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
Hi Nick, This has been so useful!! One other thing that I want to know is whether it is possible to control the visibility of the groups you belong to? Thanks Hilary
Comment by Hilary — March 4, 2009 @ 3:30 am
Brazillian Wax?? NICE!!
Comment by Maria Teresa Gomez — March 4, 2009 @ 3:52 am
omg this is so safety i can untagged myself from a photo this is so boring!!
Comment by dick head — March 4, 2009 @ 3:53 am
this is so kool!!!
Comment by dick head — March 4, 2009 @ 3:54 am
Two more things that could be done.
The first one, might be of interest to your Mom, Nick.
1. At the very bottom right hand corner is a silhouette of a little man with a coloured dot beside it. Click on it to make it red and it hides the fact that you are online making you appear as offline. Green shows you are online.
2. On your 'Home' page in the 'News Ffeed' section going to the very bottom there's a note saying 'Options for News Feed'. Click on that and it displays sliders that you can drag to control the amount of news feeds that you receive from your different friends.
Learning new things everyday!
Comment by Deanna — March 4, 2009 @ 10:39 am
I accepted an invitation to be someone’s friend and after doing so realized I don’t really know her well enought be friends. How do I deleter her?
Thanks.
Comment by Bonnie Glazer — March 4, 2009 @ 4:29 pm
hey, this website is very useful now i know how to be secure:)
Comment by ohu009 — March 5, 2009 @ 4:15 am
I hate your website so much because the real facebook is much better because is not private and because i hate you so much bye … your so hot
Comment by chamatch — March 5, 2009 @ 4:34 am
Thank you! I already use these, but especially love the Friend List feature. This is most useful for my determining what information is displayed to a business contact, a real friend, or to the lurker snooping for information.
Comment by Chana — March 5, 2009 @ 1:49 pm
HELP! I went into the privacy settings to make it so people can’t find me in search engine searches and the box this article says to uncheck is not there….or I can’t find it. Does anyone know what to do or where to go? Thanks
Comment by J — March 7, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
Hi,
If someone tags a photo of me from their album into my facebook, is there a way I can stop my friends from clicking on the album link on the bottom right hand corner to see all teh photos?
I do not mind my friends seeing the tagged photos on my own facebook but not all photos in the album
Can you stop the whole album being opened by your friends
Comment by j — March 8, 2009 @ 4:20 am
These is so usefell. Thanx you
Comment by Toiletta — March 8, 2009 @ 11:48 am
Thanx you a gayn
Comment by Toiletta — March 8, 2009 @ 11:50 am
Can is block certain people/groups of freinds from seeing groups and fan pages I belong?
BTW, love your site.
thanks-
MH
Comment by mhouse — March 9, 2009 @ 7:37 am
oops: can I block
Comment by mhouse — March 9, 2009 @ 7:38 am
For number 10 (regarding the privacy for list of friends). I found out that when you send a message or reply to someone who isn't your 'friend', they actually can see your list of friends. That defeats the purpose of having it private.
Comment by D — March 9, 2009 @ 10:18 am
Thank you for this information.
Comment by Nica — March 10, 2009 @ 8:22 am
Great tips. I was not aware of most of those settings.
Comment by Andy — March 10, 2009 @ 12:06 pm
If I have myself blocked from search results, can my friend's friends still see me in their friend lists?
I have every privacy setting on the most private secure setting. And Facebook does not even have my real name in my account. Still I would like to know if I am visible on others' friend lists if I have blocked myself from search.
Does anyone know? Much appreciated.
-J
Comment by J. Roberts — March 10, 2009 @ 2:04 pm
Like others have said, FB, MySpace, Twitter, etc., create privacy concerns and are a waste of time. Spend real time with the real people in your life. Really, what a self-important lot we've become. Most don't care what you are doing. For those that do, how about actually communicating via phone or in person? Now there's a revolutionary idea! I don't see these services as bringing people together. They are actually more a way to keep people at a distance. Think about it.
Comment by carl — March 11, 2009 @ 7:29 am
and that, kids, is how u turn off stalker mode on facebook XD
Comment by mistawaffles — March 11, 2009 @ 1:38 pm
hi,
any ideas how to block someone who has already blocked you – I don’t want him to be able to search me – but as he has blocked me his name doesn’t come up in the search list when you are on the block user page. This seems like a real oversight.
thanks
Julia
Comment by pupski — March 12, 2009 @ 4:09 pm
hello
thks for the great info =)
How can I turn off my wall privacy settings, so that only I can post and SEE it?
How can I make it so that even my friends cant see my wall when they go to my profile?
thks
Comment by q — March 12, 2009 @ 10:13 pm
Really all of those settings are irrellavant with the Facebook Private Profile Viewer I found it on stumble upon and it looks spam but it works
Comment by Kelsie Flynn — March 13, 2009 @ 2:23 am
Is there any way to make the profile pics accessible to some and not to others?
Comment by Asma — March 13, 2009 @ 7:38 am
Thank you.
Comment by Kristin — March 14, 2009 @ 10:16 am
hmm facebook
Comment by E-TARD — March 15, 2009 @ 8:01 pm
Thank you. Wonderful advisory to Facebook members.
Comment by Facebook User — March 17, 2009 @ 9:31 pm
It's all been said, but did want to give my kudos on a terrific post.
I did think I knew how to manage my settings but had no idea I could edit my friends lists so as to control some of the flow of info and photos. Thank you! Well done.
Comment by Katie Baird — March 18, 2009 @ 8:02 am
how can you hide the Number of friends you have so that number does not appear on your page? Or so only you can see that number?
Comment by Derek — March 18, 2009 @ 2:36 pm
Is it possible to do a dating search on Facebook like one you could do on Match.com? For example only search women in San Diego, CA who are between 24 and 30 and are listed as single.
Thanks-
Comment by Derek — March 18, 2009 @ 2:38 pm
Some one PLEASE help me! I performed a function on my facebook that has messed up my pictures. I was trying to figure out a way to block certain photos from being viewed (photos I'd been tagged in, it's nice to finally know how!), and now my photos seem to be randomly blocked from view. This occurs in my tagged photos, my photo albums and other peoples photos that I try to view on their sites. It seems quite random and it drives me nuts! I can view all photos on my facebook on other computers. It just seems to be affecting my computer alone. I don't know how to fix it and it is really disheartening. Here is the function that has ruined my facebook life!
-I right clicked on a photo that I had been tagged in on my facebook.
-scrolled down and clicked
Block Images from photos-d.ll.fac…
Now my pics are all messed up and I am no computer whiz. Please help. I want to see photos of me, my family, and my friends!
Shelby
Comment by Shelby — March 20, 2009 @ 7:35 am
Thanksssss so much 4 this… this post is d only reason I decided 2 join Facebook after a year of de-activating it because it was not private enough….
Comment by Nina — March 20, 2009 @ 9:10 pm
Excuse me for thinking reasonably, but I don't understand why on earth anyone would want to use such an intrusive system that is more likely to have detrimental effects in your life if you miss out one tick on one of the thousands little things that pop on your screen? Looks like you need a manual to make safe use of that network and again you may always miss something!
What's wrong in using a less intruding network or none at all? We are totally unaware that we becoming pray of the few and some of us love it and ask for more. Its pathetic to say the least.
Comment by Ewan — March 21, 2009 @ 3:40 am
Is there still not a way to manage Friend Groups? I want to be able to limit what certain groups can see and which groups of friends other groups of friends can see. I don't care for the intermingling of family members with friends, or friends with biz contacts.
Thanks!
Comment by Billy — March 21, 2009 @ 9:13 am
hey i want 2 change my name 2 privacy blocked but facebook is not aalowing dat how 2 do ???
need help…
Comment by tanuj — March 23, 2009 @ 2:13 pm
Great post. I recently wrote something about Facebook's privacy settings for a few friends that were having issues. There's a lot that can be done with Facebook that most people just don't seem to notice. Well done, enjoyed the read.
Comment by Scott — March 25, 2009 @ 8:41 am
Where's the damn Requests button?
Comment by Some dude — March 25, 2009 @ 1:30 pm
Facebook's default privacy settings pathetically remain in the dark ages when the only people on Facebook were college students who all knew one another, kind of. The point being, Facebook's default privacy settings are frighteningly lax and totally inappropriate for the internet age of social networking. Bare in mind, this thing is being run by a kid who thinks he's managing a virtual country populated by virtual citizens in a video game. It's time for the Facebook world of account holders, you/us/them to demand that Mark Zukerberg and his kid development team wake up restructure the site's default privacy settings to "show nothing to no one" and restructure site's convoluted lack of transparency to the privacy control settings so that the only information that shows to anyone is only what the account holder has explicitly allowed! Would you like me to post some links to some popular celebrities friend lists? None of whom I'm sure are even aware that a list of all their personal friends are currently being published ALL OVER THE GLOBE.
Comment by annon — March 28, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
I only read about 50 of these so not sure if anyone addressed this, but: Is there any way to keep your "friends" from knowing when you are on Facebook? (Down at the bottom right hand corner where it lists how many of your friends are online and then tells you who.) I don't necessarily want everyone to know when I am online and have even had people make comments about the frequency and what time of day I was on FB. Also when I am trying to post, people cut in on you to "chat".
Comment by Stephanie — March 29, 2009 @ 9:17 pm
Hi!!!!!!!
Comment by victor — March 30, 2009 @ 5:52 am
Stephanie, click on the green circle at the bottom right of your screen, and there's an option called "go offline"…click that, and you will be invisible.
Comment by SammyC — March 30, 2009 @ 7:47 am
Thanks.
Comment by Alison — March 30, 2009 @ 9:49 am
This is a FANTASTIC article. I really needed to separate what my coworkers see vs what my friends see. Also, I needed to remove some viewing ability from a few friends that like to give unwanted opinions on everything. Especially about relationships. Thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to write such a detailed and helpful article.
Comment by Sandra — March 31, 2009 @ 11:35 am
Great article though I already figured out all the above the other night on my own, would’ve been helpful had I seen this post first. Either way, this is yet another reason why I am not a fan of Facebook.
I prefer Myspace for more reason than one but security concerns have always been an issue of mine with Facebook. I got family members who are uploading pictures of me when I was a wee-one, which I don’t mind if strangers see but when those pictures are posted on my profile for anyone to see… That bothers me. Additionally, RSVPing to Events, I don’t need everyone to know what I’m doing and I have yet to figure out how to disable that.
All in all, Facebook is lame and it’s now no fun at all. I had to disable Wall Posts and the photo tagging and can’t RSVP to events as I don’t need everyone I know knowing my life.
Comment by luk3 — April 2, 2009 @ 3:56 am
Necesito hacer la siguiente pregunta… me llegan muchos correos o mensajes a mi bandeja de entrada de mi facebook de una persona muy extraña que me insulta y agrede, mi pregunta es: Como puedo hacer para que no me lleguen estos mensajes si no lo tengo como amigo en facebook?.
Por favor ayudenme
Comment by lisette — April 2, 2009 @ 7:23 pm
I'm not crazy about having the world, or even my friends see the actual 'time; i.e. 2:30 am, on my facebook page. There used to be a setting that you could adjust where it wouldn't be shown. Does anyone know how to do that in the 'new' Facebook?
Comment by Gina — April 2, 2009 @ 8:12 pm
hello Nick O'Neill,
i tried privecy setting # 9. Avoid Embarrassing Wall Posts.
However, if i Adjust Wall Posting Visibility setting, the Control Who Can Post to Your Wall setting also will be change. it seems that they are connected and i can't make the people who i do not want to see my my wall posting only can post to my wall.
what i want:
1) some friends to see and post my wall
2) some friends only post to my wall
3) others can't see or post to my wall
can u help please?
Comment by basem fallatah — April 3, 2009 @ 6:04 am
any one can help me with wall post it seems that i can't see the entire post on my wall, i.e. if a friend send me a long post i only can see the first two sentance, and the rest r hiding…Help please
Comment by basem fallatah — April 3, 2009 @ 6:07 am
- – - Good info.
People simply need to think 1rst & think an action thru prior to taking it. One needs to keep one's priorities in perspective. When unsure of the best route to take, ask someone. With so many means of communication available to us now, it seems people just want to save time & take short-cuts. There are none. A moment of precaution can save months of frustration. Believe me,I know; not fun.
Thnak you, Martha. You obviously spent a lot of your time on this with our best interests in mind, Beth
Comment by Elizabeth Olney — April 6, 2009 @ 10:37 am
Try as I might, I cannot see how to set specific privacy settings based on a friend category. Any tips?
Comment by Bree — April 7, 2009 @ 8:00 am
How do I know what is e-mailed to my friends from my facebook. Is it just my status, any post I make to my wall, what? Can I just allow my facebook to only notify my friends of profile changes so that they are not having to read every post? Like if I go wall-to-wall with my sister in a petty dispute, I don't want my friends copied on what we are saying? HELP
Comment by Glenda — April 9, 2009 @ 7:48 am
Thanks Martha for digging in Facebook for the sake of so many people…really helped!
One Question
Is there a way to make your "Personal Information" under the Info Page visible to users you have sent "Add Requests",because when you change the settings under the Privacy -> Profile -> Personal Info .. it is such that either you make it visible for even those who are not your friends/everyone or you make it strictly for "only friends".So,is there a way?
A quick answer from someone who knows would be much appreciated.
Thanks in Advance
Sam Rose
Comment by Sam Rose — April 9, 2009 @ 1:57 pm
I have a question. I have an iphone and want to install the facebook application without facebook posting that I "Installed the facebook application for iPhone" How do I stop people from seeing this.
Comment by Anon — April 10, 2009 @ 1:43 pm
This is a fantastic post, Nick. Job well done as usual!
Comment by Facebook User — April 10, 2009 @ 2:09 pm
Thanks for the info.. but I have realized that even though you do the 'customized' privacy settings, other people still can see your pictures… for example, if some of my (allowed) friends 'likes' a picture or my album or leaves a comment, it allows others to see it.
Is there a real way to prevent others to see your pics?
Comment by paloma — April 12, 2009 @ 7:09 am
Just want to say thanks for the tips
Comment by jeanette — April 13, 2009 @ 8:49 am
> Socrates – February 20th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
I share the interest to eliminate mundane news feed postings. I don't mind my friends posting to my WALL because they are polite in direct correspondence. What I want to eliminate is having to slog through other people's news feeds–specific people who post 15-20 updates in one day. I enjoyed facebook before, Now I have a friend who's pushing everyone else off my page!!
> Deanna – March 4th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Suggests how to adjust news feed with "Options for News Feed" However I searched for this text on the home page and it could not be found.
Comment by xtian — April 13, 2009 @ 10:27 am
Thanks, very enlightening and helpful, especially the screen shots.
Comment by Cathy — April 13, 2009 @ 4:06 pm
Regarding the wall posts visibility….it seems that if I disallow a group from viewing my wall posts they can't post either?
Comment by kate — April 14, 2009 @ 1:25 am
Hey guys, I've read Nicks # 10, but it seems very general. My question is can you can you actually hide specific friends? say I have 20 friends and I want to hide 5, so that if someone checks the number of friends I have he would only see 15 and he can only see those 15. Thanks
Comment by Sam — April 14, 2009 @ 8:53 am
Tag this with Privacy.. Almost couldn't find it again. Great Post!!!
Comment by Stacy — April 14, 2009 @ 4:46 pm
My account was disabled because I was requesting friend data too often. I had Snap2Face configured to update every 5 minutes. I asked Facebook to reactivate my account and they finally did after 5 days. Here is the email I received from Facebook after the reactivation:
Your account has been reactivated. Please significantly slow down the rate at which you browse Facebook, or your account may be disabled again. We would recommend that you discontinue the use of the Snap2Face application as it appears to be flagging your account as abusive. Please notify the developers of this application that this problem has occurred. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
Basically, Snap2Face works great, just don't configure it for 5 minute updates or they will think you're a spammer.
By the way, Facebook deactivated my account without warning. It worked fine one day, but I was unable to login the next. They did not even send me an email to explain why.myaccount name is samadtokonamin.my mail samadtokon@yahoo.com.please active my account.
Comment by samadtokonamin — April 17, 2009 @ 8:32 pm
PLEASE……
What can I do If a contact writes down a comment on my wall, but I want to approve it first before it appears definitely on my wall?
Comment by Yorsh — April 18, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
When I go to Facebook, I don’t always want my friends to know I’m there. Sometimes I just want to check something quickly and get back out. But many times I get chatters that want to carry on long drawn out conversations with me and I don’t want to be rude.
Is there any way to be on Facebook without my friends seeing that I’m on?
Comment by Celeste — April 19, 2009 @ 8:31 am
Hello everyone I was wondering if your school can watch what you do on Facebook if your not on there network. Also I was wondering if your school is aloud to delete your facebook if your not 13 and in high school. And most of all what can your school do for stuff that happens on facebook if your not on there network
Thank You
Comment by Connor Scalleat — April 20, 2009 @ 3:24 pm
Can you leave your wall on for people to send you messages… BUT, make all wall messages private so that only you can read them?
Comment by anonymous — April 21, 2009 @ 8:06 pm
A facebook friend linked all of my pictures, so now my pictures are on his profile. The settings of my photoalbum are already "for friends only" but in this way his friends can see my pictures, and i dont want that.
Is there any option to unlink my pictures from his profile, and find a way to avoid that he can link my pictures?
Thanks!
Comment by Sam — April 22, 2009 @ 11:20 am
i was a facebook member for 2 hours — and got completely creeped out. i’m a little disappointed in people in general as a result — i mean seriously — who — WHO needs to publish so much personal shit about themselves on the internet? you people are effing sheep crossed with robots!!!!
Comment by chris — April 23, 2009 @ 5:21 am
I wish there was a way to choose which friend groups could see certain wall posts. Like in Livejournal you can make your post visible to no one (private), friends only (including different filtered lists of friends), or public. The way it is now you can exclude a friend group from seeing your wall posts, but then they can’t post anything either.
Comment by anonymous — April 24, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
Nice article, but you made a mistake in "7. Protect Against Published Application Stories", you said it isn't possible to stop the messages made by applications from appearing.
If you go to:
http://www.facebook.com/editapps.php?ref=mb
Here you see a list of your applications, if you click on "Edit settings" next to an application you can changes its settings and prevent from showing those messages.
Comment by Sam — April 25, 2009 @ 3:13 am
How do u add someone to the limited profile group?
Comment by Joe — April 26, 2009 @ 6:15 am
What if there are other people in a photo/video of me? Will our mutual friends be able to see the photo/video of me even if i have my settings as "only me" and they allow "everyone on facebook" to see their photos which will feature me as well. thanks!
Comment by richard — April 28, 2009 @ 4:24 am
Thats excellent ….It was really good knowing things which I am not aware of…really useful…thanks dude
Comment by Spandana — April 28, 2009 @ 11:29 am
Thanks for the info. Btw, I was looking for the slider in facebook settings where you can lessen the wall messages you can receive from that person. I saw it there before but can't now.
Comment by dreamluverz — April 29, 2009 @ 3:01 am
Thanks so much. The relationship tip is especially helpful.
Comment by Kate — April 29, 2009 @ 6:09 pm
What’s wrong in using a less intruding network or none at all? We are totally unaware that we becoming pray of the few and some of us love it and ask for more. Its pathetic to say the least
Comment by Rioserver — April 29, 2009 @ 8:19 pm
dreamluverz, facebook removed that slider when they updated the site earlier this spring. Your only choices on the news feed (home) page now are to move your cursor over to the right and then to hide a specific person or to hide the application (e.g., quiz or game) that they just used. You can't opt for "show less," either. It's either all visible or all seen for the person/app — and it stinks!
Comment by b from boston — April 29, 2009 @ 9:15 pm
Turning off the view friends function is probably the best advise. You can make your profile water tight by going through and doing all that was recommended here. But if you have view friends visible, and one of your friends isn’t so tight with their privacy, any interactions you have with that person will be visible (on their profile) Photos they tagged or took of you, posts you made to their wall etc.. For example it’s no good setting your privacy to the max then going and saying something bad about someone or your workplace to one of your friends (the one with the public profile). And if people do really want to be private why do they want to let everyone know who they are friends with anyway. If a person really wanted to find out about someone well they’ve suddenly got this nice long list of their contacts names and their mug shots. Very handy if you spot one of these people at a party, you could get to chatting and slowly move the conversation to the person you’re curios about. Who needs facebook, everyone love gossip don’t they.
Comment by Harold — April 29, 2009 @ 10:23 pm
Just don't be an idiot and put personal information on the web. If you get your identity stolen or are embarrassed by something, it's your own damn fault for putting that info out there.
Comment by Stagger — May 1, 2009 @ 9:36 am
i cannot log in facebook, why ???? something problem with my notebook or error system ????
Comment by Tang Sun Huo — May 2, 2009 @ 9:22 am
?Need buddy list updated cause there are people not showing up on the apartment doors, and I
have on YoVille screen that someone has invited me to be in their crew: view and accept. Not
able to find area on facebook to do that. Also have 8 people on apartment and not showing as
crew members. Why is that? Please help as I am not the only with these issues.
HOW DO I FIX THIS //////////////////////
Comment by Annette Matson — May 4, 2009 @ 4:46 am
If i delete a friend am I immediately untagged from all their photos?
Comment by Rob — May 7, 2009 @ 12:45 am
Is there any way u can stop 1 person from talking to u frow instent chat?
i dont wont to bloke them coz thay are a friend but some time i dont always wont to talk to that person i dont wont to stop all my friends from chatting with me just 1 is there any way i can do that?
Comment by Pat — May 8, 2009 @ 1:41 pm
Very useful informations that more people should be aware of. I wasn't knowing the possibility to list friends, which is so useful. Thank you !
Comment by GabrielH — May 10, 2009 @ 10:13 am
I wanted to ask one thing: months ago a friends of mine blocked me on facebook, and from that point to few days ago I wasn't able to find this person in the search results, and in all common friends' activities, I wasn't able to see ANYTHING about this person. But a week ago I noticed that reappeared his comment to our common friends' status, and photos, and activities in general (I am sure I am still blocked). I can see only this comment, but not what he write on the wall of common friends (and obviusly I still can't find his profile anywhere. the comments appeare with the anonymous blue facebook photo and I cannot click on his name). How is it possible? And if I block someone, this person will ever be able to see my comments?
Comment by silvia — May 10, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
hey, thanks for showing this.
i want to ask.
how can we add person that there are no "add as friends" and "send messages" link??
i'm so frustated.
help me please
Comment by githa — May 11, 2009 @ 10:17 pm
I don't understand what "tagging" means of videos/photos etc. Can anyone explain that to me please?
Comment by brian — May 12, 2009 @ 11:23 pm
alright, so im doing an essay on facebook, and it's fairly funny what i see on these types things, if you are worried about people that you don't want to see your pictures, don't accept them to facebook, and also if you worried about "stalkers" there is a setting where you can put your facebook to private, if some random person adds you, decline them!
Comment by Alicea — May 13, 2009 @ 6:25 am
thx so much this helped but how do you make the friend lists?
Comment by k — May 15, 2009 @ 7:18 am
Thanks a bunch for guiding me about facebook. I found this website is a useful resources for a noob on FB like me.
Comment by agus — May 18, 2009 @ 2:49 am
OK, I am able to set up friends lists, as Tip #1 recommends, but only seems to be able to use these lists to filter *incoming* feeds.
How, exactly, can these lists can be tweaked to control *outgoing* feeds of MY personal information?
I’m in Canada – is it possible that these privacy options are not available here???
Comment by Frank — May 19, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
I have a question. How do I allow all my friends the ability to post on my page while limiting groups of people who can view the posts?
I have set up groups of friends with different privileges and set up permissions in settings/wall/who can see posts. But all this did is disable the ability of the restricted group from being able to post anything on my wall.
Comment by Tim — May 20, 2009 @ 9:55 am
i want to make my profile really private so people who are friends with my friends can see my profile at all how can i do it please help
Comment by michelle foulds — May 21, 2009 @ 1:36 am
Hi – can you also help with hiding the time/date stamps against activities on Facebook? There used to be a feature to disble them appearing but this appears not to be available any more?
I do not want people knowing when I have accessed FB or indeed to be able to work out how often I have accessd it.
Can you help?
B
Comment by B — May 22, 2009 @ 3:17 am
thanks for the help!!
i have a question about friend lists. Can my friends see how i categorize them?
Comment by Taf — May 26, 2009 @ 1:38 am
That is great information. I really like the idea of taking myseld on the search list thanks!
Comment by LLE — May 27, 2009 @ 8:15 am
Hi,
Great info, thanks!
I want to work out why/how it is that my BF's profile info says he has "19" friends but only 18 show up when counted ie one is hidden… did he somehow manage to hide just one friend or has that friend somehow hidden themselves (from me)? When I search for that person by name I can find them… which I think suggests they have not blocked me…but my friend does not show up as our mutual friend. I need to work out who did what to achieve this… for obvious reasons. Thanks.
Comment by Epiphany — May 28, 2009 @ 3:40 am
ok so i went out and got drunk one nite..did some stupid stuff that was caught on camera..is there anyway i could prevent this pic from being seen by other people who are also friends with the one who posts the pics, without asking her to post it?
Comment by moshi — May 29, 2009 @ 5:26 pm
correction..withoug asking her to not post it?
Comment by moshi — May 29, 2009 @ 5:27 pm
Thanks, appeared quite helpful to me. Tweaked some settings!
Comment by Benoy — May 31, 2009 @ 7:18 pm
FANTASTIC! Thank you so much for organizing this info for us. I too get asked the same questions and you've put it all together so nicely. Great job!
Comment by Lisa S. Duhamel — June 3, 2009 @ 8:42 am
Hi there,
Thanks for good info. However, I don't find this to be true (and I REALLY want to find a way to do this):
———
Control Who Can Post to Your Wall
In addition to controlling who can view wall postings published by your friends, you also want to control which friends can post on your wall. If you visit the Profile Privacy settings page, there is a section labeled “Wall Posts”.
From this area you can completely disable your friends’ ability to post on your wall. You can also select specific friend lists that can post on your wall. Personally, I don’t really care who can post on my wall but I can understand the need to control who can see those wall postings. If you want to limit who can post wall posts on your profile, this is where you can do it.
——–
FB is itself confusing on this–there is the check "Friends may post to my Wall" BUT when you go to customize this, it says "Who Can See This?" And then if you add a name, that person, ironically, can't SEE posts to your wall (according to "Who Can See This?"), but they can still post there themselves! Or at least this is the way it appears…am I missing something? The wording is really hard to decipher.
Clarification would be great!
Comment by Lisa — June 3, 2009 @ 3:01 pm
Great post, Nick.
I agree with the last post: I can't find a way to differentiate between who can post to my wall and who can read others' posts on my wall. Is there one? How?
Also, I did not find any way to restrict my friends so nobody sees them. At the least it always shows them to my friends. Am I missing something?
Thanks!
Comment by Alex — June 3, 2009 @ 6:52 pm
Thanks for the info, Nick!
Comment by Eva — June 4, 2009 @ 7:40 am
Itz very very useful ideas..thanks
Comment by Sri — June 4, 2009 @ 11:59 pm
I have had no success getting into my facebook. I have requested several times for a new pass word and have not got anything back. HELP!!!!!!!
Comment by Jane Hathaway — June 6, 2009 @ 2:30 pm
Can anyone tell me how to turn off general comments to my wall? For example, I don't want my friends "what's on your mind" to automatically post to my wall. I don't mind if a friend wants to write on my wall specifically to me, but I don't want to get everyone's constant musings.
Thanks,
Wen
Comment by Wendy — June 7, 2009 @ 8:25 am
how do i stop people from making coments on my posts
Comment by frustrated — June 9, 2009 @ 10:00 am
Is it bad that anyone who searches me on facebook can see what school I go to?
Comment by Hatty — June 9, 2009 @ 1:52 pm
Can you just hide one posting on your wall? I like to get most of this groups postings but some can be a little blue so I would like to hide those.
Comment by clodene — June 10, 2009 @ 12:21 pm
Wow! This is really great. This is a kind of a post that every Facebook user should read. Thanks for this post.
Comment by Akila — June 13, 2009 @ 9:37 am
BTW, I forgot to mention about new Facebook user name feature. You might have to update this post after that change (For now I don't think you will have to). I wrote a post about that "Claim Your Facebook Username Now! – Things to Remember http://tinyurl.com/nsznac"
Comment by Akila — June 13, 2009 @ 9:39 am
If I create an album, set the privacy setting as "friends only", then tag my friends in the pictures, will my friends friends be able to see all the tagged photos of them and then get to view the entire album from the link on the tag photo?
Comment by Thomas Rose — June 14, 2009 @ 11:16 am
The last part of your article is not correct. The privacy profile for who can see your friends list did not allow me to customize so that only some friend lists can see my friends lists. or is there a way to turn on this function?
Comment by John — June 14, 2009 @ 11:44 pm
Hey nice article. Thanks a lot.
Comment by YA89 — June 15, 2009 @ 9:27 pm
My college administration has found some pictures on my profile and made me delete them.
Very good and useful info, thank you very much!
Comment by MasterMind — June 17, 2009 @ 6:49 am
It's important to understand that pictures are NEVER private, no matter what setting you choose. Even if the privacy settings are set to "only friends" or a specific group, once any of your friends makes a comment on one of your photos, that photo becomes public. That's because a line goes in your friend's News Feed that says "John Smith commented on Jane Doe's PHOTO". Any of John Doe's friends can now click on the word Photo and see the picture AND the ENTIRE album. If he has 2000 friends, all of them can see the whole album. I think this should be made clear in the article.
Comment by Anonymous — June 18, 2009 @ 6:54 am
thanks SO much for posting this. i had about 1/2 of these suggestions set as you suggested, but thanks to you, i made even more changes to keep me as private as possible.
one thing i'd really like to see facebook change is the stupid notifications about applications i dont even use. why isnt there a way to stop them from being posted in the notifications and leave that area for "actual" notifications, ie: someone posted to my wall or commented on a picture, et al? thats the BIGGEST gripe i have with FB.
Comment by betcsu — June 19, 2009 @ 2:33 pm
Great job! I didn’t change most of my privacy settings, but now I know how to customize them and why. Fantastic! I know I’ll use this knowledge in the future.
Comment by Diane — June 20, 2009 @ 5:34 am
Very helpful. Can you tell me if there is a way to control individual status messages to show up on certain friends lists. Let's say I want Status Change 1 only shows up on list1 and list2 but status change 2 shows up on list 3.
Comment by Ron — June 21, 2009 @ 9:47 pm
The privacy settings allow you to exclude individuals or lists. It would be nice if you had the option to just allow certain individuals or lists. For example, if you have 10 lists and you only want family to see an album, you have to exclude 9 groups rather than just include 1.
Comment by cattails — June 22, 2009 @ 4:43 pm
since FB going to be famous, security is most important thing FB user think first. This a such good way to be done as soon, thanks, it usefull
Comment by andy — June 23, 2009 @ 2:56 am
how do i stop friend from friends emailing me, i just want the emails that pertain to me, not friends of friends that i dont know, i tried settings, but i need step by step help, thanks
Comment by janet — June 23, 2009 @ 5:01 am
If you exclude someone on something that is friends of friends, are friends of the excuded friend able to view that item?
Comment by Jon — June 23, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
How the heck do I get the stupid quiz results to stop showing up in my Newsfeed?
I don't want to block these friends' status updates or pics, but the quiz results are driving me insane.
Comment by Isabella — June 24, 2009 @ 7:15 am
Does Facebook have access to my yahoo address book and e-mails?
Thanks..
Comment by mswanson — June 26, 2009 @ 11:03 am
Great info. Will pass this via Twitter.
Comment by Las — June 27, 2009 @ 1:19 pm
Privacy setting is the most importing thing when we join to the virtual world. Good Article.
Comment by Imuz Corner — June 27, 2009 @ 1:26 pm
Thanks for all the great info. Am applying some to my fb.
Comment by Sal Coviello — June 27, 2009 @ 7:03 pm
Very curious about a thing. Untill now I Still cant get the answer.
If I have some people on the 'BLOCK LIST'. Do they still see my album(Set to 'everyone')??
TIA
Comment by Jonn — June 29, 2009 @ 2:29 am
Help please – I organized my friends but cannot figure out how to have different privacy settings for the different groups. Please explain! Thanks!!!
Comment by Cheryl — June 29, 2009 @ 5:19 pm
Thank You ! for your article….
But why does people use Facebook ?
To keep things secret around the world ! Why people writes on walls.. why publishes their pics in facebook ?
If a people follows your all techniques from top to bottom, then I suggest to the people that please do not use facebook. use any Email software like your webmail of Webserver.
Oh God ! there is no any people who can understand the important and usage of an entertainment and broadcasting site.
Suman
Comment by Suman — June 30, 2009 @ 7:18 am
I have a question for anyone. For some reason none of my pages that I am a fan of show up on my page. I can view others pages, but not mine. I was just wondering if anyone knew how to make my pages viewable. I tried looking through my account settings and couldn't find anything.
Comment by Carly — June 30, 2009 @ 7:39 am
I Nick, I cannot find “public seacrh listing” and I do want to be removed from googles seacrh.Could you please help me?
Comment by sanaz — June 30, 2009 @ 9:21 am
There are some things that have happened on facebook that was endangering the lives of people in another country. There WAS someone on my friends list that was posting that they could have people killed.
I tried to get her attention to get her to stop, but even though she acknoleged what I wrote it was all in vain. All that happened was I got timed out on facebook. I didn’t want to report her because we all have rights to post what we like. It wouldn’t mean anything to facebook anyway.
Comment by Antoinette Hummel — June 30, 2009 @ 3:38 pm
Hi Mari,
I am trying to change my privacy settings for each of my Facebook Friend lists but it is not giving me them as an option.
All Friends can see this.
Friends of Friends
My friends and their friends can see this.
Only Friends
Only friends can see this.
Some Friends
Choose specific friends who can see this.
Only Me
These are my only options…do you know what I need to do to have my Friends Lists show up there???
Thanks!!
Comment by Dayna Palmer — June 30, 2009 @ 8:57 pm
It's really a useful post.
thanks
Comment by Thushyanthan — July 1, 2009 @ 3:46 am
Another thing I recently noticed is that facebook is magically making friend suggesting of people i know but are not connected to me or any of my facebook friends, or friends of friends.
I read somewhere on the web that Facebook know suggest friends of those people have searched your profile. Doesn’t this violate privacy. Can it be stopped by settings?
Comment by Pupurple — July 1, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
So how do you block users from one Friend List from seeing users of another Friend List?
For example, how can I keep those in friend list “Professional” from seeing my friends from list “Friends”, while still allowing them to see those within their respective groups??
Comment by jason — July 2, 2009 @ 1:32 pm
Thank you
Comment by Afsaneh Lachini — July 2, 2009 @ 9:06 pm
thank you for posting this very helpful information!
Comment by cindy — July 2, 2009 @ 10:56 pm
NUBER TWO REMOVE YRSELF FROM GOOGLE
I don't have a "Public Search Setting" in my "Search Privacy Settings page. Unless I am blind here, I cannot get myself off google–and I just appeared there. I did not used to appear in full profile. Any suggestions as to what to do? I am going to close out my account if I can't get out of google visibility. I teach.
Comment by angela — July 3, 2009 @ 6:16 pm
thanks, nice list! i was already doing most of these but there were a couple i was unaware of. very useful info, thanks for taking the time to post it!
Comment by cm — July 4, 2009 @ 1:57 am
Great work. Found myself making mental notes to check my own account. But I wonder…what would it be like to not care what anyone found out about you because you're okay with who you are?
Comment by misterjames — July 4, 2009 @ 11:56 pm
How to remove myself from those applications advertisements? eg. Mint vs Jenny in IQ test etc….
Comment by Mint — July 5, 2009 @ 4:45 am
I have a lot of friends I don’t know because I play games that require a lot of friends. I tried using a list to keep my game friends from seeing details about me but it appears not to work. How can I tell what I’m doing wrong?
Comment by Chris — July 5, 2009 @ 8:08 pm
how about removing from other in gaming application? I'm playing Mafia War, and other can attack me, make me bankrupt
Comment by sugenk — July 6, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
thanks a lot for all information,
but i have a big big problem,that in the 3th one which is "Remove Yourself From Google"
i don't have "Public search listing" and already i can find my name in google and i can not remove it
what should i do???
Comment by mimi — July 6, 2009 @ 4:53 pm
Been considering joining face-book but I've heard that face book gives out links to a persons other accounts. I have a Flickr account that I wouldn't want just anyone to be able to access. Can this access be blocked?
Comment by Mark Wagner — July 7, 2009 @ 5:04 am
hey i remember there was a setting where u can control your news feeds. you could select a certain friend and almost monitor everything they did would post in your feed. If it wasnt someone well you couldve selected events or something so you would get all the feeds of events all your friends were going to. do you know how to do this and can you show me?!!! ( i remember it looked like a volume dial and you could control what was more important and the least important) thank you!
Comment by ckp — July 7, 2009 @ 5:23 am
Good info. What I'm looking for, though, is a way to block the feed that tells me what quiz somebody just took, what gift they just got, or what mafia wars weapon they just bought.
Comment by Dan Nechodom — July 7, 2009 @ 10:35 am
I don’t get the Network options in the various examples of privacy settings. I guess that infers you can only control the networks you join. Maybe that means if you don’t join a network, they can’t see you?
Comment by Dale O — July 7, 2009 @ 4:49 pm
It would be incredibly useful if I could make my settings so that certain people cannot see it. Basically my mom made a facebook and i don’t want her to be able to see my pictures or my wall. IS this possible? I want to be able to see her wall though, and still be friends with her.
Comment by Satya Bhama — July 8, 2009 @ 6:56 pm
Nice info…its a good post for newbies like me know about facebook privacy I really appreciate.
Comment by LLRF — July 8, 2009 @ 9:40 pm
Great article, very informative. Most people take these things for granted, good to see someone is reminding us that not everything on FB is as safe as it looks.
Comment by Ultimate Toronto — July 9, 2009 @ 1:41 pm
the privacy settings DO NOT WORK.
I added my “limited profile” list to all the privacy settings so they should NOT be able to see most of my profile. however when i went to the “see how a friend sees your profile”, they could see everything!
Facebook offers no support and do not address this. i know it is a choice to use the social network but they shouldn’t offer options that DO NOT WORK!
Comment by lindsay — July 9, 2009 @ 6:35 pm
Yes to the Limited Profile comment above, plus I've been trying to get FB to answer this question (without success, of course):
When you have a friend in more than one list, and those lists have different privacy settings, which privacy settings are applied to that friend?
Seems an important point, but one that has me — and others, apparently — stymied…
Comment by H. Young — July 10, 2009 @ 1:18 pm
Thanks for this site. I am curious to know who can use facebook as a "facebook user" only. That is no picture, no detail, just "facebook user". The only giveaway is the mutual friends. That does not sort it out though. Thank you
Comment by jay — July 10, 2009 @ 7:36 pm
How do I block sent Friend Wheel quizes?
Comment by grd — July 11, 2009 @ 5:41 am
Hi Nick, all,
Question ad 10. Keep Your Friendships Private: -
What about not being visible on the friends list of others? Specifically when the friend is visible from search engines, it will result in my name being visible on search engines as well! Any ideas?
Comment by Shib — July 13, 2009 @ 1:29 am
Hi Nick,
How do I change my surname on my profile – without my old name still showing up on my facebook account map. A friend of mine has tried to change her name on her profile – but Facebook still links her new name to her old one. What can we do?
Comment by Sylvia Shyllon — July 14, 2009 @ 6:29 am
Hi!
I think there's a big problem with facebook, especially when you CHANGE your privacy sittings. For example, I've been keeping my "status and links" for selected friends, but I want this for a certain period of time.
Now, if I change my privacy sittings to let more people see my status updates this means they can go to my profile and see the older statuses I didn't want them to see.
I think this is a really big problem.. any solutions?
Plus, have you any idea when the twitter-like version of facebook is gonna be available for public? 'cause I think that might solve this, right?
Comment by L. Mardini — July 14, 2009 @ 1:06 pm
Wao very informative good good .. thanx
Comment by Shaw Bukhari — July 15, 2009 @ 8:51 am
Since when should someone need a degree in software engineering to prevent making an @55 of themselves on the Internet? Facebook designers need to do more thinking so users can stop pulling their hair out.
Comment by Danielle — July 15, 2009 @ 11:51 am
So , i added a friend of mine, and it appeared to me after 2 days after she accepted, i realized that the account was FAKE! , i'm very scared that the fake person stole my picture! what can i do ?!
Comment by Natasha — July 16, 2009 @ 2:01 pm
picked up some great tips that i haven’t discover yet. thanks!
anyway i have one more question, i posted a comment on my friend’s wall then i deleted her on my list, will my comment still be up on her wall or was it also deleted?
Comment by arlene — July 17, 2009 @ 4:30 am
Is there a way to block some one from sending me messages on facebook. Theres someone upset at me for her own mistakes and every time i log on there’s a new inbox and it her yelling at me and i want to block her so she will stop and leave me alone. Is that possible?
Comment by Samantha — July 18, 2009 @ 2:37 pm
i am 33 years old .i am single.we should love every body.
Comment by Roya heidari — July 20, 2009 @ 6:17 am
Thanks for the info…but I have tried to set these privacy settings but its not working. If someone could email me, maybe im missing a step or something. Thanks
Cryeva@verizon.net
Comment by Crystal — July 20, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
Thanks! learnt something new. In addition I also use VPN service from http://www.acevpn.com so that web sites dont keep track of me. Internet is really getting scary!
Comment by Dave — July 21, 2009 @ 3:40 pm
Thanks for the suggestions. What would be REALLY useful is an option to 'see ourselves as others see us', to check the settings. So, for example, in each group there could be a'visibility' button. Click on that and you can see what the group can see about you. Then you would know for sure you'd not forgotten to protect something.
Comment by Facebook User — July 23, 2009 @ 6:13 am
How do u stop certain people from seeing your status?
Comment by Shreebee — July 23, 2009 @ 5:55 pm
I can’t do #3. I can’t find that check box.
Thanks.
Comment by lynne — July 24, 2009 @ 5:46 pm
How do I keep facebook from notiftying my home email everytime someone facebook's me??
thanks
Comment by scooter — July 27, 2009 @ 11:54 am
How can I block my entire wall from being viewed by everyone? I have changed all the privacy settings that have to do with my wall to be viewed by 'no one' but it's not working. Thanks for the help!
Comment by Facebook User — July 28, 2009 @ 7:21 pm
umm can someone please tell me how do i change my facebook account so only people who add me as a friend can see my profile?
please reply ASAP!!!!!
(because theres this guy thats kinda stalking me.
Comment by vineeta — July 28, 2009 @ 10:19 pm
i am trying to get out of the google search but the little text where i have to untick the box is gone in my profile….
do you know what i should do???
and great page, by the way
karin
Comment by karin — July 29, 2009 @ 11:29 am
This is a vital information.thanx for the great job.
Comment by malam abu — July 29, 2009 @ 11:45 am
i need help. why is that my facebook status didnt appear in my wall?
Comment by sara — July 29, 2009 @ 11:37 pm
How do I remove the "View Profile" from the search page after someone has searched for me, found me, and then has buttons to select from….I want that removed. Everyone else has send me a message or add as a friend and NOT THE View Profile…no one can seem to help or answer this….please advise
Comment by Merry — July 31, 2009 @ 10:17 am
#1. FRIEND LISTS: What's the point of making friend lists if it doesn't control what happens on the live feed? You should be able to check which friend list will see anything you post.
Comment by Nate — July 31, 2009 @ 8:51 pm
Another reason you wouldn't want your friends visible is that people may judge you based on who you're friends with.
I know someone who runs an employment service, and she tells me that she has one client who will visit the Facebook pages of potential employees. He considers all of a person's friends to be representative of that person, so if he doesn't like their friends, he won't hire them.
Comment by kea — August 1, 2009 @ 1:50 pm
Regarding the screenshot at the end of #4, there is no longer any reference to "Networks" none of my networks"
Comment by bg — August 1, 2009 @ 1:53 pm
I have a question as well:
In regards to my friends pictures showing on my profile -FRIENDS, which change daily, does it mean they are on line or they have visited my page?? Or none of those? Thank you anyway and great tips!
Comment by Vanessa Berry — August 2, 2009 @ 4:07 pm
Great post, thanks. I see from the comments that things may have changed a little on Facebook since you first posted this, but I'm sure the basics are all there, and I'll publicise this on my company blog.
Comment by Tia Fisher — August 3, 2009 @ 3:28 am
Hi All,
Firstly thanks for the post, most useful.
After reading this post, I tried to create a list of companies and "fan" pages that I have added to my profile, and tried to ban them from accessing any information, and it doesn't seem to work. It raised a question, hope someone knows the answer.
When facebook was changed months ago, they announced that all "fan" pages and companies having their profiles and added to your list of friends will appear on your wall with their posts.
My question is does this mean that the creator of that company account/fan page has access to all my pictures and data like a friend does?
Cheers,
Chakotay
Comment by Chakotay — August 3, 2009 @ 5:20 am
I'm gonna' send this URL to all my Facebook friends. (hopefully) they'll understand WHY I don't participate in any of their requests to try out things like, "Find Your Hippie Name", etc, etc
Many thanx
Comment by JEKYLL135 — August 3, 2009 @ 3:36 pm
I want to be able to spontaneously choose who I share a post with (networks, friends only, friends excluding those on selected list, or various lists) at the very moment I make it… so if I feel like sharing something with all friends I can do so, but if I feel like restricting the post to those friends on a selected list then I can do so for that specific post only. Is this possible?? What am I missing?
Comment by Bjarne — August 4, 2009 @ 5:02 am
I am having a problem with my facebook page just on my new hp laptop. The toolbar at the bottom of the page is always in the middle of my page. Do anyone have a clue as to how I can fix this problem?
Comment by Debbie Colubiale — August 5, 2009 @ 4:18 am
I noticed that my ex's status updates no longer show up in my news feed. I can go to her page and see her status updates, but they don't show up in my news feed. Did she somehow block them from appearing in my news feed? How did she do this? This pisses me off because I am over her and don't care.
Comment by joybob — August 5, 2009 @ 6:58 am
Thanks!
Comment by Facebook User — August 5, 2009 @ 9:58 am
How do you change your password on facebook when you forget what it was?
Comment by kathy evans — August 8, 2009 @ 1:41 am
I have been using facebook for long now and that too many hours a day and still i didnt know about all these features.
Thanks for this!!!
Comment by Usman Shahzada — August 8, 2009 @ 4:05 am
Nick, nice stuff, really i don’t know about facebook privacy settings at all. I got good idea of the facebook privacy settings. Thanks for it
Comment by pavan — August 8, 2009 @ 6:55 am
i would like to know how you can hide your online presence???? i hate the annoying IM chat thing that people do to you, it is such a distracting waste of time. i saw the ‘hide online presence’ box in my privacy settings and altered it but the stupis box keeps popping up with friends saying ‘hey, watcha doin’?” help?
Comment by court — August 8, 2009 @ 1:10 pm
Good information all around, but the overall effect seems so ridiculously paranoid that I wonder why such a person would be using Facebook to begin with.
If your professional life needs to be firewalled so completely from everything and anything that goes on in your personal life — well, first, you may want to consider that your job ain't all that — then maybe you shouldn't be mixing the two things on a SOCIAL NETWORKING Web site.
Comment by Sioen — August 8, 2009 @ 9:25 pm
Good info- thanks!
Yes- it's true for all of you that feel the need to let everyone in on your little "secret"- you can save your privacy by not using FB in the first place. But seriously- don't come knocking on the door of people trying to help just to spill your suggestions! That's your choice- good for you for sticking to it, but don't make a big deal about it! This is our choice to use it and if we want to find information from people like Nick here on trying to take extra precautions than so be it! Let it along already!!
Geesh…
Comment by rachelle — August 10, 2009 @ 6:20 pm
Thx Nick. One Q – I have set up custom viewing lists for my albums. Can a friend post MY album on HIS wall and can then my photos be seen by His friends who are NOT on my custom list? I sure hope not…
Comment by Dale — August 12, 2009 @ 8:56 am
Thank You for this very good info
Comment by No-to -childabuse — August 13, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
Regarding Sam's question about friends who post links to your photo albums, this was bothering me as well and I couldn't find an answer anywhere, but have now tested it out for myself –
If your albums are set to 'friends only', even if someone posts a link to them their friends will be unable to see the link, (unless they're also friends with you obviously)and the notification of the link will not appear in their news feeds at all. Try and find one of your friends with a lot of links, note how many links it says there are on their profile, then click into the links and see how many you can actually view – for example you might be able to see only 8 out of 10 total links – that's because 2 of the links are to albums that someone has set to 'friends only'.
Someone else asked about friends of friends seeing photos that you have tagged a friend in. Again if your album is definately set to 'friends only' even if you tag a friend, their friends will not see that photo in your friend's 'Photos of ….' section. That's why some friends profiles may say 'view photos of…(100)' but when you click in to view the photos, the number you can view is actually less because some of the photos are from restricted albums.
Comment by Sarah — August 15, 2009 @ 4:54 am
How do you block someone who has already blocked you? This person could randomly go in and unblock me and then return to the block. I want to be able to block him so he can’t do that. When I pull his name up it doesn’t show up so that I can block him….complicated.
Comment by Kathy — August 15, 2009 @ 10:59 am
Ok, so I did a quiz and figured if I set it so 'Nobody' could see the app, except for 2 people under the do not enter sign it would mean only they can see it. I have a test account on Facebook and see that everyone can see what the app published. I removed the app but everyone can still see what it published. Any ideas?
Comment by DD — August 16, 2009 @ 8:08 am
wow this is a little paranoid. what's the point of social networking if you're hiding everything from everybody?
Comment by Gordo — August 17, 2009 @ 3:47 pm
my ex has hid just one person from her friends list from me, how has she done it, I cant find that setting any where
Comment by nemo — August 18, 2009 @ 11:02 am
Ever notice that some of the nosiest FB stalkers are the ones who put themselves on mega-privacy, super-unsearchable mode…?
Comment by nkl — August 18, 2009 @ 7:08 pm
Does anyone know why when I hide my friends list from my friends, they are still able to view my entire list of friends if we have mutual friends? They are able to do so when they click the "view all" link under the mutual friends category. Does anyone know how to turn this off too?!
Comment by Tommy — August 18, 2009 @ 8:49 pm
Rule #0:
Don't use your real name, only people that you ACTUALLY KNOW will be able to friend you!
Comment by zaery — August 19, 2009 @ 5:12 pm
i kind of disagree with point #2 i.e. removing yourself from facebook results completely. it will be pointless to join facebook if you want to shell yourself from everyone. plus, the whole thing that makes facebook great is the ability for long lost friends and current friends that you might not have seen in a long time to be able to find you. i found so many old friends from 20+ years ago that i would have otherwise forgotten by them searching for me.
i agree about certain amount of privacy but not putting a complete shell around yourself. if ultra privacy is your biggest fear, then one shouldn't be joining a social networking app like facebook.
Comment by Mel — August 20, 2009 @ 10:53 am
Hello, I added a screenname in the contact information in my profile, how can i delete it? I only want to show my AIM, nothing else…i cant remove other screennames!!
Comment by Joe — August 20, 2009 @ 3:31 pm
Great post. Everyone should be careful with their image online.
Comment by Laura Betterly — August 23, 2009 @ 9:03 pm
what is the facebook security code ? i can not login it is not really fair coz i do not know the pass to my hotmail and i cant send the code to my hotmail
Comment by stoyan petrov — August 24, 2009 @ 7:51 am
Very good information on maintaining privacy. Thank you!
Comment by carolyne withrow — August 24, 2009 @ 5:26 pm
Info on how to track recent visitors to my page
Comment by Doren Keisham — August 25, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
If I categorize my "friends" into groups, will people be able to see which goup I categorized them into?
Comment by ava diamond — August 26, 2009 @ 6:00 am
I was just hijacked yesterday. Someone contacting friends through chat asking for money saying I was in trouble and mugged in London. So NOT I am disable and cannot access
my page. Will I ever get it back? I wrote facebook and
reported it, sent a few copies of dialogs a few friends sent to me and changed passwords etc.
What happens next?
Comment by Dick Shannon — August 26, 2009 @ 7:25 am
Correction:
I was just hijacked yesterday. Someone contacting friends through chat asking for money saying I was in trouble and mugged in London.
So NOW I am disabled and cannot access my page.
Will I ever get it back?
I wrote Facebook and reported it, sent a few copies of dialogs a few friends sent to me and changed passwords etc.
What happens next?
Comment by Dick Shannon — August 26, 2009 @ 7:31 am
pls tell me how can I show my MUTUAL FRIEND again, because I dont know why, It's gone from my profile.
Thank about Your Information.
Comment by siti bulqis ariesant — August 26, 2009 @ 2:04 pm
Pls tell me why My MUTUAL FRIEND in my profile is gone. How is shown again.
Thx about your info.
Comment by Siti Bulqis Ariesant — August 26, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
Everyone – read this article
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13210334
Here's the 1st paragraph:
"Privacy advocates have long warned that users of Facebook and other social networks who seek amusement from quizzes like "What Simpsons Character Are You?" might be mortified by the way creators of such applications can access and potentially "scrape" personal information — not just about the quiz-takers, but their friends as well."
My advice: don't take these quizes, don't play these games, don't take thise polls. There are so many other ways to amuse yourself!
Comment by John — August 28, 2009 @ 7:42 am
1. may I know, when I send out a friend request, how do I block out all info.
2. From my friends list I would like to block out the groups that I have joined.
Comment by shahida khan — August 29, 2009 @ 4:09 am
the most serious hole in facebook privacy is that anyone on your friends list can deactivate their account so you can't see or remove them, but they can reactivate for short periods to look at your profile
Comment by Justin L — August 30, 2009 @ 8:12 am
Thank you! These tips were helpful!
Comment by A — August 31, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
I have to agree with one poster, if you want to remain completely private then you have to stop or never use social networking sites. And no matter what anyone says you cant completely control how you show up in search engines and believe me you do. If you have a myspace, facebook, twitter, etc. profile, blog, website you will be in the search engines. If you are self employed, in business for yourself and have any kind of web presence you'll be in linked in, zoom info, D&B, even some chamber of commerce websites. Privacy is a thing of the past basically.
Personally I like the web presence for professional and hobby reasons.
BUt if you don't then it's time to get off the internet.
Comment by rachel holbert — September 1, 2009 @ 11:51 am
Still, I don't want my boss to see anything in my wall (but just him) or in my notes or boxes, but there's nothing to block them from all that information, just bits.
Comment by Ale — September 1, 2009 @ 9:38 pm
Say if I set a photo album only to be viewed by friends on my ‘work’ list/group of friends. Then someone from the ‘work’ list/group of friends comments on the photos. What do people who are my friends but not in the ‘work’ list (so can’t see the photos) and who are also friends of the person who commented see?
Do they see the ‘Mr X commented on J’s photos’ or does it show the photo, the comment and the name of the album or something in between?
Thanks.
Comment by J — September 1, 2009 @ 11:36 pm
I have all those settings applied, but there are still holes. With items posted to the Home Page or the Highlights (where your friends have commented on their friends pics) and within your photo albums, there is the ability to Share. Here you can Share your friends, and their friends private pictures with any of your friends, or post it to your own profile for all your friends to see.
Be careful who you give access to this information that can be shared out, until these privacy setting are tightened up!
Comment by Judy — September 2, 2009 @ 1:29 pm
Can someone please answer a yes-or-no question for me: I have an ex-friend who I share a mutual friend with. I had de-activated my FB account but would like to go back without the ex-friend knowing. If I block her, will my name show up in the mutual friend's list of friends enabling the ex-friend to see that I'm back on FB?(I hope that makes sense.)
Comment by DJ — September 3, 2009 @ 8:25 am
There is a proven method available for accessing photos from private profiles, it is described in:
http://privacystalker.blogspot.com/
It uses brute force attack approach! It works for me!!
It was written in spanish but you can always use google translator or babylon…
Comment by giraa2 — September 3, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
QUESTION!
Can I hide my profile picture from Non-friends?
The profile picture lacks some privacy setting, (I think) and mine is a little less then professional looking.
I have started to create groups networking with people in my industry, But I don't want them to see my profile picture when they click on my name in the group etc..unless I have accepted there friendship.
any Ideas?, please help!
-b
Comment by brion — September 4, 2009 @ 9:50 am
Tommy wrote : Does anyone know why when I hide my friends list from my friends, they are still able to view my entire list of friends if we have mutual friends? They are able to do so when they click the “view all” link under the mutual friends category. Does anyone know how to turn this off too?!
I want know teh answer too… can function OFF realize ?
thanks
Comment by mikelo — September 5, 2009 @ 12:18 pm
I really like facebook.In this 21st century its a boon to be connected to many friends and share our feelings and we can get connected to yhe whole world but one privacy settin g i did not found is that all my friends can see my friends and they may use them for various purposes .so that bow to get rid of that
Comment by Narayan kunwar — September 6, 2009 @ 2:40 am
NICKY, IT IS AN EXCELLENT ATTEMPT, BUT I THINK MOST OF THE INNOCENT BLOGERS ARE NOT GETTING YOUR ARTICLE. PLEASE UPDATE AND TRY IT ONE MORE AS A HUMANITY CONCERNS…..
FAIZAL MELADI
Comment by FAIZAL MELADI — September 6, 2009 @ 2:46 am
Thanks for the tips! I am a frequent Facebook user and I can definitely use this info! I am a teen writer at RadicalParenting.com which is a parenting blog from the kid’s perspective there are 60 teen and tween writers run by teen author, Vanessa Van Petten. We just posted a video of “How to set Privacy Settings in Social Networks” here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weM8rcAhAw8
and would love for you to check it out and tell us what you think or repost if you like it,
Cheers, thanks for checking it out!
G and the Teen Team
http://radicalparenting.com
Comment by G — September 6, 2009 @ 4:48 pm
I've tried banning certain individuals from seeing and posting
on my wall in face book and it hasn't worked. Not only can they see my wall they can post $hit!
The settings quite clearly say Friends can post on my except "joe blogs" and it still lets them.
Can anyone help?
Comment by Phil — September 7, 2009 @ 7:01 am
Wow, lot of great tips in here.
Comment by Vince — September 8, 2009 @ 11:35 am
So does anyone know how to make my relationship status only available to like 10 people?
Comment by jenny — September 8, 2009 @ 8:03 pm
Thanks this is very useful info, it seems like Facebook is better suited to friendships and Twitter is better for business, mixing them can be tricky but these tips help.
Comment by Joe Moody — September 9, 2009 @ 10:47 am
Awesome work, I've seen people play tricks on others by tagging them in silly photos, so your Tip Number 4 is invaluable. Keep up the great work!
Comment by East Grinstead — September 9, 2009 @ 10:49 am
Awesome….but i have a question…
does anyone know if i can block certain from seeing me on THEIR mini-feed. I dont want to unfriend my brother, but he feels the need to comment on everything when i pop up in his minifeed, and I'd prefer he just left me alone….thanks
Jay
Comment by Jay — September 10, 2009 @ 4:46 am
Here's a question you might be able to answer…
I notice on certain friends' profiles, I can only see their activity on their wall (when they comment on pictures or statuses, etc.) when that activity is done with a mutual friend. If they comment on a photo of someone who isn't a mutual friend, I won't see it on their wall.
Do you know where this setting is? I'd like to implement it, but can't find it.
Thanks!
Comment by Mike One — September 10, 2009 @ 6:38 pm
wow loads of comments, just wanted to be a part of it
lol
Comment by AmyLouise — September 11, 2009 @ 2:32 am
woow this wass really valuble informationnn .
Comment by courtneeey — September 11, 2009 @ 10:12 am
Hi just wanted to know is there any way, one can stop strangers from sending you messages on facebook?
Comment by jessie — September 11, 2009 @ 5:04 pm
I am a newby, so I do appreciate your information. For those who can't find the "public search" box……
Settings> Privacy Settings> Search..BOTTOM of this section is the Public Search Listing: The box should be "unchecked"/empty if this is the setting that you want.
Be sure that you scroll down far enough to see it on your screen. Sort of hidden, isn't it?
Comment by Ellie — September 12, 2009 @ 7:51 am
Is there a way to block people from commenting on your status?????
Comment by cmac — September 12, 2009 @ 6:14 pm
By the way, there is now no way on earth to do number 9. You cannot, repeat CANNOT control which friends can post to your wall… I was told you can do that with friends lists. Not so, at least I have not found that function anywhere. Anyone else know how?
Comment by Corey — September 12, 2009 @ 9:20 pm
Also, why is the number of friends you have (or on a certain list) not shown at the top of the friends list page anymore? Grrrr! Why do they keep messing with what was useful info? Jee wiz!
Comment by Corey — September 12, 2009 @ 9:34 pm
I would like to know who messing around with my first chance of getting on this site, cause now I can't get on!!!
Comment by Kat — September 13, 2009 @ 7:46 am
There are detailed answers to just about any question under the "Help" section (look at the bottom right corner of most pages). Then search and read the topics/answers provided by Facebook (I would not recommend using the interactive part of the Help section…it's mostly people asking questions over and over again that have already been answered…and then expecting that FB will contact them directly to answer their question).
All the answers are out there if you are willing to search (oh, and READ too!)
Comment by Brian — September 16, 2009 @ 8:01 am
Hello, I could not find a solution to my problem or to be more precise only a confusing one.
My problem: I restricted the visibility of my wall at the privacy setting so that only my friends can see my wall.
Problem: I tested it and still people who are not my friends can see my wall.
How is that possible?
Now I read that in the official help:
"My privacy settings restrict somebody from seeing my Wall posts, but the Wall still displays when I view my account as that person.
When you restrict someone from seeing your Wall posts, they will still be able to see posts that you make, comments on those posts, and Recent Activity stories that appear on your Wall."
Eh…when I restrict somebody they will still be able to see it?
To be honest I don't get it at all, maybe somebody can explain that to me.
My goal: My wall should dissapear for people who are not my friends
Comment by Confuseduser — September 17, 2009 @ 2:41 am
can anyone please please explain to me how i can put back to how it should be my pages below my groups on my info section as i just cannot find out how to do it, asap please anyone! would be a legend if you can help me to do it.
thankyou x
Comment by FRANCESCA — September 17, 2009 @ 5:32 pm
thats so cool thanks
Comment by Mohamed AlQubaisi — September 18, 2009 @ 5:15 am
thank you for your post obama said dont post much your info to facebook
Comment by Jennifer Pham — September 19, 2009 @ 11:42 am
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Donna
Comment by Donna Maher — September 19, 2009 @ 6:44 pm
I'd like to receive a free ebook via pdf..thanks.Yvonne
Comment by Yvonne Baloyi — September 21, 2009 @ 5:16 am
Dude these tips are so sick! Shout out to Justin and the Mommy! Learned so much! Go Liiiiiiiiiiii!
Comment by Richard Lenke — September 23, 2009 @ 9:39 am
There is someone who create an embrassing status from website in my wall post….With All Do Respect would you track for me the person….And You should Banned The Person….Thank You….
Best Regards,
Edwan Widianto
Comment by edwan — September 24, 2009 @ 5:43 am
Apologize… maybe a 5 minutes bug… It stoped saying it was abusive… Wondering what was…
Comment by Mariana — September 25, 2009 @ 8:53 am
I would love to know, who was the clever guy that reported THIS GREAT LINK as abusive in facebook, so we can no longere can not post it or suggest it to any friend…
Must be the Lead in the air…
Comment by Mariana — September 25, 2009 @ 12:49 pm
How can I hide COMMON FRIENDS on Facebook?
Comment by Anuncios Clasificados Gratis Barcelona — September 26, 2009 @ 7:12 am
whats the diff between personal info and basic info. Like i want my profile private but my status and picture to be shown
Comment by natalie — September 26, 2009 @ 7:59 pm
what am i supposed to do to block numbers of my friends to anyone except my friends only
Comment by rahaf balach — September 27, 2009 @ 5:43 am
Could you please educate me on how to protect my photos from facebook itself? There is a rumour making the rounds that your photos -though private to you -can and will be utilized -printed published by facebook at any time. Is this true? And how can I insure that my photos are never used by facebook?
Comment by Kermit — September 28, 2009 @ 2:01 pm
How do I hide wall posts from a certain friend list?
Comment by Gene Sy — September 29, 2009 @ 1:00 am
Thanks this is a lifesaver!!!
Comment by Jayne — September 29, 2009 @ 9:13 pm
Has anyone noticed that Facebook privacy settings aren't working properly anymore? I have my profile set so people can only send me a message but not befriend me. Still I've been getting alerts saying people have added me as a friend regardless.
Comment by Gert Van Langendonck — October 2, 2009 @ 12:16 am
Rrr. I have a bunch of lists set up mainly so I can check up on the newsfeeds from family, friends, etc. separately. Problem is, it doesn't work. There are people who are not on my "Bestest Buddies" list whose posts continue to show up in the newsfeed. Similarly, there are people on the list whose posts I am missing (I can go to their profile page and see that they've been posting). Sometimes I don't know why I bother with facebook.
Comment by Laura — October 3, 2009 @ 8:27 am
i can visit a friend’s wall, info & boxes who is not actually my friend in facebook, but my sister can’t visit from her account. mutual friends are there for me n my sis also with that person. how can it happen?
Comment by Navya — October 5, 2009 @ 3:31 am
hi all
i sent someone a message in facebokk that wasn't my friend. I got no reply so im wondering if they got it at all. Is it possible to block emails from non friends? I was able to click on 'send a message' on their profile though.
Comment by ann mcgrath — October 5, 2009 @ 6:42 am
Hi, I’ve seen that some people appear as ” facebook user” so their name doesn’t come up, to everyone except their friends how can i do this?
Comment by sitara — October 5, 2009 @ 5:00 pm
Thank you for these tips. People have no idea what they are getting into when they start on facebook and information like this is very valuable.
Comment by Tom Troughton — October 6, 2009 @ 6:12 pm
One of my friends disapeared off my list but i still have the same number of friends and cannot find them in a search. But when i go on her friends profile it shows im still mutual friends with her, but i cant click on her nor can i see her picture?
Comment by kev — October 6, 2009 @ 10:19 pm
would this be a error with facebook or would she have blocked me?
Comment by kev — October 6, 2009 @ 10:20 pm
Is there a way that you can hide your mutual friends??
Help please thanks
Comment by ararara — October 7, 2009 @ 6:16 am
thnx,
this information is very useful of me. i suggests my collegue pls follow these steps to make urself secure.
Comment by basant — October 8, 2009 @ 1:40 am
Nice guidelines, people should read and apply these settings but unfortunately, you don’t read this until their accounts are hacks or emails are spammed.
Comment by Phaoloo — October 8, 2009 @ 3:19 am
I've noticed that the setting for who can see your friends does not work. I have mine set to only friends. I would expect then that NO ONE can see my list of friends unless they are already my friend.
I tested with an account that is not my friend. Though they cannot seem my profile information- they can see my friends and use those links to get to accounts of friends that are not tightened down and view any information I have with that person. Yes- its a risk that anyone could find said unsecure friend- but being able to see my friends list pretty much tells them exactly who to look for.
Who knows how to log a bug with facebook?
Comment by Rhnea Edmiston — October 8, 2009 @ 4:01 pm
Thank you very much, now I can finally control the amount of people commenting on my wall. Is there anything I can do to limit the amount of messages I recieve? I am a bit famous in SA TX and my profile is overwhelmed whith people’s spam
Comment by Fran M V — October 8, 2009 @ 7:15 pm
If you try to add someone as a friend and they go onto your list as pending.Then when you check in a few days time they are gone off your list,does this mean they have denied you as a friend?.
Comment by Robbie — October 9, 2009 @ 2:32 am
Why can't there be a setting to block certain friends from being able to see a wall posting on your profile. Not the whole wall, just a specific posting. i.e. a funny joke which might not be so funny to your mom or your little sister. The only options we have right now is to either risk offending them or not posting it at all.
Comment by James — October 9, 2009 @ 10:48 am
haha way to go nick XD
Comment by John — October 9, 2009 @ 7:06 pm
thank you for this wonderful help tips….it is a life internet saver….glad u sent me one!
Comment by Nia — October 9, 2009 @ 8:38 pm
a girl with an email mishaqueen@hotmail.com hacked my account and she is misusing her facebook please block her for five years so she gets a lesson she even shows pornography and nudity
Comment by rohma — October 10, 2009 @ 7:04 am
To whom it may concern:
I opened a new account on 9/30 and spelled my last name wrong and didn't notice it until after all the signing in, etc. was done. I didn't know how to get in and change the spelling so I chose to cancel Facebook and they said it would be done within 14 days.
I want to sign up again and be able to use my email address of captainjohn@conceptcable.com. Please advise me how soon I will be able to join Facebook again with the email address.
Thank you,
John Bockemuehl
Comment by John Bockemuehl — October 10, 2009 @ 6:39 pm
Thank you for this. You confirmed what I wanted to be certain of, by changing the search features I can't be found by others.
Another note, under the privacy settings. The block list. If there is someone you don't want to be able to find you at all, and you have their email address (especially the one associated with their account) you can block that person. They wont be able to find you if they search for you, they can't see any part of your account at all. A very important feature to be aware of.
Comment by Pattie — October 11, 2009 @ 11:23 am
if faculty members at a college join facebook do they get special access? Specifically can they check any student's profile? What if they've specifically been blocked?
This is something i heard…just looking for a confirmation/rejection to this.
Can certain people get special access on facebook?
Comment by Sdot — October 13, 2009 @ 3:16 pm
Firstly thank you for the info… as I needed help because facebook does not offer a tatorial such as this one to help you with protecting yourself… and secondly I think it is funny that your page is about privacy and then you have to put your name and e-mail down as a requriement…..
Comment by Britt — October 16, 2009 @ 7:31 am
To the guy above me…. Only Police or people of law can have special acsess to Fbook or e-mail or anything as long as they have either permision or a warrent…
Comment by Britt — October 16, 2009 @ 7:32 am
what if someone put up a picture of me on their account and won't take it down upon multiple request????
Comment by JOVA — October 17, 2009 @ 8:25 am
i'm onfacebook,but don't want certain people who i am freinds with know that…is there a way of removing yourself from certain people so they don't know your on the site?
Comment by Theresa — October 17, 2009 @ 6:00 pm
Hi Nick, thanks for the above tips. I have a question though:
When my friends leave comments on my Profile photos, it appears in my friend's wall and his friends (who are not mine) can see it (e.g. Joe made a comment on Dave's photo). How do I make sure that my Profile photos are seen only by my friends? For photo albums it's quite easy as you can change the privacy settings, but such thing doesn't seem to be available for the profile photos.
Thanks,
Dave
Comment by Dave — October 17, 2009 @ 6:15 pm
Thanks for the info
Super useful.
Also, just a nit-picking kind of thing,
In your number 7 post …
"More often thEn not"
should be more often thAn not. I know it's dumb, and I'm not a grammar nazi but it jumped out at me.
Comment by Amber — October 18, 2009 @ 1:17 am
At times there are posts I want to make to some people on my friends list but not to all. How do I post a message on the opening page of face book but block certain face book members from seeing it?
Comment by Karen — October 18, 2009 @ 5:06 am
Hi Nick, thanks for the above tips. I have a question though:
When my friends leave comments on my Profile photos, it appears in my friend’s wall and his friends (who are not mine) can see it (e.g. Joe made a comment on Dave’s photo). How do I make sure that my Profile photos are seen only by my friends? For photo albums it’s quite easy as you can change the privacy settings, but such thing doesn’t seem to be available for the profile photos.
Thanks,
Dave
Comment by Dave — October 18, 2009 @ 12:09 pm
Dear Nick,
your article is really great, but I have one question, kind of similar to jova’s.
I am not on Facebook and I have never been (or any other social network for that matter) but still my friends, who are on facebook, use photos of me and leave them there for everyone to see. Is there anything I can do about it? If I wanted my photos on internet, I’d put them there myself.
Tanx,
Mary
Comment by Mary — October 21, 2009 @ 6:36 am
Hi Nick,
Thanks for this valuable info.
I would like to know if through Friends Lists, we can make some friends “hidden” or “invisible” to others?
Is there a way to do that?
Many thanks
I
Comment by Ithzak — October 21, 2009 @ 3:17 pm
Altough i am a new loyal reader of this blog, i just stumbled upon this article…Excellent resource..Thank You!
Comment by CJniche — October 22, 2009 @ 9:21 am
Excellent! This is what I was searching for a long time. #privacy
Comment by Facebook User — October 24, 2009 @ 8:27 am
I have followed all the rules of privacy and I understand the advantages/disadvantages of FB, but there is one thing I couldn’t achieve: ** In regards to pictures tagged of me, I customized it as viewed ONLY by me, just because the old pics from my old firends, I don’t want them visible to everyone. But my tagged pics from my today’s friends, I want them visible, abd since they belong to the my “tagged by friends” album, NONE of them are visible to others. There is something I can do to solve this issue? Can I go to that albun and change settings pic by pic? therefore I’ll be controling what pics tagged of me could go visible and which one no. Thanks for your help
Comment by Ale — October 24, 2009 @ 4:58 pm
Now facebook changed the privacy page and I donno how to make so others wont see my picture when they wanna add me
Comment by Delia — October 26, 2009 @ 4:14 am
Very nice post
Comment by ragi — October 26, 2009 @ 1:58 pm
Great article, very useful, thanks – especially for the links to the profile edit options which I couldn’t find otherwise.
In the interest of perfection, your phrase “More often then not…” should be “More often than not…” (than not then).
Comment by Don Barthel — October 26, 2009 @ 2:30 pm
i’ve noticed that if one of your friends has commented on a photo-you can view the whole album of that person-who is not your friend.. even though that person has a private page on facebook…
is there any way i can post albums and have my friends comment yet still disallow THEIR friends from getting into my album via their comment which is shown on their wall…
would appreciate any info/advice on this…
Comment by clara — October 27, 2009 @ 4:49 am
im an ass! withass ears and everrything! but im cool like that im cool like that im cool like that! like the tide cool commmercial…thts how cool!….. i bet your not as cool as this ass!….with my ass ears…. i dress funny too! and my friend tina likes to masterbate with ceader root! hahaha
Comment by Noah B. — October 27, 2009 @ 10:54 am
wow, this was extreeemely helpfull, especially about the tagged photos thing! kuz i am so not photogenic, and ppl just seem to post the most hiddeous photos of me without my concent, and it gets really annoying. and then when you ask them to remove them, they dont want to! well i got somethin for them now lol!
Comment by chenee — October 28, 2009 @ 8:03 pm
A lot of people are posting saying, essentially, that you should avoid Facebook because of all the privacy issues, (which I don’t agree with … Facebook has value for me).
Others post, saying they wish they could control this or that. Followups typically say something like “you can already do that, by doing this or that.”
If that reply comes with information on how to make such a setting, that’s fine and I welcome such posts.
But, if the reply also says something along the line of “it’s easy, just do this” and “Facebook already provides a way to control your privacy” I have to disagree. This page is long, and it’s long for a reason. Nor is it totally comprehensive, and that’s not the fault of the author.
The fact is it’s very difficult to navigate and comprehend all the possible privacy settings, Facebook’s defaults are oriented toward marketing information which is the road to profitability for Facebook itself, and you need to spend a great deal of time to set your account in a way that is right for you.
It took me more than an hour to dig through all the necessary privacy settings on Facebook; thankfully I don’t have many apps, or it probably would take 2 hours. I don’t think Facebook does a good job of transparency and they clearly do a poor job of making privacy settings easy.
Whatever you can and can’t do, regarding privacy settings, it’s definitely NOT easy. It’s often available, but without an article like this, for most people, it would be essentially impossible.
That isn’t good enough. Facebook needs to step up and clear some hurdles.
Comment by Johnny2Bad — October 28, 2009 @ 9:33 pm
I disagree with all the smug people saying “for absolute privacy, just don’t use facebook” – NOT TRUE.
I thought this way for a while until I found out through friends that pictures of me were appearing on facebook anyway. Because I didn’t have an account, some idiot friends/acquaintances of mine were tagging my full name on picctures, but I had no idea of this. An overseas visitor even uploaded pictures of the outside of my house, featuring my car, dog etc. which I obviously don’t want online. Because I didn’t have facebook I wasn’t aware of any of this.
If I’d joined earlier I would have been a) tagged in pictures properly, thereby giving myself the option to remove the tag and b) seen when friends uploaded pictures, thereby giving me the option to ask them to remove them.
So it’s actually safer to have an account under your real name because then you have much more control over what is being uploaded! If you log on daily you can get things removed pretty quickly, either by untagging yourself (they can’t re-tag you) or by simply asking your friends to remove pics (and unless your friends are jerks, they will).
Without an account it is MUCH harder. When I finally joined I had to go through years’ worth of old albums and point out to friends all the places where I wanted my name and/or image removed! Who knows who could have seen them?!
Comment by Henrietta — October 29, 2009 @ 5:28 am
Wish there was an option to disallow certain friends from viewing the wall completely.
Comment by Jany — October 29, 2009 @ 6:03 am
I tried Facebook and now I would like to delete my page. Can someone tell me how to do this?
Comment by M — October 31, 2009 @ 11:27 am
Thx alot for the info. very informing.
Just to let you guys know, If you want to schedule your facebook posts securely you can do this by using social tomorrow
greets,
Comment by bigfan — November 2, 2009 @ 8:09 am
Well done, old chap!
Bloody well done!
Comment by Leo Steedle — November 3, 2009 @ 12:39 am
Thanks. I have searching this info for couple of weeks. Need to buat duit now!
Comment by tahrizi — November 3, 2009 @ 8:33 am
how to hide some my friend list 1 by being mix up with my friend list 2?i want to make friend list 1 cant view my friend list 2 and friend list 2 only can view friend list 2…but there’s no settings for this.can anyone help me?
Comment by pikamore — November 3, 2009 @ 1:17 pm
Thanks for the information. I only wonder why facebook not provide any privacy setting. Other than that yup it is nice and very useful.
Comment by buat duit — November 5, 2009 @ 6:10 am
I'm frustrated because I'm trying to use my friends lists to control privacy settings, but when I "impersonate" a friend, they are seeing everything but my status updates. There are many people who I want to block from photos etc. and it doesn't seem like it's working. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Comment by Andrea — November 5, 2009 @ 8:33 am
I didn't see it but was wondering how you keep a person from commenting on a photo (any photo) just like you can keep them from posting to your wall. Basically just letting them benignly observe my wall and info and notheig more than message me.
Comment by russ — November 5, 2009 @ 10:50 am
hey can anyone of u tell me how can i hide my profile picture(display picture)from those who are not in my friendlist….i knw how ot hide album but here m talking about profile picture..is it possible????
Comment by Ankita — November 7, 2009 @ 8:28 am
the photos that i have checked for "only friends" to see are not working and i've tripled checked all the settings, but they still won't show up. are their any solutions to this?
Comment by rei — November 9, 2009 @ 2:43 pm
Thank you so much for posting this. My husband brought a printed out version distributed where he works, and I get to benefit from it too. THANK YOU!!
Comment by M.Hovey — November 10, 2009 @ 12:14 pm
Hi..
How do people get their photos blank and their name black that can not be clicked?
I see this one some people that are not my friends.
I'd like to be seen in that way by non friends..
Thanks in advance.
Comment by Peter — November 10, 2009 @ 9:20 pm
Plese tell me i have hidden some of ma friends in Facebook but now i want to unhide them how to take them out?
Comment by hmm — November 12, 2009 @ 4:34 am
- Is there a way to see how your profile is viewed by "friend of a friend", "member of a group you are a member of", "member of a network you are a member of (specific network)", other?? There is a way to see how your profile is viewed by a friend (privacy/profile/See how a friend sees your profile).
- Are members of a group you are a member of considered "friends of friends"?
Comment by Tony Jones — November 12, 2009 @ 1:32 pm
I have been SEARCHING for the answer to this question, but have thus far not found it. I hope you can help.
I notice that when looking through other people's friends list, some will give the person's name only, some will give their name and city, and others will give the person's name, city and/or their most recent wall post.
I do not want my most recent wall posts or status updates to appear on other people's friends list when they're being viewed by third parties. I would like only my name and city to appear. How do I stop the wall post from appearing?
Comment by Kim — November 13, 2009 @ 2:49 pm
Thank you I learned a few more features. This was put together brilliantly & in a language we can all understand. I just wish there was a way people could not steal your photos, upload them into their Computer & post them in their albums as if they were the ones that took the photos. I know that if you could see it they could copy it. This is sad because the actual photographers are not getting any credit for it. Any ideas?
Comment by Cubanita — November 14, 2009 @ 11:09 am
Thanks for the help!
But one privacy problem is still left over:
Even if I make "only friends" see my photos, as soon as I tag a friend, his/her friends are able to see not only that pic but my WHOLE ALBUM as well!!!
How can I change this?
Thank you!!!
Comment by Ellen — November 15, 2009 @ 7:53 am
I didn't consider until recently, that using my child's photo as my profile pick could be dangerous! I know, stupid me….. but you often just don't consider what the sickoes out there do! A warning to all those proud parents out there…. a friend of a friend was propositioned on how handsom their child is and what was their name etc…. well, alarm bells rang! So I explored my security settings and set my search options to only show my name. Only approved friends can see my photos, and my profile. Thanks for the refresher! It is good practice to regularly check your security settings…. you just never know if a glitch has changed it all to public or not!
Comment by Ann — November 17, 2009 @ 2:48 am
Just another tip for #7. When you add an application, mouse over your ‘settings’ and scroll down to the bottom where you will see ‘application settings’ There will usually be 2 tabs, ‘bookmark’ and ‘additional permissions’. Select the latter and uncheck the box for ‘Publish recent activity (one line stories) to my Wall’. I do this immediately after adding any application.
Comment by Jenny Hogg — November 17, 2009 @ 10:34 am
Wow. This is awesome. I was getting tired of having to remove embarrassing tags because I wanted to go out and have fun one night.
Comment by me — November 18, 2009 @ 10:43 pm
any idea how to be 'invisible' to other members while you are online working/playing on facebook?
Comment by Shyrl — November 19, 2009 @ 5:00 pm
Shyrl- Click on "Chat" at the bottom right corner of the page, and open the box that shows which of your friends are online. Click on "Options" at the top of that box, and select "Go offline". Once you see the little dot turn grey, you're offline. If it's green, then people can see that you're online. Just remember that if you post something anywhere on Facebook, it will show the time you posted, so people will be able to tell that you're on Facebook. But if you just want to be invisible and look around, you should be ok.
Comment by Erica — November 20, 2009 @ 8:07 am
I'm having problems blocking. I had them precivously blocked and cannot reblock. It comes up as time out if recently blocked. How do I do this. Thankyou
Comment by monique — November 21, 2009 @ 4:55 pm
If someone tags a person in a photo, and you just happend to be in it, I guess there is not way to prevent that?
Comment by Bill — November 22, 2009 @ 5:27 am
I haven't seen this variation of the "tagging" issue.
Someone tagged me in a pic I don't want to be seen in.
I know I can block swaths of people from seeing ANY tagged pictures via friend lists. But I am happy with everyone seeing 95% of my tagged pictures. Its just that awful 5%.
I don't mind the picture being up there in someone else's album. I just don't want others to see me tagged in it. Untagging would cause too much drama.
Can I stop others from seeing ONLY CERTAIN tags in someone else's album WITHOUT blocking all tagged photos?
Comment by don — November 26, 2009 @ 11:55 pm
i want hide of friend fb
Comment by yolanda gomez sanche — November 27, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
Nick, thanks for your site. Maybe you can help me with a problem that's come up since I changed my privacy settings. Now when I post on the News Feed only, my post appears after I click Share, but then it disappears. And when I post on my own page, it doesn't appear on the News Feed. Do you have any ideas about what's going wrong. I do want my friends to see my posts cuz otherwise, what's the point? Thanks!
Comment by Lisa — November 29, 2009 @ 10:41 am
Hi, please could you help me? I have set my husband a facebook page up which he would like everyone to be able to see as it has his driving instructor information on it. I have checked all the privacy and search settings and it seems to be set to 'everyone' but some of his pupils have said that they cant see his page without being a 'friend'. what do I have to do to make this completely public please? thanks
Comment by Tracy Calvert — December 1, 2009 @ 4:27 am
Thanks for this info… but I actually have trouble finding where many settings are in Facebook since they're spread all over the place. Like, #1, I can't figure out how to set how only certain lists of people to only see certain things. And #8, I can't even find anything that resembles that screen…
Comment by Diane — December 1, 2009 @ 11:01 am
ahhh..it's very clear now.
thanks so much for detail info you give.
Comment by irene — December 1, 2009 @ 9:00 pm
Excellent info. But I would like to know how can I block a friend from seeing photos where I was tagged, lets say that today, but without inhibiting him/her to see photos where I was tagged for example, yesterday? In other words, I want to block one user from seeing my recent photos where I am tagged, but I don't want that user to notice it, so next time he/she visits my profile, he will be able to see the pictures where I was tagged before but not the new ones.
Comment by Maria Wagner — December 2, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
Hi Nick
Just came across your 10 privacy tips for the 1st time ~ very well explained although I'm pretty sure I was aware of them and have set my own privacy settings to meet my requirements ….
… or so I thought!!
I wonder if you can help me with something?
On my Facebook account I have everything (I think) set to high privacy. I use an application that rune under Facebook – it's called Farm Town, you might be aware of it.
With Farm Town, as usual, there is a discussion board provided by Facebook. On that discussion board when you post a message a 'thumbnail' of your profile photo/graphic is displayed at the side of the post. If privacy settings are not set 'high' enough, hovering pointer over photo/graphic causes ID info inc ID # to be displayed in status line.
On my posts I have no photo/graphic and because of my privacy settings no ID info is displayed in status line.
Yet someone claims to have found out 'my' IP address from these posts ~ I am a home user and don't have a static IP address and I guess the IP address this person is seeing/referring to, if any, is that of my ISP. But can you tell me with the info I've given you how is it possible for someone to see 'my' IP address at all. They can't click on the photo/graphic next to the post to see my profile, as I say no ID info is displayed when 'pointing' to photo/graphic ~ of course this person could be bluffing I'd just like to be sure!! I just can't figure out how he could do it.
Thanks in advance ~ best wishes ~ keep up the great work!!
Comment by Rob Herod — December 2, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
A "friend" added me to a group called "Pray Live". Now everytime one of the group posts a response to her I get it as a message. I can't figure out how to remove myself from this group. I have blocked her name, but still get the messages. Any advice?
Comment by maggiwun — December 3, 2009 @ 7:29 pm
Block!
Block! You are engaging in behaviour that may be considered annoying or abusive by other users.
You have been blocked from sending messages because you repeatedly misused this feature. This block will last anywhere from a few hours to a few days. When you are allowed to reuse this feature, please proceed with caution. Further misuse may result in your account being permanently disabled. For further information, please visit our FAQ page.
Comment by Ahmed Hany Anwar — December 4, 2009 @ 4:24 pm
After seeing the nightmare of privacy settings, I remain unconvinced that facebook, is a leaky ship of **** waiting to ruin you & sink your career or family because of a mistake made by one of your friends online escapades.
I for one remain outside the claws of facebook.
Comment by Stan Oppenheimer — December 8, 2009 @ 4:24 pm
for some reason, my "likes" have just begun showing again in my newsfeed.
i HAVE had them hidden, so i dont know what changed…but i need to hide them again & i cant seem to find the option!
help!
Comment by Facebook User — December 9, 2009 @ 6:43 am
Hi there.
FB just changed their privacy settings. Could you let me know if #6 still remains the same? I can't find the options on the page now.
Facebook’s Privacy Policy.
Date of last revision: December 9, 2009.
Comment by Pat — December 9, 2009 @ 3:55 pm
I think Facebook should change some of its settings- one of these needs to be removed are when you delete that person from your admin group or fan pages, ban permanently needs to be taken off Facebook!
Comment by Sonali — December 9, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
Indeed, as casey dawes and others observed, your #10 is a bit misleading, since you say "set to whatever is right for you", but it's not easily possible to have less than "Only Friends". However, Pete Nikolai mentioned a trick that should work: add a list "all_contacts" in the "Except these people…" line.
Comment by Mad Max — December 9, 2009 @ 7:36 pm
Unfortunately Facebook launched new privacy settings and we have lost control of the privacy settings for friends list. There is no option to hide the list anymore.old settings is better.fk fk fk fk fk new settings.
Comment by atg — December 9, 2009 @ 8:18 pm
The settings have changed. Facebook has created a "simplified" version of the privacy settings and such BUT many things are missing in it, such as the option to block people from viewing your friends list… Anyone knows how to enable that again?
Comment by Facebook User — December 9, 2009 @ 9:21 pm
This is very useful info bc i really didn't know about none of these settings i just get on facebook and get off.
Comment by Sheree Phifer — December 10, 2009 @ 4:20 am
if i block a person but they are friends with another of my friends and i am leaving wall posts for my friend can the person i have blocked still see my posts
Comment by markbsac — December 10, 2009 @ 4:33 am
New privacy settings are awful! :S They would let anyone see your profile picture, friends, boxes, applications and further information you wouldn't like to share with 350 million people!! :S Such website should offer you full control of what you want to share, and with whom you want to share it!! People are thinking of removing their Facebook accounts due to this inexplicable change!! Please reconsider what you have done, Facebook!! You've always been our favorite! Don't waste everything now! At least give us the option to restore the old privacy settings…
Comment by Husam — December 10, 2009 @ 4:53 am
Yes, I agree, they now let people view your friends, and I had a roomate who picked off a lot of people from my friendlist and got their phone numbers and would call them looking for me when he was lonely or bored.
I really don’t like people seeing all my friends, thats why people have “circles” of friends in the real world
Comment by tdog — December 10, 2009 @ 4:00 am
Hi, this information is great, it has helped me a lot, but facebook changed their settings and now I'm extremely confused. My facebook profile photo and friends and all that stuff show up in the facebook search now, can you please post some new stuff on how to make everything private to everyone except facebook friends? PLEASE! thanks!! =D
Comment by Facebook User — December 10, 2009 @ 6:01 am
exactly, this new privacy strategy sucks !!! i can't even block others from viewing my friends, my groups, and pages !!! is there anyone who can help ?
Comment by sam — December 10, 2009 @ 7:53 am
that's great! but im wodering when i go to Facebook Search Results its like 3 options but non of them is like no one can search me how i do it it was before no one can add me but now its not, other things all (Y) … any ideas plizzz
Comment by atdhe — December 10, 2009 @ 9:45 am
ps: cuz ppl can add me from my friends profile i dont want that how is possible to make like no one can add me and search me ????
Comment by atdhe — December 10, 2009 @ 9:52 am
My facebook account has been suspended for abusive behavior from my IP I don't even know what that means but now I canot log on to facebook . And I've sent them messages but I've gotten no response . This is ridiculous
Comment by Larry — December 10, 2009 @ 11:49 am
GUYSS i found a wayyy to hide ur profile album!!!
Go to
"Settings"
"Privacy settings"
"Profile information"
"Photo Albums – edit settings" scroll down , the last album is "Profile Pictures"choose "Only Friends":) enjoyyyyy
Comment by dana — December 10, 2009 @ 3:07 pm
This post was made at the beginning of the year. Facebook has changed alot of privacy settings lately. Can this post be updated to include the latest changes?
Comment by jaraju — December 10, 2009 @ 4:56 pm
i want to delete my profile NOW. These new privacy settings have literally ruined my life & made me suicidal. i wont be specific but i want my profile deleted NOT deactivated!!! Facebook are a pile of SHIT for this. i wish i never fucking joined it NOW!
Comment by Evan — December 10, 2009 @ 6:31 pm
How can we enable people to see our friends list again?? My friends list is blocked and I don't want it to be!
Comment by Scott — December 10, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
I don't want every one to see who my friends are ! The fact that things which were private before have now become public is crazy !
Screw facebook, I'm leaving the site !
Comment by Dirk — December 11, 2009 @ 12:41 am
I have removed my picture from the site, because I don't want co-workers and employees to see who my friends are, if this issue is not resolved by Facebook soon…..I will be leaving with the hundred others…..and see if FB thinks they will make more money, by making us go public when people will be running from the site in droves.
Comment by G — December 11, 2009 @ 5:30 am
So, on my profile, in the friends box, the tab is checked to where my friends list shows up on my profile, but my friends still can't see my friends list? How do I fix that so they're able to see my friends list? All they can see are mutual friends when they go to my page
Comment by sunita godfrey — December 11, 2009 @ 7:39 am
these changes are bullshit, facebook are expanding their exposure by doing this which means more money for them at the expense of our privacy… bollox!!
Comment by pisd mofo — December 11, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
So, the choice is to hide my friends list from friends and strangers, or have it open to everyone?
Is there no possible way to hide my pages? Do I actually have to go to each of those pages and drop them?
Comment by G — December 11, 2009 @ 6:09 pm
Good information. It would be good if there was a way to preview tagged photos and wall posts by others prior to it going on your wall without totally disenabling friends from tagging or posting.
Comment by Eric — December 11, 2009 @ 8:25 pm
I want to be listed if searched on google but
I do not want to display all my info (like pages i am fan of, my friends and my profile pic)
What can I do??
Nothing!!!! coz stupid facebook developers changed the perfectly fine facebook privacy settings that were available before and could let me do all the above things.!!! dam you
Comment by Danda — December 12, 2009 @ 1:15 am
There is a Facebook privacy problem I have not seen addressed on the web. Even if your photos are set to be visible to friends only, if a friend adds a comment to one of your photos, not only that photo but the entire album becomes visible to all their friends, and if that friends wall is open to all, your entire photo album becomes visible to the whole world.
Comment by Vitold — December 12, 2009 @ 4:53 am
Hi, it appears the profile privacy settings has changed recently…On the point 10. Keep Your Friendships Private, the option of friends does not exist…How do we do this at this point in time, keeping in mind the recent changes in the settings.
Thanks
Comment by Arti Needy — December 12, 2009 @ 6:14 am
Hello, I've come across something that was not covered. Did the new privacy settings affect a persons FB page if that person has never changed his privacy settings? In other words, the FB page was open to view, but just recently I cannot see his page because of the privacy settings. I am speaking of my sons page, who died in a car accident last year. I was not a member of FB at the time, I joined later. I have since been able to see his wall, see his friends comments, birthdays & such. I cannot post on his wall as I do not know his password & email(he was in college) but it does my heart good to see that he is remembered. Can you help me please?????
Comment by Deneace — December 12, 2009 @ 5:28 pm
I have never had any problems on Facebook and have been using it for years now.One needs to have a srong password which is normal for any program that you use though.Also one needs to know who their talking with or allowing into their Facebook world.I allow noone that I don't know in my world
Comment by Charles Queen — December 13, 2009 @ 10:48 am
*sorry my English is worst*
I found weird thing. In the my friend status field, in left side of 'SHARE' button, I saw 'lock' combo button. It makes him option to whom the wall status will available. In other words, he can make custom audience for such a wall status on the fly.
But, I can not find that 'lock' combo in mine. I explored to Privacy setting and nothing changed. My 'SHARE' status is for everyone (except I filtered from privacy setting).
Do you have any information about this, how to reveal 'lock' combo button?
Thank you.
Comment by Embun — December 13, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
How can I control what goes onto my news feed? For example, I may want to post something to my wall, but I don't want it to appear on the news feed for everyone. Please let me know if there is a way I can do this.
Thank you,
hasana72@hotmail.com
Comment by hasana — December 13, 2009 @ 7:18 pm
Hello Nick,
Thx for the useful info. But I have a problem, I can't find the "news feed and wall page" where i can check or uncheck boxes about what recent activities can be shown on my wall. I used to have it. Is this page gone? I can't find it under settings -> privacy settings. Do I really need to "remove" every single thing on my wall manually? Can't be a new thing or? Thanks in advance for the help.
Comment by Tara — December 14, 2009 @ 1:22 am
There is no longer a "News Feed and Wall Privacy page" in the privacy settings. There does not appear to be anyway to stop your activity on pages form being posted on your wall.
Comment by Amanda — December 14, 2009 @ 6:44 am
test
Comment by Testy Testerman — December 14, 2009 @ 8:46 am
there is now new privacy settings and i cant hide my friends from my friends, any idea how i can?
Comment by lauren — December 14, 2009 @ 9:12 am
i have a problem…i recently found out when sumone dats not my friend clicks on my page they can see my profile pics n tagged photos! but everythin else is hiddin, besides my name n dat im a female n my network. but them bein able to see my profile pictures n tagged photos is really botherin me…. HELP!
Comment by jasmine — December 14, 2009 @ 7:52 pm
ok so i dont know what happened when i was changing the privacys i somehow removed the Send a messsage button so now if ulook me up on search it only says add as a friend (along with my name and picture) but i want Add as friend and Send a Message to show… i clicked everything i cant fix it
Comment by Help! — December 15, 2009 @ 2:16 am
Ty so much can u post something about how to delete the crap news feed of adding friends ? Ty
Comment by Yo Yo — December 15, 2009 @ 2:57 am
I can't believe FB took away the ability to hide friends from things like limited profiles etc. I have an extensive list of contacts which is MY LIST of contacts, now I can't hide it. It was very short sighted of FB to do this, and quite frankly if I can't protect my own list of 'friends' then I will probably cancel my FB account. The way FB is going and how it approaches privacy is becoming a big problem, a pity someone can't start a new type of social networking site in competition with FB where we are in full control of our privacy, I'd gladly cancel my FB and switch over.
Comment by MC — December 15, 2009 @ 3:10 am
I just want to know that there is some ways to control which friends can see which feed? Like i want to share my moving on farmville or some others games to people who play too, but it's embarassing for those who don't play because it will fill their home with my feed. Somebody can help me pls! Thanks
Comment by meomeo — December 15, 2009 @ 3:14 am
my account is now flooded with friend's requests but i'm too polite to ignore them. no one can access my profile before except for my friends, but now friends of friends can send a friend request. grrrrr…
Comment by anykb — December 15, 2009 @ 6:28 am
i just want to ask how i can hide my friend list in new privacy settings !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by MAD — December 15, 2009 @ 6:44 am
i have unchecked the index box, yet when i search my name on google my entire facebook page pops up (not a screened version that they show me is going to show up)
a friend in florida googled me and saw the same thing. how do i stop this? the index box is unchecked??
Comment by julie — December 15, 2009 @ 1:01 pm
Are we allowed to put google images pictures on facebook as my profile pic like movie stars and smiley faces?
Comment by Alice — December 15, 2009 @ 6:01 pm
I am very annoyed with facebook that my friends list is now viewable. It wouldn't be so bad accept I don't think some people should see who my friends are it is private. Plus people will go through your list and click to add people who are your friends.
Comment by Mary — December 15, 2009 @ 7:14 pm
One more thing it needs to be private though as I am typing this all in all since it is on the Internet I am sure there are workarounds for anyone who really wants to see your info. There is a need to keep out those you don't want accessing you though like a stalker type. I hope this gets fixed.
Comment by Mary — December 15, 2009 @ 7:36 pm
i also just want to ask how i can hide my friend list in new privacy settings… please advise, this is crazy! thanks and thanks for the article
Comment by jana — December 16, 2009 @ 10:36 am
I am having such a terrible time trying to figure this crap out. I need help please……………How do you setup your wall on facebook as your homepage? Like when they click on your picture you wall is the first thing they see. Please help!!!!!!
Comment by Valerie — December 16, 2009 @ 12:29 pm
Facebook desperately needs privacy settings for application posts so that only people you want to view the application messages can see them. How could this not have been incorporated already?!
Comment by Nathan — December 16, 2009 @ 3:18 pm
This is cool, thanks.
Comment by Facebook User — December 16, 2009 @ 3:20 pm
this is no more useful
Comment by cookied — December 16, 2009 @ 11:42 pm
Hi I just want to know if there is a way to setup your wall as your homepage? And if you can how do you do it??? Please help me!!!!!!
Comment by Valerie — December 17, 2009 @ 11:39 am
This info all all false!!
Notice how this person is trying to make his FAKE website look like FB! Notice how this person has a bunch of advertisements on this website! Notice how most of the people that posted to this topic are FAKE!
Get real people….FaceBook does not and will not list your information in search engines PERIOD!
I have and will continue to report this person to ICANN
Comment by Glen — December 17, 2009 @ 4:23 pm
i cant get into my account because of privacy settings im really fed up and have no1 to help me please help asap thanku
Comment by amanda forsey — December 18, 2009 @ 4:01 am
fhnk u….
Comment by Facebook User — December 18, 2009 @ 4:49 am
is there any option to hide my friends list from my friends
the 10th option is no longer available
10. Keep Your Friendships Private
any other suggestion
Thanks
Tony
Comment by Tony Joseph — December 18, 2009 @ 7:54 am
Navigate down to the setting which says “Friends” and then modify the setting to whatever is right for you.
Yes how do you stop non-friends seeing your friends????
ANSWER PLEASE!
Comment by Jack — December 18, 2009 @ 7:09 pm
im having problems with a x that has controle of my old acount i have now way of earasing it and need help . she is causing me touble by acting like its me talking to people can you please help me please. is there a way
Comment by cory stevens — December 19, 2009 @ 10:37 am
I am wondering the same thing as Tony Joseph. The 10th option is no longer an option. I don't want my mafia friends to see my "real friends".
Comment by Facebook User — December 19, 2009 @ 2:02 pm
heyy , i was just asking how can i make people who doesn'nt know me can't see my profile picture
thank you
Comment by nada — December 19, 2009 @ 3:49 pm
can you tell us for more privacy about how 2 delete a fan page which is created by someone else
Comment by anonimous — December 20, 2009 @ 10:04 am
Hi,
This is one the most useful information for FB, but as you told about friend list, I couldn't find that Display ''Friend List in my profile''…I got show my friend list to everyone…:(
Comment by Ash — December 20, 2009 @ 3:08 pm
I have read (more than)a few of the comments here, not all, but quite a few…
May i ask ANYONE here INCLUDING the author of this article why do i seem to be the only one wondering if ANYONE has any PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY here???
Facebook is a forum that allows people to accept or deny who and whom they have contacts with.
People decide to put their boss, their mother, and their dog on these friends lists. These SAME people go drink act like asses and do all sorts of stupid shix, they (proudly) post it on facebook – and OH NO!!!! they got caught!!!
How about people DON'T DO (stupid) THINGS in REAL LIFE and NOT "act" surprised when someone they DON'T want – notices!!!?!?! I don't post or do anything that i have no problem with anyone seeing!!! i don't DO anything that someone can use against me! Perhaps you SHOULDN'T DO IT!!!!! (OMG! NOOOO!) We should worry instead about "privacy" settings implied upon us – that the same idiots who have something to "hide" will have NO CLUE how to deal with ANYWAY!!!!!
You know what is REALLY wrong with this country??? it's not Obama, it's not China, it's not taxes, it's "seat belt society." BEING the FACT: no one is capable or RESPONSIBLE for WHAT THEY DO. Facebook, government, whoever has to save us from what we KNOW what we are doing is WRONG anyway, but we do it, we get caught and while our husbands/wifes are divorcing us and the boss is firing us worry about facebook and it's privacy settings. – it's THEIR FAULT. yeah…
the internet exposes a-holes and cowardice, if that BOTHERS YOU, you shouldn't BE HERE!!!!!!
Only the guilty fear the truth and blame the scapegoat. if it is not this site, it will only be another.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO DO STUPID THINGS IN LIFE ARE CAPABLE OF FINDING ANY SETTINGS ON A COM – PUU – TER? ANYWAY???
now, before i get hate mail (for explaining what SOMEONE had to say) from the odd exception of some abused housewife who's only contact with her family is here with facebook and she has a violent stalking ex:
YOU MADE IT TO THE COMPUTER!!! EVER HEARD OF EMAIL???? IT WORKS TOO!!!
Comment by Brett Ellis — December 20, 2009 @ 7:39 pm
hello, can i know how i can set videos tagged of me viewed only by me and photos tagged of me viewed by my friends? apparently the new privacy settings made these two items share the same settings.
Comment by marry jean — December 20, 2009 @ 10:25 pm
All i need is, i want o allow only certain people to be able to posts on my "NOTES" BUT i still want them to see the NOTES or comments from previous "allowed" posters, but certain person i block i want them to not to be able to post on my NOTES. i know there is a feature for walls posts and it works fine,, but i does not work for notes… when i click on how does this person (that i want blocked)see my profile.. i noticed that the comment box on the notes is open for commenting by this person.. .Please help.
Comment by Jay — December 21, 2009 @ 1:21 am
how can a person use theri face book if they arent allowed to access it. i am still waiting on my e mail with my code in it so i can get there.
Comment by sharon shelton — December 21, 2009 @ 1:39 pm
thanks 4 the tips, I already do most of this but there are alot to learn
thanks again
Comment by Khalid — December 22, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
Before if I commented on pics/walls it wouldn't show up. Now it does, how do I change this???
Comment by amy — December 23, 2009 @ 1:57 am
yeah i have the same problem….kinda STALKBOOK now…every comment i make, every status i like…everything appears on my wall now….. :/
Comment by christoph — December 23, 2009 @ 9:09 am
This is great info…thanks! However i was looking for…"how to hide my new friend adds (you are now friends with,…" on my wall and the "roger likes sonso status"? I was able to hide it before but now, all of the sudden, theyre popping up? Can anyone help me please….
Comment by Roger — December 23, 2009 @ 9:40 am
Yeah, i echo the above 3 comments. Facebook why do you keep doing stuff like this?
It's pathetic & unprofessional!
Comment by Ell — December 23, 2009 @ 12:45 pm
Its a great help … thanks
Comment by shams — December 23, 2009 @ 3:28 pm
man what have facebook done!!! everything I do know shows up in my new feed /wall.. I had it all hidden before.. where is the settings now?
Comment by russ — December 24, 2009 @ 8:18 am
I am also having this very same problem Roger..
friends that have been added/accepted are showing up on my wall, I once had this set so friends that have been added/accepted did not show on my wall, some how they have started showing up on my wall and I cant seem to find a setting to disable this like I used to.
Hope you can understand my explanation & Help me with this matter ??
Comment by Paul — December 24, 2009 @ 9:48 am
I don't understand the list thing… I just made a list to test this out and it didn't work. To me it looks like I should be able to post my status to my "public list" and only those should see it, but that did not work. I tested it out with someone and did NOT put her on the list but she could still see my test status update. Is there a way to prevent right click copy of photos in Facebook?
Comment by tspencer — December 24, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
Good tips!:) Unfortunately I haven't find what I've been looking for.I have this problem about how to get rid..or how to remove my web result on facebook..because I don't want them to see my Private web..My friend just searched me on Facebook..she saw my Private web on the find friend on facebook,she found me in the web result.Is there anything to get it all clear.Can you or anyone of you guys help me?
Comment by Tina — December 24, 2009 @ 9:37 pm
I don't see box News Feed and Wall on Privacy setting.
Why?? Help me?
Comment by Huyen — December 25, 2009 @ 2:09 am
I am facing the same problem that Roger, Christoph (and dont know how many other people) are facing. I reckon it started jst after FB changed it privacy policy……… i am hating it now!!!
Comment by Najam — December 25, 2009 @ 8:33 am
I didn't see anything about deleting the ability for every single comment I made on others' pages to appear on my wall. Every time I make a photo comment or post a message on my friends wall, it shows up on my wall. I don't particularly want all my friends to see that I posted ten comments on ten people's walls in ten minutes. Does that make sense? I tried to find a way to delete, but its not working. Help please.
Comment by Olg — December 25, 2009 @ 9:02 am
and p.s. I don't want to delete them one by one, as it currently stands. I think it is a little bit time consuming and not practical
Comment by Olg — December 25, 2009 @ 9:16 am
Great tips, thanks.
However, it seems that since the time you wrote this, FB has gone and changed the privacy settings for, well, a whole bunch of stuff, but namely the privacy options for the news feed and live feeds.
You now have no control over what posts gets published or not on the newsfeed and live feed, (unless its an application).
Comment by brod — December 25, 2009 @ 11:54 am
Thanks for the info………….however i want a picture to be removed from google that has been taken from my facebook profile and i am really worried??? Can someone tell me how to remove the picture from google???
Comment by Star — December 25, 2009 @ 2:12 pm
I already do most of the things in this article but I have one big problem that I can't seem to correct. Seems so simple too, and such common sense that it would be inappropriate for FB to post this on my friends "Live" and "News" Feed. Everytime I drop a friend a line, or like a status, or comment on a picture EVERY SINGLE ONE of my other friends gets a message on their feed that I did that. Crazy, what was FB thinking? This has nothing to do with protecting job interests/friendships/relationships and has everything to do with the gossip mill. I even had a friend access a wall post of another friend of mine and the 2 of them aren't friends! And he was able to comment on it! Is there a way for me to drop a line saying "hello" to a friend of mine without my other 100 friends getting a notification I did that and a link to the note? GEEZ!
Signed,
Disgruntled
Comment by Shawn — December 25, 2009 @ 8:15 pm
Hi! Help please! I'm having trouble with number 6. I can't seem to find the check boxes the old FB had. Say I post something to a friend's Wall and the default setting is that me and my friend's common friends see my post in their News Feed. I don't have a problem with them reading any posts of mine, it's just I don't want to flood our common friends' feed, is all. Help? Thanks!
Comment by Laura Elise — December 26, 2009 @ 8:33 am
can you please update this and let us know how to get rid of the so and so is now friends with so and so. i dont want everyone to see mine and i really dont need to see anyone elses. since the recent change in fb policy i cant figure out how to get rid of these posts and i have a lot of friends who want to do the same thing/ thx!
Comment by meanmommy — December 27, 2009 @ 4:18 am
The News Feed and Wall Privacy page no longer exists on the new facebook. is there any way to edit my info so that people cant see whenever i comment on a friends wall?
Comment by Becky — December 27, 2009 @ 12:03 pm
How do i prevent having posts on my wall? such as:
Jone commented on XXX Wall. or
Jone liked XXXX wall post. Its irritating.
I had edited this before but it does not seem to work after Facebook changed its privacy settings.
HELP.
Comment by jone — December 27, 2009 @ 3:51 pm
Can someone give me a hand re tip number 6? Until they changed the new fb privacy code, I had all my facebook 'movements' hidden – If i commented on a photo or wrote on someone's wall it did not show up on either my own public profile or the main feed. Now everything is being published and I can't find the right privacy setting to change it back. The last time I made 'Posts by me' visible to only myself it hid my entire wall – HELP!!
Comment by Jose — December 27, 2009 @ 4:53 pm
well it seems facebook wants to impose on our private lives…everyone on your friends list can see all your friends, and that is wrong, i have a few friends that only have family and me on it as for safety reasons they need to be kept private but now all my friends in my list can see them and worse some have been randomly adding my friends that they dont even know… this is all about facebook growing bigger, thats what facebook wants they want more people adding more people etc… if the setting doesnt change then im leaving facebook !
Comment by helen — December 28, 2009 @ 3:40 am
Does anyone know if there is a way to block a friend from recieving your status update to their cell phone via text message?
Comment by Tina — December 28, 2009 @ 8:36 am
There used to be a setting where you could make all of the comments you post on others wall NOT appear on the newsfeed for all to see. It's no longer there which is completely annoying. I don't want everyone to see what I've written to people, yet there is no way to fix this issue..
Comment by nadia — December 28, 2009 @ 10:30 am
Great article. Here is a challenge for you. I have my photos and videos set for 'only friends'. However my friends can still share my posts which then reveal my photo and/or video to all their friends or whoever else (depending on their privacy settings).
I cannot find a way to stop others from sharing my wall posts, videos or photos. Is this not possible? I don't see a way but figured you may know. Thank you.
Comment by ChristineMM — December 28, 2009 @ 10:42 am
I don’t have an option #10 for “Friends” under my profile privacy settings. Why?
And how can I stop mutual friends from viewing something I post to a friend’s wall from showing up in any mutual friend’s news feed?
Comment by sheigh — December 28, 2009 @ 3:55 pm
brett, facebook changed its provacy settings. How can make my profile picture invisble to those who are searching for me?
Comment by Sarah — December 29, 2009 @ 12:40 am
How do i stop people from seeing what i comment on and what i like? Like on my wall it says 'Ben wrote on John Peters wall' – how do u stop that showing up on your wall? Thanks
Comment by Ben — December 29, 2009 @ 3:11 am
I also have problem as many before. I don't want some of my friends to see the photos I made comments about. Anyone knows how to solve this, pls?
Comment by mary — December 29, 2009 @ 9:49 am
sadly, nr 6 can no longer be set. Mine was set before the new changes and it seems to have stayed the same. Sadly, for anyone else trying to set it, you can't. As someone commented on FB , now everything you do is posted under recent activity
Comment by Esther — December 29, 2009 @ 10:35 am
Can I show different profile pictures for those who not in my list?.. If you know for sure)
thank you
Comment by casino vergleich — December 30, 2009 @ 1:49 am
This thing is outdated. I can’t do number 10 for example.
Comment by trogonosh — December 30, 2009 @ 8:29 am
I was not impressed with this post. I never got past the first suggestion.
You say…
Friend Lists can have specific privacy policies applied to them
But you don't say how. I am very frustrated.
Comment by mark — December 30, 2009 @ 12:17 pm
Item 10 is no longer correct
Until recently I was able to remove my friends list from my profile completely using the little pencil icon .. as they said: by unchecking "the 'Show my friends on my profile' option in the Friends box on their profile"
However I logged in today and found that this change has been reversed without any form of prior warning. Presumably this setting was changed some time ago by facebook and has made my private information visible. In essence, private information has been made public without my permission, without forewarning me.
If a user had not logged in for months they may have found that private information has been made public without their consent the entire time. They will not have seen the big banner or privacy settings wizard until now, but the settings were already changed.
They changed my privacy setting without my permission!.
I consider this a violation of my privacy.
Comment by Mr B — December 30, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
I cant do number 10. Is there any way around it? Very best VU
Comment by Alfonso Junco — December 30, 2009 @ 3:55 pm
That's why you ppl should leave facebook and move to some other site.
Comment by mark — December 30, 2009 @ 6:21 pm
All good except #10. They used to have that option but not anymore once FB changed the interface ? I really want to hide my numbers of friends to certain ppl. It is so annoying when you know someone is trying to 'make' all your friends to be hers/him.In a way to compete you!. ~___~
Comment by Nur Shairah Ishak — December 31, 2009 @ 2:21 am
Is there a way to hide friends? I cannot seem to find any details on this. thoughts?
Comment by OG — December 31, 2009 @ 4:11 am
Obsolete advice. as of 12-2009 you can no longer do stuff like blocking some friends from viewing your friend list…there are enormous privacy loopholes
Comment by john C — December 31, 2009 @ 7:25 am
Thanks for your info pertaining to modifying one's privacy on facebook. I am trying to find out how not to allow others who search my name or even once they become a "friend" to see my friends. This causes so much drama for me. so when people search my profile, what do they see on my page as it stands? I don't see a setting in the "settings", then "privacy settings" page for even hiding friends as you stated in the 10th item. I can't see this. can you tell me how to do this personally? Maybe when you do a search on on my address or name you can tell me what is displayed to the public, but then let's say after i add you or anyone as a friend, how do hide my friends from that friend or friends or from the public on a search when they come across my profile? I notice some people you can see their friends and some you can't when you come across their profile.
Chris
Comment by Chris Parsons — December 31, 2009 @ 11:20 am
hii i want to know how to hide any thing i do like or comment on some thing in friend profile i dont wnat it to show in my profile that i do this or to show in my friend's home
can any one tell me how pls thnx
Comment by nader — January 1, 2010 @ 7:02 am
When I look at my friends, friends lists and I am listed as a friend, it shows my last update (i.e. my last comments against my profile picture). The friends list shows some other last updates but not others. HOW DO I CHANGE THE SETTINGS SO THAT MINE DO NOT SHOW? (I have all settings to "only friends") ? Many thanks.
Comment by Jase — January 1, 2010 @ 9:10 am
Happy New Year to all!
Is there any way that only my friends can see my profile picture (and all pictures) and when someone search for my name it doesn't display my picture?
thanks a lot!
Comment by Jose Lopez — January 1, 2010 @ 10:45 am
The new facebook privacy settings are NOT private at all. You no longer have control over your Newsfeed and Wall. Your friends can see all your activity in real time whether you like it or not. Members, including myself, have been complaining and facebook could careless. Facebook now publishes all your activity publicly on the newsfeed and wall without your consent! Privacy???? Puh Lease!!!! Far from it! I'm going back to Myspace!
Comment by upset FB user — January 2, 2010 @ 8:34 am
I have a question. With the new facebook privacy settings, how can I make it so that nothing that I post on people's walls shows up on other people's news feeds? It used to be avaible on the old facebook privacy settings. Addtionally, when I made this happen, i never had to go back to my profile and click "remove" whenever it says "X posted on Y's wall." It wasn't there in the first place.
Look at number 6 on this list. How can I do it again? I don't want to keep cleaning out my wall of what i've done, nor do i want other people to see what i've been doing on their news feed.
Comment by dre — January 2, 2010 @ 7:47 pm
isnt there any way to hide a list of my friends from other friends…?
Comment by Mubashir Rahim — January 3, 2010 @ 12:00 am
Very informative page. I'd already figured out some of this stuff but its good to have it all listed in one place.
Incidentally, the way to hide friends has changed – you have to edit your friends box itself (by clicking on the pencil in the top right corner of the box) and uncheck the option that says "Show friend list to everyone".
This hides it from people that you're not friends with. But there is no way to hide your friends list from actual friends, though.
Comment by MS — January 3, 2010 @ 7:16 am
I can’t seem to figure out number 4.. I think maybe that’s not an option anymore? I can’t find a setting so that I can “give” them permission to tag me before they do?
Comment by Chrissy — January 3, 2010 @ 11:02 am
I need to find out how to 1. regulate every single activity of a “friend” appearing on my “News Feed” and “Live Feed” … when someone is playing Sorority Girls and “friends” 900 people, there is no reason for me to be made aware of that! and, 2. how can I turn on/off either “News Feed” and/or “Live Feed”? Isn’t this repetitive information redundant? Its bad enuff to see 900 posts once, but twice makes it 1800!
Comment by Mike — January 3, 2010 @ 5:34 pm
how do i prevent my wall posts to others from showing up in the newsfeed ? it used to not be a problem but now with new settings it shows up ! help
Comment by RA — January 3, 2010 @ 10:13 pm
Hi
I have found a new webcommunity that is totally different that Facebook when it comes to privacy etc.
Check ot the new site: frindex.com
Comment by Espen — January 4, 2010 @ 5:40 pm
Great tips! can you please tell me how to make my profile picture private so that only my friends can see it?
Comment by TokaH — January 5, 2010 @ 12:32 pm
So before the new facebook update.
I made my facebook wall privacy settings so people do not see things such as when I post onto other people's photos and walls. I also made it so it doesnt show my new friendships.
But now everything shows again and I have posts made from a year a go on my wall!
Is there an easy way to hide it all instead of deleting them all ONE BY ONE?
Comment by Amanda — January 5, 2010 @ 3:50 pm
DOES THIS STUFF STILL WORK??!?! SINCE WE HAVE NEW SETTINGS
??? TT_TT
Comment by blahblahblah — January 5, 2010 @ 5:21 pm
just want to know how can i prevent others even friends see my comments on a photo?/ pl tx tx tx i really need to know it soon
Comment by malahat — January 5, 2010 @ 7:45 pm
facebook has plenty of bugs particulry in privacy settings.
Comment by takeshi — January 5, 2010 @ 10:11 pm
All these privacy settings is just soo wrong. All Facebook ahve done it change the settings to much more like Twitter. Even if you follow all these detailed steps, your feeds and other information is not totally private. Facebook ahve shot themselves in their own two left feet. I, along with many other users have/will be leaving facebook. Twitter is much better, with better control over privacy.
Comment by Jase — January 5, 2010 @ 11:05 pm
Is there a way to stop things from posting to my wall? Such as when I comment on a friends picture or comment on a status or write on a friends wall. I used to be able to do that with the old privacy settings. Can anyone help? Thanks
Comment by christine — January 6, 2010 @ 5:31 am
There is NO WAY to stop people from posting on your wall. I've been trying to figure it out and I have come to the conclusion that it is imposible which is LAME.
Comment by AJ — January 6, 2010 @ 10:35 am
This article needs updating, the privacy settings have changed a lot and about half the things on this page cannot be done as described.
Comment by S***** — January 6, 2010 @ 2:51 pm
I don't mind people posting on my wall. I just don't want comments posted on my wall when I comment on someone's picture on status.
Comment by christine — January 6, 2010 @ 6:57 pm
1 – Yes, this info is somewhat outdated but someone took the time to personally break it all down for you before facebook updated things on us yet again. This is not fb's explanation.
2 – YES, you can stop people from posting on your wall. However with these new settings from about 2 or 3 weeks ago, you can no longer block the info on your wall that you like or commented or a friend's photo or status. All you can do is go to your wall & delete each one…pain I know. Looks like they even took away the option to show/hide changes to your relationship status in the feed & on your wall. Ridiculous!!! So everyone email them they need to give us these option again! http://www.facebook.com/help/suggestions.php
Here's how to block anyone from posting to your wall:
Go to settings, privacy settings, profile. Scroll down & uncheck "Friends can post on my Wall."
3 – I'm glad I'm not alone in the fact that I want to be able to approve or deny photos I'm tagged in. If my boss was on facebook, I don't think I'd want him seeing some of them…they're not bad but just aren't appropriate from college days 10+ years ago. I suggest everyone inundate facebook with mail about giving us this privacy option as well. If myspace has been able to do this for years now, why can't facebook?!
http://www.facebook.com/help/suggestions.php
4 – If anyone knows how to block your "movements" on fb from being sent to someone's phone, let me know please. I have an acquaintance that gets alerts when certain people do things & I'm one of them…I feel like I'm being stalked! I should have the option to opt out of being stalked!!!
Comment by Sh***** — January 7, 2010 @ 9:05 pm
same as Christine.. and I've been figuring out how to hide them.. it takes too much space on my profile like whom I posted on the wall and or comment on their photos and stuffs.. and now I see that they says
"You cannot completely turn off recent activity stories anymore. However, if you want to remove a particular story that currently shows up, simply click the "Remove" button that appears to the right of the story after you move your mouse over it."
Ok.. now you just have to "remove" them everytime you dont want anything like that to appear on your profile.. COOL!.. Not!! *sigh*
Comment by Jaywaa — January 8, 2010 @ 7:17 am
I finally turned off my facebook account. The issue that bothers me the most is the privacy issues on "Friends You Might Know" function. "Friends you might know" sucks!!! Facebook was somehow able to match me up with anyone and everyone I've HAD EMAILS FROM/TO— not just in my email address book. FB sends these to me AND ANYONE IVE EVER EMAILED. So it's been sending notices to a guy I dated years ago, but have no desire to contact. Unfortunately, I still had some emails from him and Facebook figured we were friends. Lately, the function had been asking me about people I've searched on but did not friend, so am assuming they get messages from me to because I searched on them. There is no privacy on Facebook.
Comment by Mo — January 8, 2010 @ 1:08 pm
Sh**** if you want to block your movement on facebook you might start by marking yourself offline. Bottom right of facebook usually shows when you're friends are on, as well as when you are on (The CHAT box). Right click and then click Offline….this way no one can tell when you're online and might help.
Comment by RR — January 8, 2010 @ 1:22 pm
hi..!! when i change my profile picture, i don't get a publish request to publish it in the feeds.!! please help me..
Comment by kunal — January 8, 2010 @ 10:08 pm
GOODIEE!!! THE TIPS ARE SIMPLE AND STRAIGHT.
Comment by donald — January 9, 2010 @ 7:46 am
Almost none of the settings you advise to adjust in this article are still available on Facebook. FB changed all my settings when they altered the privacy policy too, intentionally so I would guess, with no options available to change them back. You can't hide your friends from anyone, public searches or anything else. And I'm still available in searches no matter what settings I change.
Comment by Sherry Holace — January 9, 2010 @ 11:32 am
CIA has obviously demanded to remove all privacy settings… how nice… I don't care CIA seing everything I do, but I FUCKING CARE EVERYONE ELSE SEES ALSO.
Comment by Angry_student — January 10, 2010 @ 12:52 am
i don't want to show comment by me to my friends
Comment by jina — January 10, 2010 @ 5:48 am
How to stop FB from posting stuff I do onto my wall!?? I am having the same problem, every time I add a friend, comment a pic, post to a wall – it shows up on *my* wall. That sucks.
Comment by Paulley_D — January 10, 2010 @ 12:55 pm
hey, im having some trouble with number 10. it looks to me like you are saying that i can stop certain friends from seeing other friends.
is that true, and how do i do it?
thanks
Comment by aaa — January 10, 2010 @ 8:38 pm
Hi nick, this is awesome thank you for posting this. I was hoping maybe you could update this though as FB have just put in some new privacy settings. I know most of the above probably work, but if you have any tips to get around the new shit settings it would be much appreciated
Comment by Kiwi Bird — January 11, 2010 @ 4:39 am
Thanks!When I visit a friends or fan page and post a link it always shows up under links on the left hand page of facebook. When I click on links it shows me and then to whom the link was posted and the link. Is there a way to avoid having links that I have posted on friends wall show up for all my friends to see?
Comment by lisa — January 11, 2010 @ 5:42 pm
Nice one.
Tip #10 appears to have been removed.
I can not see anywhere where i can make my friends list private from external members
Comment by Zee — January 12, 2010 @ 4:56 pm
gente, esto es una truchada, en cada link que uds proporcionan como ayuda te mandan a otro link que no es de facebook, sino que es una pagina de uds pero parece el loggin de FB y piden la contraseña! es malisimo lo que hicieron!
Comment by chechu — January 12, 2010 @ 5:57 pm
I've created Friend Lists but still don't see where I go to have specific privacy policies applied to them? And can I make it so one list does not see another? Thanks for your help.
Comment by sm — January 12, 2010 @ 8:50 pm
hi my girlfriend is on facebook and i cant tell, she made herself disapeare but she is still on line, how do i do that make myself not appear on face book when im facebook thanks
Comment by mike bliss — January 13, 2010 @ 2:58 pm
I just think that it's funny that this person has an American University (a jesuit school) group and a Birthright (a jewish trip) group. Jus' sayin.
Comment by Sam — January 13, 2010 @ 10:04 pm
Why cant my profile be public? >:| i hate it. damn.
Comment by Rachel — January 14, 2010 @ 12:06 am
Facebook allows me to prevent people from posting to my wall but its the whole list. How can I still give permission to some specific people. I can't find "except" option.
Comment by Frank — January 16, 2010 @ 9:55 am
how do I change my profile picture settings so that no one can see the picture when they search for me or until I add them as a friend? how do I get that small gray box that has no profile picture?
Comment by Ruma — January 16, 2010 @ 11:46 am
I received an email from someone who is not a friend saying they knew I had viewed their profile which I had. How did they know? I cant find the answer on facebook.
Comment by feline — January 17, 2010 @ 8:53 am
How do I prevent my actions being posted on the wall (for instance… when I add a new friend or accept a friend request, post on someone else's wall, or "like" something)…
I used to have the setting set to NOT show these things. Why can't I find it anymore?
Please email me, as I won't be able to check here anymore. I'm frustrated, because I have to keep going in and manually removing them… besides the fact that it totally takes away from my control, it looks messy.
(krislphil at gmail . com)
Comment by Kristin — January 17, 2010 @ 9:10 pm
How do I prevent my actions being shown on my friends' home pages?
Comment by Hiva — January 17, 2010 @ 9:49 pm
How can I disable photo comments from friends of friends who are not on my 'friends' list?
Comment by julo — January 18, 2010 @ 1:21 am
Thanx a lot man, this really helped….
Comment by Chhitiz — January 18, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Thanks for the clear rundown. It makes it easy to make sure I'm covered. FYI, I've generally held off on using Facebook (I have used it very rarely, and this has been due to privacy concerns). Now I feel I can relax (a bit). I'm very careful what I put on the internet.
Comment by Elise — January 18, 2010 @ 4:11 pm
I don’t understand why privacy settings are so “complicated”, I like the idea of finite control, but they need a “dummies” option for “Friends Only” for everything at least.
The amount of Friends of Friends, considering how many billions of “non” friends people can add is crazy.
Also you should mention the section where your friends can share your information with any application they want, by default!
I’ve added this link to my FB status.
I also wish there was a way I could hide my default photo (which I have has a fake image for now) from everyone except friends, and even my Name and Friends list from “Everyone”
Comment by afbperson — January 18, 2010 @ 5:58 pm
how do i close someone else's facebook account because they are deceased?
Comment by yok — January 19, 2010 @ 3:51 am
Hi nick, this is awesome thank you for posting this. I was hoping maybe you could update this though as FB have just put in some new privacy settings. I know most of the above probably work, but if you have any tips to get around the new shit settings it would be much appreciated
Comment by Radcliffe — January 20, 2010 @ 1:29 am
Hi,
I'd love to leave the option to be found in Facebook search, you never know what old friend might remember you…But I want info to be kept to minimum…
I managed to remove all info except Pages…how do I do that?
Comment by Mamainak — January 20, 2010 @ 4:18 am
You can NO LONGER select to be visible to ONLY FRIENDS, so now, in the case of the teacher mentioned in this article, if the teacher is friends with someone who happens to have one of her students on their list, the CAN see her and even send her friend requests! That SUCKS
Comment by Carlos — January 20, 2010 @ 8:28 am
In one of my photos, my penis looks really large. How can I share that with only the boys in my friend's list?
Comment by Rodney — January 20, 2010 @ 5:31 pm
It’s a joke to call anything that controls the ‘findability’ of your publicly available information a ‘privacy setting’. Facebook, you abuse langauge and betray our trust.
Learn about how facebook sells you out:
How Online Tracking Companies Know Most of What You Do Online (and What Social Networks Like Facebook Are Doing to Help Them)
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/online-track...
Comment by fred — January 20, 2010 @ 9:09 pm
Is there a way of knowing who keeps looking a my status
Comment by Suzanne — January 21, 2010 @ 4:14 am
NO NO Is there a way of knowing who keeps looking a my status
Comment by ergün — January 22, 2010 @ 6:19 am
Can you tell me how to block a group or application after I joined, and decided I didn't like it.
Comment by Crochetmadme — January 22, 2010 @ 7:17 pm
how can i stop others from seeing comments i post on peoples walls?
Comment by bw — January 23, 2010 @ 5:26 am
Hi,
is there any way of making it so you never see posts from a certain person?
I.e. on the wall of a mutual friend.
Comment by Liam Lewis — January 24, 2010 @ 10:26 am
How do I make the band page I admin through my profile visible, but not my profile page?
Comment by fuzzbass — January 25, 2010 @ 7:23 am
… visible on a public google search that is…
Comment by fuzzbass — January 25, 2010 @ 7:24 am
Hi,would it be possible to make an option that allows you to control who sees specific wall post made by specific friends. Say one friend writes something thats not exactly for all public eye, but you also dont want to ban them from seeing all other posts…
Comment by Maxime — January 25, 2010 @ 3:36 pm
When I go to my photo tab on my homepage I see photos of people who are on my friends list and also Farmville snapshots of neighbors farms. None of my pictures are seen on there. There is no option to remove any of the pictures and everytime I see a Farmville snapshot on my home page I can go then and look and that snapshot is under my photo tab. I've searched every way I can think to search on hte web for a remedy and have been all thru my settings trying to stop thiw. Can you please help me? Thankssssss!
Comment by Dennis W. Wheeler, S — January 25, 2010 @ 3:42 pm
I have searched and blocked and changed settings all to no avail. I am looking to stop my friend's farmville and Mafia War notifications from going to my blackberry. I succeeded in blocking them from my computer FB acct, but those settings don't carry over to my mobile..
I am desperate…please help!
Comment by Peggy — January 25, 2010 @ 5:48 pm
Hi Nick, great info, thanks. I have been "stalked" by a guy using the same name as an old friend, and I believe it is because he was able to see the name searches I had done. How can people find this information, and how do I ensure that people can't see my searches?
Cheers
Comment by Tamara Fyfe — January 26, 2010 @ 5:45 am
i'm trying to use number 10 on your list.
could you give a further instruction.
like which link to click, then what do we see after,
then what link to click again.
i can't find the links described in number 10.
Comment by tj — January 26, 2010 @ 7:45 am
This posting needs to be updated. It is almost a year old now and much of it is no longer valid since several changes to FB control have been made since then.
Comment by Matt — January 29, 2010 @ 7:00 am
when I try to make my friends private…there is no friend's setting on that page…They had it as our friends were publish…how do I do that?
Comment by deb — January 29, 2010 @ 9:08 am
All of my friends have been removed from my facebook account, my profile photo and info are missing, my user name changed to blank. Tried to reset my user name but it states that the cell number I am using to verify the account has already been used before (when I did use it before to set my username the first time). What should I do about this? And what happened?
Comment by cynthia — January 30, 2010 @ 6:27 pm
i would like to know y u can't get ur complete profile off fbook. every time i make up an account, somebody hacks into it and put embarrassing things about me. until fbook don't get proper security i will not b apart of it. this is getting out of hand. it also happened to my son n daughter. this fbook is very dangerous and becoming scary. i will b letting the news know about this problem i have been having with fbook. cause it can't b deleted. i have tried on many many times to get contact with fbook and no action was done. is there anyway i can delete my profile? and all its info, and still being able to have all my contacts as i will not b able to have them again. but delete all pics and messages. the media needs to know about this problem, so everyone can boycut fbook, if i don't get my account and daughter account deleted. i really like fbook as it keeps me in contact with my lost family from over the world, but if i have to b laughed upon, due to some insecure site, i want out. please delete my account NOW!!!!
lamb278@gmail.com / lamb278@hotmail.com were used to log in.
Comment by laura — January 31, 2010 @ 7:45 pm
I used to have my profile set so no one could not add me as a friend. Now, my only options are that "Everyone" can add me or "Friends of Friends" can add me. I do not want any one to be able to add me as a friend…how can I get past this and go back to being incognito?
Comment by Los — February 1, 2010 @ 5:15 pm
could i remove a tag which is on me without my profile name but like somenoe who is unknown?The problem is that this tag is not on my own photo albums.
Comment by vag — February 2, 2010 @ 12:38 am
Any truth to this status post going around?
EVERYONE DO THIS!!! This works & it is true:!!!!WARNING ALL FRIENDS GO TO YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS SELECT BLOCK USERS AND IN BLANK BOX NEXT TO PEOPLE TYPE IN WORDS "AUTOMATION BLOCK" THEN CLICK ON BLUE BOX WITH WORD "BLOCK" IN IT THIS WILL BRING UP A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE –THEY CAN BE… GETTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATIO……N -YOU HAVE TO BLOCK EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLYSee MoreSee More
Comment by Violet — February 2, 2010 @ 4:47 pm
Buenas noches
tengo dos cuentas en facebook y deseo desactivarlas ke no haya nada de mi en este sitio
ke debo hacer
mis nombres son
alexandra hoyos cuenta 1
alexandra hoyos hernandez cuenta 2
Comment by alexandra hoyos — February 2, 2010 @ 4:55 pm
okieee
Comment by kristinica — February 2, 2010 @ 9:18 pm
is there any way to make it asked me if i want to be tagged in a pic? and also i looked for the section for photos tagged of me and i couldn't find it… is it not there anymore or and i just retarded
Comment by Andrew — February 3, 2010 @ 1:59 am
You might want to update this – facebook no longer has a 'News Feed Privacy' page. I swear, I'm just gonna shut mine down one of these days… Why are we going BACKWARDS? Why the hell can't we control what goes on the feed anymore? And then they try to cover it up by saying, "Oh, if you take it off your profile it won't show." Lies.
Also, it seems even if you try to stay as anonymous as possible, people can find you through a simple google search if you've posted on group discussion boards. I am just so done right now.
Comment by It's Over — February 3, 2010 @ 6:18 pm
ref. to Violet,: So true!
I wanted to know, how dangerous those people on the blocking list are! If I had made all those settings, only permitted special people, could other people hack into my pages? Have you tried typing "spy" into the blank bar besides the Blocking-Bar? Terrifying! I'm thinking about leaving facebook! Where do those names come from and what are they doing on my list??
Comment by Marianne — February 4, 2010 @ 12:24 am
This article is great but should be updated: there is still a major privacy issue. The page you are fan and who appear in your information tab on your profile.
Those pages reveal to other your main interest/hobbies and even private information like sexual orientation and there is no privacy option to hide them on your profile. they appear whetever you may do. So it a bit stupid from FB to set up so many privacy settings options but not solving this major privacy issue.
The groups can be hidden in the application tab and set up to "only me" can see.
Comment by Isa — February 4, 2010 @ 1:08 am
Is there a way that I can have my status updates posted under certain privacy settings, but still let all friends see the rest of the wall? Right now I have my status updates limited so that only a few people can see them on my wall. But now most of my friends can't see my wall AT ALL in its entirety. Any way to fix this which won't mean giving everyone access to my personal updates?? Thanks!
Comment by Nina — February 4, 2010 @ 7:54 am
I have a buisness page is there any way to turn off comments on postings i make to my wall. For instance I post event and under the event on the wall you have comment like or share. I have turned of the posting to the wall settings but can’t figure out how to tunr these other ones off. We are a school district and we can’t allow inapproparte comments on our events. Please help…
Comment by Eric — February 4, 2010 @ 9:15 am
Plz i really wanna know if there is a way 2 make my profile picture invisible except 4 friends :S:S
i dun know how you canceled this button :S
plz i need a quick reply
Comment by Googa Mohsen — February 4, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
what we should know?
Comment by simas — February 6, 2010 @ 6:52 pm
Hi,
Does anyone know how to make written posts by yourself onto your own wall visible to all?
At the moment no one who isn't already a friend of mine can see "What's on your mind?" – and any written posts I've made.
thanks
Comment by Jack — February 7, 2010 @ 8:22 am
All my friends pictures including my profile picture disappeared from my page. What can I do to get them back? Just the names are there. HELP!!!!! Thanks
Comment by Jocelyn — February 7, 2010 @ 5:44 pm
If I respond to a friends status update and I have my settings as only friends to see my posts but she has that everyone can see the posts. Will everyone see my post or just my friends??
Also, once I delete a post is it gone from facebook?
Comment by ashley — February 8, 2010 @ 10:45 am
Is there a privacy setting that won’t let my friends see if I’m currently on FB or not?
Comment by Riva — February 8, 2010 @ 2:50 pm
How do you hide all photo comments of pictures you posted yourself?
Comment by Star88 — February 9, 2010 @ 1:41 am
I dont have an option to hide my friends? Help plz
x
Comment by k s — February 9, 2010 @ 6:23 am
How do I know if a message I sent has been read by the recipient yet or not?
Comment by Jeff W — February 9, 2010 @ 7:21 am
I have a facebook Page and Profile set up with the same email address. How can I get rid of the Profile without loosing my Page? Thanks for your help .
Comment by Sophia — February 10, 2010 @ 4:17 am
if someone messages me and I message them back to find out how I know them, will they see any info or my friends list.I might know them but I dont want them to see my friends list if I dont!
Comment by Amanda — February 10, 2010 @ 6:24 pm
great stuff!
Comment by Marina Romero — February 10, 2010 @ 9:54 pm
hey how do you i make it so the pages section of my profile does not show up when people search my profile. i want people to be able to add me but when they do i do not want them to see anything except my name and perhaps network ?
Comment by jacob — February 10, 2010 @ 11:32 pm
So now that they changed the layout I can’t find the option for NOT posting if I have become someone’s friend on my wall and feed. I don’t want people finding out that I just added so-and-so as a friend, but that is the ONLY thing I want to stop from posting on my feed. Unfortunately I have not found a way to do this yet except for blocking everyone from seeing my entire Family and Relationship section in the privacy settings? Can someone help with this?
Comment by adriana — February 11, 2010 @ 12:35 am
I have a question about facebooks search. I dont have my employer listed anywhere on my profile information and yet when I type in the employer name in facebooks search, my profile shows up immediately as the top person! Why is this?? I do not want to be associated on facebook with my place of work as it is personal for family and friends. Any help would be great.
Comment by anglcat — February 11, 2010 @ 6:43 pm
How can I make it so people who are NOT my friends CAN’T ready my status..when i scroll down some of my friend’s friend list I can see people I’m not friends with status on the side of there picture. I dont want that to show I want that completley private only people who are my friends should be able to see it. can someone help me please im been tryning to figure this out for the longest.
TY,
B
Comment by B — February 12, 2010 @ 1:44 am
Would love to know if there is a way to block just certain friends from seeing you online instead of having to go offline 'cause you don't want them to see you are on.
Comment by C — February 12, 2010 @ 4:26 pm
Very useful indeed! But could you make the list again with the new facebook page format? This new one does not seem to apply to the new format.. whenever i try to do the privacy setting from one of the above instruction.. it doesn't seem to work anymore coz i cant even find certain key anymore.
Please help us make the updated one?
thanks!
Comment by Wel — February 13, 2010 @ 5:55 am
i have a very important question for a friend of mine.
There dont seem to have any option to contact facebook admin s o your advice will be highly appreciated..
She has an ex-bf who is psycho… changed her facebook password and the email password that refers to her facebook account as well. so right now.. there is no way to touch her account nor change or delete the whole profile. As the ex seems to post stuff that is not supposed to be on facebook and writes status that is not supposed to be there on behalf of her.. she's really helpless.. is there anyway that she as an original owner of her own fb account be able to just delete her corrupted/hacked facebook account and create a new one? the old one is connected to many of her media contacts.. her situation is pretty bad.
Please help her.
Comment by Wel — February 13, 2010 @ 6:08 am
Thanks so much for this. You've been so helpful.
Comment by Dennis — February 13, 2010 @ 3:16 pm
im getting a bit confused here …i uploaded some photos yesterday..only 3 showed…the others are in my pictures but when i go to upload them to i believe windows viewer it tells me i dodnt have persmission…been working on this for 2 days getting a bit upset…please help !!!
Comment by rae lynn timoldi — February 14, 2010 @ 5:22 am
Can anyone help: If I send a message to someone on Facebook who is NOT a friend and receive a reply on my Facebook page from the person that says "Hi Yvonne
Between Yvonne Smith and You" ie BETWEEN the person I sent message to and me, is this visible to my Friends visiting my Facebook?
Comment by Peter — February 14, 2010 @ 10:37 am
how to remove comment link for non fans from fans page in facebook..?
Comment by Kaskot — February 15, 2010 @ 12:51 am
Hi,
I am unable to hide my friends. The method posted here does not work.
This is very important .
Thanks.
Gagan
Comment by Gagan — February 15, 2010 @ 1:47 am
The editing of "Photo's Tagged of You" feature seems to not be working on facebook. Pretty odd, as one would think this would be the most invasive feature.
When I go to my privacy settings this feature does not exist. There is an option under Application- edit settings- then a link saying you can modify privacy controls for photos tagged, but when I click on that link it reverts me back to a page where this feature can not be found.
Is there a way to contact facebook to let them know this feature isn't working? Or is it hidden somewhere unlikely?
Thanks…
Comment by Julee — February 15, 2010 @ 10:21 pm
please tell me, if there are say about 5 people on facebook that has the same first and last name as mine, and if I limit my search to friends only and if other ppl on facebook for example seaching for another person with my name, will their name come up on search???
Comment by millicent — February 15, 2010 @ 10:52 pm
Why would anybody want to be removed from facebook search? That is what facebook is all about….finding old friends and connecting with new ones. If you don't like it, don't join facebook….PERIOD.
Comment by Ronald Nelson — February 16, 2010 @ 11:21 pm
when i make a post on someone's wall…the post will show up on my friends walls also. how do i stop this. The message is for the indtended person only. thanks in advance. GOD Bless!
Comment by j — February 17, 2010 @ 1:40 am
my ex keeps getting into my facebook
Comment by catrina — February 17, 2010 @ 8:01 am
I don't want what I write on people's walls to be published on the newsfeed where people can comment on it, however I cannot figure out how to stop that without blocking everything else that I write such as status updates.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks.
Comment by Jasper — February 17, 2010 @ 5:36 pm
Wel – February 13th, 2010 at 10:08 am
i have a very important question for a friend of mine.
There dont seem to have any option to contact facebook admin s o your advice will be highly appreciated..
She has an ex-bf who is psycho… changed her facebook password and the email password that refers to her facebook account as well. so right now.. there is no way to touch her account nor change or delete the whole profile. As the ex seems to post stuff that is not supposed to be on facebook and writes status that is not supposed to be there on behalf of her.. she’s really helpless.. is there anyway that she as an original owner of her own fb account be able to just delete her corrupted/hacked facebook account and create a new one? the old one is connected to many of her media contacts.. her situation is pretty bad.
Comment by Widodo — February 17, 2010 @ 8:58 pm
My privacy settings aren't being applied as I would expect them to be – as I found out when I got comments on a status update from people who I didn't think were able to see it.
I've been using friend lists for quite some time, and thought I had it set so that professional contacts can not see status updates and posts on my walls: the setting is "Make visible to 'friends', except 'professional' . It turns out that when professional contacts visit my profile they can indeed not see these things. However, my status updates still appear in their news feeds (I switched a friend to my 'professional' list and had her check). Also showing up in her news feed is every single post I make to anyone's wall, regardless of whether she knows them – I can't even see that for friends in my own news feed! In my news feed it only shows up when friends post to walls of friends I know.
Anyone have any idea how to fix any of this?
Comment by Charlotte — February 18, 2010 @ 1:54 am
I am so stupid
Comment by naggy — February 18, 2010 @ 6:13 am
What do I do to get my friends postings for FV, Zoo,etc.to appear on my live feed?
Comment by Linda — February 18, 2010 @ 11:44 am
this is grate info but how can I set up to all the users to see my wall on facebook without login?????
Comment by okazii — February 18, 2010 @ 3:20 pm
well i don't find this helpful anymore because i get a friend request from friends of friends when i set my settings to only friends can add me as friend. and now when i check on my setting who can add me as friend there's only two option : everyone and friends of friends. "only friend" option is gone and i don't like it.
Comment by irene — February 19, 2010 @ 6:39 am
I used to think that there is NO WAY can facebook provide information about friends checking on my profile. But today, I realized that it can now be tracked. I see them on notifications; Now how do I HIDE msyelf from being tracked when I check a somebody else's profile. IT really is creepy.
Comment by just moi — February 19, 2010 @ 10:52 am
I cannot find the option to restrict particular friends (or friend lists) from posting to my wall. With new FB UI, when I go to Privacy > Profile info, I only see these options:
Allow friends to post on my Wall (yes/no)
Control who can see posts
Control who can comment
How can I block one friend from my wall, or hide their posts from all others?
Comment by Scoop — February 19, 2010 @ 12:07 pm
Hey Nick,
Thanks soooooo much for the post!I'm a teen so my mum obbsessses with my info being private,your stuff really halped me!Thanks!:D
Comment by Britney — February 20, 2010 @ 5:45 am
Is there a way to protect yourself from having your friends display your information and photos and name? (I don't want my information shared through a friend's account).
Comment by JB — February 20, 2010 @ 2:17 pm
NEED HELP
I cannot see my oldest facebook wall post why??
Comment by Nieves — February 20, 2010 @ 6:16 pm
Any idea on how to better control the information that automatically appears on my news feed, for example I don't want every comment I make or appreciation i make of someone else's status or new friends I make to appear automatically on my page? These info even appear in my mother's news feed. She now knows all the new friend I am making… I want more control on the information I produce. I used to have this privacy option on and now can't find it in the privacy settings.
Thanks,
A
Comment by Alexandra — February 21, 2010 @ 10:03 am
Great info! Thanks
Comment by Diana Caswell — February 21, 2010 @ 10:16 pm
i am unable to hide my friends lists from other friends. i tried using ur method, but i cannot seem to find an option (anymore) which allows me to restrict certain friends from viewing my friend list. i know in the past there was that option, but not sure anymore since facebook has changed their privacy settins.
please let me know
Comment by goodfella — February 22, 2010 @ 1:25 pm
How can one share their status updates with limted profile peeps
Comment by L — February 23, 2010 @ 1:41 am
How do I surf through face book without my friends knowing I am on. Everytime I get on to look at updated pics someone always chimes in and says "oh I see your on" How do i set that to stealth mode?
Comment by jody — February 23, 2010 @ 10:01 am
How do I find stored chatlogs from facebook on my computer? How do I delete them?
Is there a setting that I can change to turn them off?
Thanks in advance.
Comment by pamela — February 23, 2010 @ 1:40 pm
Jody – you select "Go Offline" under the Options menu in the Chat section (lower righthand corner.)
Comment by j — February 23, 2010 @ 5:14 pm
I'm habing the same problem as 'goodfella' up there. Is there still an option to hide your friend list from the general public?
Any chance you could update this list for Facebook's new look?
Comment by Kay — February 24, 2010 @ 5:44 pm
this didn’t help at all. i just want to know if it’s even possible to make your basic information completely invisible? without the networks, sex, etc. (the WHOLE entire thing)
Comment by Djules — February 24, 2010 @ 6:09 pm
On my privacy settings page, "Photos" is stuck on "edit settings." I cannot modify this setting. I have albums that I want to make available to "everyone," but I am not able to do so. Maybe I should provide a link to another website where people can go and view my photos. I would appreciate any help.
Comment by Donna — February 25, 2010 @ 6:24 am
I cant seem to remove myself from the Facebook search. Before they changed the privacy settings, no one could find me. I liked that
now I'm getting friend requests from people i dont want. Even though I changed the setting to "Friends only"
My privacy settings dont look like the examples you shared. How do i fix this?
Comment by Aleks — February 25, 2010 @ 1:28 pm
how do i block my ex- from looking in on my facebook, i have taken him off my friends list but he is still there, and can i check to see who is peeking in my profile
Comment by lovely — February 25, 2010 @ 4:09 pm
If people stopped being uptight about stuff like this, and shared all for all to see…the bar would be lowered and uptight bosses and HR peeps would be publicly exposed for the prudes they are ( prudes = the nerds in school). And all the weirdos who are uptight worried about someone knowing their business (as if we care) would be the ones having to worry about a job. The only time this info should be used, is when your trying to hide two girls you are seeing at same time from each other.
Comment by Social-Media — February 25, 2010 @ 9:31 pm
The application to see who checks out your profile..does it really work?
Comment by Nicole — February 26, 2010 @ 6:31 am
Like Alexandra, and about 10 others above, I hate that you can't control what appears on the news feed. Someone wrote: "You now have no control over what posts gets published or not on the newsfeed and live feed, (unless its an application)." That's not so much "user-unfriendly" as "user-abusive". I guess they like wreaking havoc on people's lives — what's a ruined friendship, job, or romance if it means more hits for facebook? I guess you could set up phony accounts–one for work, one for leisure, etc., if you're desperate to use the damned thing. As it is, I suspect facebook is a nightmare waiting to happen to most unsuspecting users, including people who think they've got it all figured out. Organizations opposing these facebook privacy holes can be found using searches, and within facebook itself.
Comment by Kurt — February 26, 2010 @ 7:52 pm
How do i get notifications that someone liked my picture or status?
Comment by KinishaC. — February 26, 2010 @ 9:23 pm
i always tried to figure out how ppl mak ther page so nobody can see nothing except how to contact the person but i then realised i had it all along after reading this lol
Comment by Aisha Chaudhry — February 27, 2010 @ 2:59 am
Some of those are why I dropped FB. I will try again after studying the email, applied for.
GOD Bless
Richard
Comment by R.P.Marshall — February 27, 2010 @ 5:50 am
Thanks for this. Are you planning on updating it? Much of it doesn't seem valid anymore with the new FB changes. Thank you for your time.
Comment by cindy — February 27, 2010 @ 1:14 pm
the only problem i seem to be having is the fact that i am unable to keep my friends private as was listed in #10. did fb recently take this option away?
Comment by lorreine — February 27, 2010 @ 3:27 pm
How can I stop the security feature coming up? everytime I add a friend or confirm friend request i have to confirm I am human. I don't know why, none of my friends have this problem
Comment by john thomas — February 27, 2010 @ 10:40 pm
Is there any way to totally remove oneself from facebook. I feel it is wrong if this is not possible but cannot see a way to do it.
Comment by Val — February 28, 2010 @ 2:18 am
If you ever joined a group called Stop Facebook Owning its Users' Photos you might want to check it. It's now called Save Gary McKinnon from Extradition – 700,00 plus members!. Facebook allowed the group to change its name, aim and purpose and all those people are now members of a group they didn't join. That's just wrong.
Comment by Cal — February 28, 2010 @ 4:48 pm
Can I block certain friends updates from appearing on my page? Some friends update hourly and I miss other friends updates who may only post once a day or less and their posts are [pushed down and off my page..
Comment by Tina — February 28, 2010 @ 6:22 pm
Hey guize,when i was clicking login facebook nothing came out could you guize tell me how to make my computer load faster
pls pls pls pls
Thanks
Comment by Margaret — February 28, 2010 @ 7:43 pm
hey i want to hide my friend list from my others friend can u tell me how i can do that ?
Comment by Ame — March 1, 2010 @ 3:22 am
hi how r u whu i cant send to friend friend request pls tell me there say me something about limits!!
thank you
Comment by burim — March 1, 2010 @ 2:23 pm
Hi dear,
I so appreciate the information you provided about privacy on facebook. I would really like to conceal my friend list so that certain of my friends are not able to view this list. Facebook format has hanged a bit, how do I do this on the new FB format?
Comment by Leslie — March 1, 2010 @ 6:55 pm
I would also like to know how to hide my friends list from other friends, but since facebook changed i can't seem to find such a setting
Comment by Nina — March 1, 2010 @ 11:40 pm
Great info, thanks!
Comment by Seth Gittlitz — March 3, 2010 @ 9:32 am
if you stop going on facebook for 2 months will friend request be deleted and/or is it possible for facebook to erase your account?
Comment by jenna — March 3, 2010 @ 2:52 pm
If i hide my email address then noway for hacking my accounts? thanks
Comment by Mannu Japs — March 4, 2010 @ 6:14 am
they always make stuff so tuff, how do I simply get the add that tells me who goes on my profile?
Comment by Arlis Verhogan — March 4, 2010 @ 2:19 pm
You are doing great job for facebook user. please keep it up
Comment by Monica — March 4, 2010 @ 7:26 pm
What about hiding the fact that you are ON FACEBOOK? Can we do that??
Sometimes I dont want my friends to know I am on,, therefore they wont INSTANT MESSAGE ME.
Thanks
Comment by bruce — March 6, 2010 @ 8:24 am
Hi
I need to know please how to make just one single video not available to view for just one of my friends on facebook?
I was trying to do this but I can only block all of the videos but not just one of them to this person… please some help?
Comment by Steve — March 7, 2010 @ 12:36 am
My wall posts appearing on all my friends' news feeds really irritates/concerns me. Not only does it clutter up their news feeds but it displays so much more info than previous facebook! You USED to be able to control exactly what was on your newsfeed, but no more sadly. However I have come up with what I THINK (hopefully) may be some sort of solution.
Create a Friends List and include all your casual acquaintances/people who you do not wish to see your posts generally. Obviously this is not ideal, but it helps a bit. For the most part, my closest friends and family were not included in this list, and the majority of my facebook friends WERE.
Then go into your privacy settings -> profile information -> posts by me. click custom and under "hide this from" enter the name of the friends list.
you can do the same for posts by friends and comments on posts.
as i say, not ideal, but better than nothing i suspect!
Comment by M — March 7, 2010 @ 3:13 pm
I want a way to make the comments that I make on other people's post's to be visible only to the person I'm commenting on. Or at least hide my pic and name. if there is such a way how do I do so.
Comment by Austin — March 7, 2010 @ 6:34 pm
Quick question: when I restrict someone from seeing MY updates, they then cannot see my wall at all. Facebook has two different settings (“can see my posts” and “can post on my wall”), but both are disabled when I check only the former. I don’t mind if they see friends posts, and I’d like them to be able to post themselves, I just don’t want them to see my status updates. But when I block that, the whole wall disappears and they can’t write on it. Help? Thank you!!
Comment by Sara — March 8, 2010 @ 4:51 am
I would also like to know how to hide my friends from other friends… How can we do that, b/c I do not see the setting you mentioned above.
Comment by April — March 8, 2010 @ 3:45 pm
How do I go about making my posts on my friend's wall visible only on the profile page of the recipient and NOT FLASH ON THE NEWS FEED ? FB did have this feature earlier & it was very helpful. Right now it ONLY has the "Posts by Me" option to be controlled which includes, Status updates., Links, videos, etc…as a whole – would not like my Status updates & links etc to be made private but would like to have the posts that I make on my friend's wall not visible on the news feed. Is there any way we can have that feature activated pls ! would be helpful..thnx.
Comment by MS — March 8, 2010 @ 4:39 pm
Thanks for the info Nick!! Great job!!!
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Comment by Jamie — March 9, 2010 @ 11:41 am
How do you get rid of relationship status on your wall
when a relationship is over how can you make sure it does not get on the news feed
Comment by mel — March 10, 2010 @ 1:13 am
when people search for my profile… they can see all the pages i am a fan of…. How do i change that?
Comment by khandi — March 10, 2010 @ 6:23 pm
hey
got a Q. before i was able to group friends in different lists and hide these subsets of friends lists and their posts from the other subsets of friends. now it seems that all my friends regardless of their listing in the subsets can access all info, content of the other subsets of friends lists and their postings via my profile. this means i can't keep info private to different types of my different friends lists. i understand one can turn of the 'show my friends list' to outsiders but all friends are able to access the friends list. is there a way to restore the previous way where keeping different friends groups seperate? thx for info.
Comment by moulin — March 11, 2010 @ 1:31 am
How do you delete previous people that have logged on before you? For example facebook, I can see all the people that logged on before me when I go to log on
Comment by Sharon — March 12, 2010 @ 9:47 am
Hi! Do you happen to know how to hide my comments to other people's pictures, status, etc?
Thanks!
Comment by Sandra — March 12, 2010 @ 11:23 am
Is there any way for me to stop people from snagging my photos? I am locked down to friends only for almost everything, a few are custom and locked down even more.
Sometimes even friends "don't play nice"
Comment by gail — March 12, 2010 @ 3:37 pm
I am super confused about the latest "Lists" privacy. I have all kinds of different Lists of my friends. Can other people see them? If so are there privacy settings somewhere? I don't want to make like a Big Jerk list and show it to everyone. On the other hand, some lists I might share. But I can't figure out how it works. Are the lists only totally private to me, or can everybody see them if I don't make a setting change someplace?
Comment by cf — March 12, 2010 @ 9:37 pm
Actually now you cant hide friends anymore. Everyone whose a friend sees all your friends on your page. Thats just sad.
Comment by Natalie — March 13, 2010 @ 8:25 am
thank u so much for posting this, it was very very helpful
Comment by Eman — March 14, 2010 @ 12:44 am
HELP ME
IF ANY ONE STEAL MY PICTURE FROM MY STATUS FO CHAT OR OTHER SIDE LIKE FACE BOOK AND MISUSE THEN HOW CAN I PREVENT HIM AND GET BACK PICTURES.
Comment by Ahmad — March 14, 2010 @ 3:55 am
cf – No, other people cannot see your different lists (or their titles!)
mel – go into privacy settings, look at 'family and relationship' and click 'custom' then select 'only me' – chnages to your relationship status will then not be broadcast on the newsfeed.
As for comments on photos or posts, and indeed ones own wallposts – it is ALL now visible on ALL of our friends' news feeds thanks to the new facebook privacy settings.
If you don't like it (as I don't – it allows for much LESS control over who sees what than before) then write to facebook!
Go here: http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=419#!/help/con…
If we are lucky maybe they'll listen to user feedback…
Comment by M — March 14, 2010 @ 4:02 am
My husband has a facebook account and on the right side there is an add for bellsaouth and finding freinds. Our email is posted on this ad and I want it off. Eveyone on face book can see our email!
Comment by anita Love — March 14, 2010 @ 6:57 am
Nick- The comments attached to your most excellent privacy tips have scared me so badly that I now have a sick stomache and a migraine all at once!!!! Someone ELSE signed me up for this FB idiocy, without my knowledge or permission; and within less than a week I know I want NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!!!!! (the “someone else” is my spouse….) I’m an old-time mainframe geek, a former Senior Information Systems auditor, and data securty officer (all retired, thank Heaven!), and I have never seen such egregious privacy intrusions in my entire career. As an auditor, I would have shut this site down before it ever went “up”. I don’t want to know how to SECURE the mess but HOW TO KILL IT!!!!! How on EARTH do get myself 100% OUT of FB???? PLEASE don’t tell me that “they won’t allow” me to cancel/delete/get out/etc!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by annon — March 14, 2010 @ 7:45 pm
Agree with others here. If I post a comment on a friend’s post, picture or whatever, I don’t need all my other friends seeing that post. Nor do I want to see every post one of my friend’s make to one of their non-mutual friends. This is ridiculous.
Comment by Darryl Brooks — March 14, 2010 @ 8:24 pm
when people search for my profile… they can see all the pages i am a fan of…. How do i change that?
Comment by KLM — March 14, 2010 @ 10:37 pm
Hello
i have a problem with inviting friendshipsrequest,since friday i have these notice,what i have to do now,maybee no more send invatitions for a few days,than gonna evrything back to normal,or what
Block! You are engaging in behavior that may be considered annoying or abusive by other users.
The system Facebook has found that almost all your friendship requests are rejected. Facebook is a safe environment where people know each other in a secure way to communicate with friends and acquaintances. There are limits to friendship requests refused, because this behavior is perceived as annoying by other users Facebook.Je should stop sending friend requests to people you do not know. If you continue to abuse this feature, we can permanently block your account. For more information, please read FAQ
Thx Hans(Belgium
Comment by hans — March 15, 2010 @ 5:34 am
I want them to make something that will not allow ppl to tag you at all on pictures. I cant stand that
Comment by karla — March 15, 2010 @ 5:55 am
if you restrict certain friends from being able to post on your wall and see your comments, will they still be notified when a different friend comments on a post that the restricted friend previously "liked". (since you cannot delete the fact that they "liked this")
Comment by rhonda — March 15, 2010 @ 9:23 am
help me please.
been trying to get onto facebook. dozens of abortive attempts. i give up. how do i get rid of all the crap that this has left on my PC.
I know i could contact facebook on the phone but would cost a fortune. Yours was the only site that seemed to use a language i could understand.
Comment by john lovatt — March 15, 2010 @ 3:00 pm
Hi
I would really like to completely remove my detail and myself from Facebook. It must be like I have never been there.
The program makes it a joke if you try to delete or deactivate your account.
Please let me know what I must do to remove myself from this program, I really would like you to respect my wish to be deleted from Facebook.
Ben van der Merwe
Comment by Ben van der Merwe — March 15, 2010 @ 6:36 pm
Hey I can't find the #10??? Looked everywhere on the privacy page but couldn't find it … somebody help me please? That's THE privacy settings I wanted to set!!! The other ones have already done them before even reading this! But thanks!
Comment by Rachid OUDRA — March 16, 2010 @ 4:27 am
@Rachid OUDRA: Since Facebook made changes a few weeks ago some of these tips are outdated. To hide your friends list from non-friends now you have to go to your profile and click on the pencil icon in the upper right-hand corner of your friends box. Then uncheck the box that says "Show Friends List to Everyone."
Comment by cristina — March 16, 2010 @ 3:27 pm
@terry: With Facebook's latest changes you can now only choose to have either "Everyone" or "Friends of Friends" see the "Add as Friend" button. To change the setting, go to Account>Privacy Settings>Contact Information>Add me as a friend.
Comment by cristina — March 16, 2010 @ 3:34 pm
how do i get rid of the facebook “add friends” logo from search’s? sick of getting friend requests! help it’s driving me mad!
Comment by terry — March 16, 2010 @ 5:30 pm
How do I block my ex's profile from my searching his name even though we're no longer connected on Facebook? And please don't tell me not to search for him ok? He has all his privacy settings wide open so even though I de-friended him I can still see his most of his profile and most of his wall postings and responses. Thank you…
Comment by Madonna — March 17, 2010 @ 8:46 am
How do I block my ex's profile from my searching his name even though we're no longer connected on Facebook? And please don't tell me not to search for him ok? He has all his privacy settings wide open so even though I de-friended him I can still see his most of his profile and most of his wall postings and responses even though we're not friends. Thank you…
Comment by Schmoopy — March 17, 2010 @ 8:47 am
Thank you so much for posting this. I'm trying to "get out" more, but have heard horror stories about Facebook. I decided to give it a try, found a RL friend, and started my foray out into the "real" world. Less than five minutes later, I see she's tagged me in photos! ACK! I asked her not to because I didn't know I could control this myself.
Awesome bit of work, and much appreciated by those of us with trust issues.
Comment by Sally — March 17, 2010 @ 11:24 am
How can I hide my friends list
Comment by katina — March 17, 2010 @ 6:02 pm
Facebook! ADD A SETTING TO NOT GET TAGGED BY IDIOTS WHO TAG YOU IN THEIR STUPID PHOTOS AND IT SHOWS UP ON YOUR WALL. IT IS REDICULOUS.
Comment by james — March 18, 2010 @ 10:33 am
Goodness… Try to bullet and summarize. If I wanted to read a novel I'd go to Borders or Barnes & Noble and choose one that I like.
Comment by Jonathan Canfield — March 18, 2010 @ 6:38 pm
Nice, thanks!
Comment by not facebook — March 18, 2010 @ 11:12 pm
thanks this made my profile private
Comment by Nathan James Worrall — March 19, 2010 @ 6:01 am
i need a poo and it won t come out
Comment by bobo — March 19, 2010 @ 6:03 am
We are three sexy bitches. we love buzzoms.
Comment by Katie Warbyy. Emma B — March 19, 2010 @ 6:06 am
This has really help me and now pedos will not get me
Comment by Dean Sidlow — March 19, 2010 @ 6:09 am
Really it's very useful.
Comment by N.F.F.Fouz — March 19, 2010 @ 6:29 am
How can I stop copping my pictures, somebody copied some and is abusing with them.
Comment by kana — March 20, 2010 @ 12:05 pm
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Comment by Michel Fountas — March 20, 2010 @ 9:21 pm
why i can`t send any friend request as the option is blocked help me out
Comment by bryan — March 22, 2010 @ 3:49 am
why my friend request option is blocked
Comment by bryan — March 22, 2010 @ 3:51 am
How do I get rid of loneliness and closer to the other larger. I love held dialogues with people mature and to help the needy.
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Comment by knaz — March 22, 2010 @ 8:55 am
I'd like to know if there's a way to close comments on your page under a post I made. I have a few annoying friends who won't stop arguing with me and i would just like to close the conversation…not remove it. just close it. ideas?
Comment by mf — March 22, 2010 @ 10:26 am
Too bad your instructions fail miserably since Facebook decided to be retarded and change their layout.
Comment by Jason — March 22, 2010 @ 12:57 pm
Is there a way to pre-screen or approve wall postings on PAGES (not profiles) prior to posting? (Since this is for a business, I would like to give everyone the opportunity to post, but I would like to have the option to approve the comment before it is posted, like you do on YouTube.)
Comment by Maria — March 22, 2010 @ 2:30 pm
Thanks for this guide on privacy. I have my profile private to everyone except my friends.
Comment by Dave — March 22, 2010 @ 11:48 pm
i still can find my profile if i google search my name. i even changed my surname with a nickname, hoping it won't be found anymore, but no success. what am i missing?
Comment by rux — March 23, 2010 @ 1:49 am
Yes..it is right..but I've some problem with my friend..maybe for she is "old friend" only..I'm soo sad n dissapointed…
Comment by Nayli Chow — March 23, 2010 @ 9:28 am
Anyone who have any idea..please comment at my facebook wall..my name is Nayli Chow
Comment by Nayli Chow — March 23, 2010 @ 9:30 am
I figured out how to do #10 since the changes. When you’re logged in, click on your profile (NOT the account settings or privacy settings, just basic profile view). You should see your wall and on the left, the box with your friends. There should be a little pencil picture showing that you can edit it. Click on it and uncheck the “Show Friends to Everyone” box. Voila!
Comment by Liz — March 23, 2010 @ 10:17 am
Even if people find you on google, they won’t have access to your facebook account unless you have set your profile on public, right?
Comment by ???????? — March 24, 2010 @ 2:57 am
Facebook is full of shit. My account was hacked and fb did nothing about it even after having reported it numerous times. Facebook can have some pretty severe negative effects on people's personal lives as mentioned in this article
Comment by Laura — March 24, 2010 @ 7:35 am
There is no way to make your friend list private.
You can only change it from "Everyone" or "Friends" Apparently, like some idiots here, FB believes that all levels of friendship are equal. My neighbor is my friend and my sister is my friend, but I do not want my neighbor contacting my sister; get it!
Comment by John Q Public — March 25, 2010 @ 1:56 pm
These security options are a bit outdated. I can not make the adjustments because the instructions do not make sense – i.e there is not a settings icon on my profile or wall page. Clicking on account settings does not have the same menu items listed above. Specifically #9 which I am trying to do….it reads :
"Within your profile page you can control who can view wall postings made by your friends. To do so, click on the “Settings” icon on the wall in your profile page.
This does not exist on my profile page!!!!
"Next, find the box pictured in the image above and adjust the setting which says “Who can see posts made by friends?” I’d suggest using a strategy similar to the one outlined in the previous step regarding contact information."
Again – this does not exist on my pages. It must be old info!
Comment by Keith — March 25, 2010 @ 2:46 pm
Facebook has removed the right to hide friends from other friends i.e family from work. I have seen several posts asking for this to be restored, you can view them at the below link.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/help/?search=…
Good Luck…
Comment by Guest — March 25, 2010 @ 6:22 pm
Facebook needs to bring back the HIDE FRIENDS option, it's terrible that they do not allow you to have some privacy here, not being able to hide friends lists makes facebook useless to many businesses…..
Comment by th — March 27, 2010 @ 1:53 am
Please bring back the HIDE FRIENDS option.
Comment by vel — March 28, 2010 @ 6:04 am
Very useful, thanks – do you know if the possibility to hide friend list from friends is still there?
cheers
Comment by Olivier T — March 28, 2010 @ 9:45 am
Very informative.
Comment by Marcus M. Blaise — March 29, 2010 @ 2:05 am
Hey how on earth do I tweak the friends privacy setting? i am not able to find it!!! I have been wanting to do this for ages. Kindly advice.
Comment by AJ — March 29, 2010 @ 4:25 pm
cab facebook deactivate my account if i have not accessed it in a long time and i also don't access the corresponding email address?
Comment by crystal klink — March 30, 2010 @ 4:30 am
what i mean is does fb send a warning email to say your account is going to expire soon and if you do not respond to that email or account is deactivated,
Comment by crystal klink — March 30, 2010 @ 4:31 am
i got a suggestion (becuase I DID IT MY SELF)
step 1: when you make an EMAIL address..DONT USE YOUR REAL NAME
STEP 2: make one email address for "JUNK MAIL"
make one email add for 'chat rooms'
make one email address for friends/coworkers
make one email address for 'personaly like JOBS'
make one email address for FAMILY
now the one for the "JUNK EMAIL" you use for the facebook account–select a few people you know personaly–dont put your real photo
NOW NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO 'FIND YOU..now that is PRIVACY'
my internet issue now is things i posted on line years ago..CANT BE TAKEN DOWN–EVEN THOUGH I ASK THE WEB SITE TO 'ALTER' MY NAME…they just told me ONECE ITS POSTED ITS HERE FOR EVER
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NOW for some one who realy want to be BAD (this will be mean–evil)
if there is one person you dont like for any reason and you some how get there REAL PHOTO…save that person picture on your computer..and post REAL INFORMATION about them.. this can do REAL DAMAGE…like i said onece its posted its there forever!! so PLEASE BECAREFUL WHAT YOU TELL PEOPLE–AND BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DO AND SAY (EVEN IF its ment as a JOKE) it can have some real DAMAGE—and as far as 'how' long it will take to post an entire, "encyclopedia" of some one it can be done in less than 10 seconds…SINCE THE FILE IS SAVED AS A NOTEPAD FILE..OPEN THE NOTEPAD file, open the web site…copy notepad profile, past profile from notepad to internet….AND BANG….YOU GOT THE PERSON LIFE HISTORY ON LINE…. (and then you decided to EMAIL THEM FROM A 'FAKE EMAIL ACCOUNT…> informing them they have a new internet profile—and you show them the profile..some how………HOW DIRTY CAN YOU BE
Comment by Kevin Houdson — March 30, 2010 @ 6:28 pm
Is there anyway to avoid letting others know that I am online?
Comment by Kim — April 1, 2010 @ 8:52 am
wow…this is really cool stuff, ima try some of it cuz ppl keep poasing of me for no reason!!!
tty
Comment by brookelle — April 2, 2010 @ 7:09 am
Profile Privacy page.
Navigate down to the setting which says “Friends” and then modify the setting to whatever is right for you.
I could not find Friends..can you show me photo ? Thanks
Comment by Baby — April 2, 2010 @ 7:48 am
Good to have this info, thanks!
Comment by Melissa McNamara — April 3, 2010 @ 7:02 am
Need help.
Wonder why my Wall doesn't display the photo comments that my friend wrote. How to enable it?
I want it to be displayed with photo and comment in my Wall.
Any idea?
Comment by Jean — April 3, 2010 @ 10:02 am
Baby – Tip #10 doesn't work any more. Facebook removed the feature… who knows why but it's a major lack of privacy. I'm thinking about dumping FB altogether.
Comment by cujo200 — April 3, 2010 @ 1:06 pm
Thanks for posting this! I'm having trouble with #10 – I can't find the place on my Facebook to control whether or not other people see my friend list. Where is it? Thanks!
Comment by Beth Marshall — April 3, 2010 @ 1:29 pm
SMALL QUESTION: how can i hide things from showing up on the newsfeed of others? for example when commenting on a picture, or writing on someones wall. how can i hide that stuff from showing up on the news feed?
please email me if ANYONE knows how to do this.
thanks.
Comment by Deezy — April 4, 2010 @ 2:48 pm
Something is wrong with my facebook. I cannot write any wall comments anymore, nor answer any wall comments, nor write any notes. I had problems with the chat too, it switched off all the time. I found out IE8 was causing the chat problem, so I installed Google Chrome and removed IE8, and that works fine, but none of the above.
Urgent help requested.
Comment by Annick — April 5, 2010 @ 3:22 am
I can't do how to stop people from seeing my friends. Please help!
Comment by Tiah — April 6, 2010 @ 8:28 am
I'v Gone On to a friends page, looking at there posts and there friends comments, I scroll to the bottom were it says, (Older Posts). When clicked on It says there are "_Name_Has no more posts"
I would like to figure out how I could do this for my wall.
Thanks.
Comment by Kelly — April 6, 2010 @ 1:58 pm
Great tips.. We should pay more attention to security not only on facebook but other social network sites..
Comment by planethopia — April 7, 2010 @ 1:24 pm
How do I Prevent Notifications being posted when ever I become friends with someone…And also how to prevent notifications when commenting on a photo or wall?
Comment by Bronson — April 7, 2010 @ 3:42 pm
how iknow who has tagged me in pic in facebook???
Comment by harpreet — April 9, 2010 @ 4:46 am
can u help me to delete tag picture of the girl there my friend facebook name is Bruce lee
Comment by Michael — April 9, 2010 @ 12:19 pm
Bronson,
I’m afraid it was possible prior to Facebook’s most recent changes, but no longer. I had changed it in fact, and it was reverted. Facebook is really getting on my nerves.
It’s ironic…Facebook is trying to make a good move by becoming ‘more open’ but in fact they are confusing the hell out of us as we chase their settings all over their site, causing us to loose trust in the platform and generally pissing people off by taking what we’ve come to know as a ‘personal’ space and making it increasingly public.
I prefer Twitter these days.
-@JoshuaGuffey
PS. I blog about Facebook privacy and handling social media overload over at http://www.JoshuaGuffey.com [ http://www.JoshuaGuffey.com ]
Comment by Joshua Guffey — April 9, 2010 @ 1:51 pm
Like this. I would like to know how to avoid a picture being tagged.
I am starting a photography page, and have lots of photos on my own personal site, and I don't want people to be able to tag even if they are a friend, especially if they are a client.
I know some people can tag even without my consent. I do get some requests, but I don't know why it's not on all my photos.
Any advice.
Thanks so much.
Lisa
Comment by Lisa Nalven — April 11, 2010 @ 11:29 am
I don't want friends on my list to see how many friends I have on my Facebook.Is there a way to this?
Comment by nico — April 12, 2010 @ 12:08 am
If I leave a note on my friends wall…is there a setting to prevent it from being visible to everyone? I only want them to see it…
Comment by Cheri — April 12, 2010 @ 8:58 am
How do u find out who is looking at your file all the time
Comment by tom — April 13, 2010 @ 4:13 am
I'd want to clean my wall from all my posts and friend posts too, but I don't want to delete them permanently. Is there any way to make them non visible for the others these old wall posts? I'd like to work on the same profile but I want its wall to be clean as a new one. What should I do?
Comment by ilda — April 13, 2010 @ 9:36 am
Hi,
The problem with privacy settings is that it's true that creating friend lists is good but by doing this, excluded lists (or not included list) cannot see any more or publish any comment nor on my wall neither on pictures.
What would be great would be to create another kind of group that could also publish comments on my wall or on any picture but that could be seen only by people part of this group and not just exclude them definitively as it is now.
Sometimes I want a picture to be seen by everyone and I want also that everyone can publish something BUT I don't want that anyone see the comment of another one.
Is it possible?
Comment by ferdossi — April 14, 2010 @ 2:26 am
Hi, nice guide bit it didnt really answer the question that is burning a hole in my brain. Can you block a friend from seeing a friend? My brothers friend is a perv, we have come to accept his ways but every time my bro gets talking to a girl on facebook, this guy comes along and starts flirting with the girls, trying to steal them so to speak. My brother has asked him to stop but he cant control himself. It would be easier if he could be blocked from seeing certain people.
Thanks for any advice x x
Comment by Melissa Suffield — April 14, 2010 @ 3:08 am
ive been looking for ths kinda info forever! …maybe i wasnt paying attention,but how can u prevent ALL of your friends from seeing what you wrote on another friend's wall(in the news feed)???
Comment by Jessica Nieves — April 14, 2010 @ 11:02 am
Lately I have been losing friends from my FB every week, has anybody heard of such a case and how to avoid it….is this some kind of virus … Checked with friends and no they are not deleting me
Comment by PK Brigades — April 14, 2010 @ 2:05 pm
NOW YOU CAN SEE EVERY 1 WHO VEIWS YOUR PROFILE!!
Comment by Umair Ahmed — April 15, 2010 @ 7:26 pm
This is a great site and a good idea but it needs updating. Facebook has changed its privacy content and a lot of what has been stated above, by the author, no longer applies.
For instance, I've contacted Facebook requesting they reinstate the ability to hide your friend list from everyone. Currently who ever is connected on FB can view each other's friend list. Also the feature enabling you to hide tagged photos no longer works.
If anyone knows how they can get these features brought back, I'm more than happy to join in.
Comment by No Spam — April 16, 2010 @ 3:57 am
No 7 – I want the "I want sex with " app but that's out of date too.
Comment by John — April 16, 2010 @ 1:05 pm
Hi,
can someone tell me how to hide the "Pages" (i.e. the pages one is a fan of) from strangers? I have blocked nearly everything from people that are not my friends, but my pages are still visible. How can I block these?
Comment by Jo — April 17, 2010 @ 11:33 pm
This information must be very old and out of date since some of the settings mentioned don't exist anymore. About the only alternative is to go to fb help sections and read how to use your page. But everything is not there.
Comment by Mad — April 18, 2010 @ 2:50 pm
The section regarding how to keep one's friends list private is not up to date. Under privacy settings, there is no category for friends
Comment by wld — April 20, 2010 @ 3:05 pm
I did an updated article on the dangers of facebook http://et.blog.erixun.com/technology/security/dan... and I referenced this article as still one of the best guides for securing a facebook profile.
Of course Facebooks security page is now quite helpful in explaining how the newer features work.
http://www.facebook.com/security
It would be nice if you did an article like this one referencing the new features.
Comment by Erixun — April 21, 2010 @ 7:55 am
I saw on the Recent News feed that someone I knew wrote on a mutual friend's wall, but when I went to the writer's profile under their recent activity, it didn't say that they had written on that person's wall. Is there a way to block people from knowing when someone just WRITES on another person's wall on facebook, not just "commenting" or "liking" something?
Comment by Theresa — April 21, 2010 @ 10:27 am
Wonderfully informative.
Comment by Jo Nin Ja — April 21, 2010 @ 7:01 pm
USER SETTING ON FACE BOOK IS NOT FRIENDLY ONCE U WANA DELE FRIEND U HAVE A LONG UN UNDERSTANDABLE PROCEDURE
Comment by JIBRAN — April 22, 2010 @ 11:06 pm
there's no application in privacy settigns to make your friends private
Comment by Enid — April 23, 2010 @ 8:58 am
These are great; thanks so much for posting these – I get confused sometimes trying to muscle through the mess of privacy settings – there are so many in so many different places. I've bookmarked this & intend to visit it often as a reference.
Comment by Shanna — April 23, 2010 @ 9:58 am
Someone above posted this workaround:
I figured out how to do #10 since the changes. When you’re logged in, click on your profile (NOT the account settings or privacy settings, just basic profile view). You should see your wall and on the left, the box with your friends. There should be a little pencil picture showing that you can edit it. Click on it and uncheck the “Show Friends to Everyone” box. Voila!
Comment by Angela — April 23, 2010 @ 10:34 am
This should be updated as their are new Facebook privacy violations that has happened since this was first posted. (eg. Default setting for a new account is set to "Everyone" until changed).
Comment by Cheryl — April 23, 2010 @ 12:20 pm
TO MAKE YOUR FRIENDS LIST PRIVATE:
1. Go to your profile page.
2. Look on the left side where you see pictures of your friends. Click the little pencil above their pictures.
3. Uncheck the box "Show Friend List to Everyone."
Note: Your friends and networks can still see your friend list. There is no option to completely hide your list from everyone.
Comment by mirror — April 23, 2010 @ 11:49 pm
How do I add "who is reading my profile"? Please advise. Thanks
Comment by Barbara Fletcher — April 24, 2010 @ 11:32 am
When I click on "Account" > "Edit Friends" > "All Connections". . .I've noticed some of my friends have their city & state underneath their names. How do I remove my city & state so that my friends can't see mine anymore???
Comment by Dani — April 26, 2010 @ 2:21 pm
Useful tips, but I haven't found an information I need. What to do when somebody creates a fake profile of you and operates with it. I am having this problem at school where I teach. I didn't want to add the students to my friends' list. Somebody has created a FAKE profile of ME and now there are around 60 "friends" (students). I have reported it several times, but it seems like nobody cares about these reports. I am starting to really hate Facebook from this experience.
Comment by Jirik — April 26, 2010 @ 3:04 pm
Maybe for the future I should accept all the students as friends and add them to a special group..?
Comment by Jirik — April 26, 2010 @ 3:08 pm
no spam—–you can change privacy settings for your tagged photos. go to account->privacy settings->profile information->photos and videos of me_>change to only me—I just found that option.hope it helps…i hate when people tag me…and i want to hide my friends too
Comment by i want my privacy — April 26, 2010 @ 9:29 pm
if people take certain precautions facebook will become much safer annd people just need to learn all about it.
Comment by myrissa pyle — April 27, 2010 @ 9:28 am
i know you can stop a particular friend from viewing parts of your profile – but how to you stop a group or fan page from viewing it? (the moderator of the group – cos although he is not on my friends list, im sure that being a fan of his group would mean he can view my profile)
i know the obvious thing most would say is to just remove myself as a fan but im in a tricky situation. if i cancel myself as a fan it will offend this person as i know them in real life and they only have a small number of fans on their music page – so i dont mind being on the fans list, but i just dont want that person (moderator of that fan page) seeing certain things on my profile….. any idea if this can be done?
Comment by T — April 27, 2010 @ 4:38 pm
My profile privace page does not even have an option that would let me filter who can see my friends list and who can't and I think this is a serious drawback of facebook. Although it is a socializing arena, some things should be under our control, like who can see our friends list or not. Eventually, I figured out that if you have a common friend, you can even add that person as a friend and I think that is just plain ridiculous. I have been getting tons of random invites, and it is not cool. Does anyone know if there's a solution to this?
Comment by Lobbytruck — April 27, 2010 @ 9:14 pm
i made a group on facebook but now decided to use the fan page instead.
will all the photos iv tagged in the group im removing be removed also ?
Comment by kathy — April 28, 2010 @ 2:13 pm
So lately i noticed when i look at my friends list it shows friends in common, but then it will also show a friend that is listed as friends in common under friends list.? In other words twice in two different lists.
Now i see my own profile in My friends list, What is that? So i go to Profile edit friends and my name picture, is listed as add to list. What is going on?
Comment by Tina — April 28, 2010 @ 9:53 pm
FB puts everyfriend and neighbor i have made into my cell phone along with their #'s .. Ive tried and tried to delete and get them off my phone but in not having any success.. I don't want all those ppl on my phone.. any suggestions on how to get them off?
Comment by Judy — April 29, 2010 @ 4:23 am
#10
You DO realize FB removed our control to display or not our friendships, right?
This ability was waaaay in the past, and that's when I began resenting it!
Comment by FEDUPwFB — April 29, 2010 @ 9:33 am
hi..how can i hide my friends from the suggestions of the homepage? please answer me..
Comment by ian — April 30, 2010 @ 10:38 am
I just wanna know how to hide Facebook Messages.? if there any Option.?
Comment by Ruki Jay — May 1, 2010 @ 8:13 pm
do you know how to hide facebook messages.?
Comment by GE4YOU — May 2, 2010 @ 12:03 am
how up to date is this article?
FB are always making it hard to do.
Comment by anon — May 2, 2010 @ 8:16 am
my news feed is totally monopolized with my fb friends commenting on the status of non-friends…
For example.. Jane doe commented on Sarah doe status
there is a default pix of sarah….with her status.
This is so annoying….how can I block that?
right now that's all that is on my news feed is conversations
between my fb friend and THEIR friends…..who are not my friends , I have no idea who they are….but there business is all over my page!!!!
Comment by marcia nelson — May 2, 2010 @ 4:26 pm
You can still hide friends list from everyone.
Comment by nico — May 3, 2010 @ 12:20 am
Can you tell me if this is true please? To all of my friends: COPY & PASTE: New problem found…. Hacker in door in our friends list!….We are now listed as friends of ourselves! You need to delete yourself from your friends list to close the door to hackers. To do this … Go to Account, go to edit friends, there search for your name on the list and cli…ck the X to get your name removed !!35 minutes ago clear
Comment by cathy — May 3, 2010 @ 9:59 am
I hate facebook and all their goddamn privacy settings!
Comment by Christa — May 3, 2010 @ 4:14 pm
So lately i detected when i examine at my friends recite it shows friends in informal, but then it testament also direct a person that is listed as friends in general low friends table.? In new text twice in two incompatible lists.
Now i see my own strikingness in My friends leaning, What is that? So i go to Strikingness redact friends and my kinsfolk impression, is traded as add to position. What is exploit on?
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ruthallen
Comment by Golden ISA — May 3, 2010 @ 8:19 pm
HELP!!! my facebook is in German!!! I click on the english and nothing happens! This just happened yesterday and I am at a loss. I'm ready to delete facebook, but I know that is not going to stop whoever has changed my facebook. I can't even change my password. What am I going to do, how can I fix this?
Comment by lois — May 4, 2010 @ 7:52 am
Hi Nick, Wonderful article. The list is quite large, so pardon me for not completely reading the list. But I want to promote my blog on Facebook. How do I do that? Here is a tip from my blog on commenting on facebook page. Facebook Tip
Comment by palla ramarao — May 4, 2010 @ 4:41 pm
its really awesome i always feel free like bird.. good privacy
Comment by zubbuz — May 5, 2010 @ 6:12 am
It doesn’t explain though how I can make some tagged photos (individual photos) can only be seen by certain friends while the rest can be seen by all friends. Privacy setting only apply to ALL (general) tagged photos. So if I want a tagged photo be able to be seen by 5 friends only (but not as a general rule), what should I do?
Anybody can help?
Comment by anna — May 5, 2010 @ 9:41 am
@FEDUPwFB April 29th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
You DO realize FB removed our control to display or not our friendships, right?
Facebook quietly restored the settings to hide your friends…
Go to:
- Account
- Privacy Settings
- Friends, tabs and connections
For 'Friends' you have three choices: Everyone, Friends of Friends, Friends or Custom
To hide all your friends select "custom" and then in "Make this visible to" "These People" select "Only me"
Comment by Rolo — May 5, 2010 @ 5:36 pm
Has anyone else noticed that when someone adds you and you cant decide if you want to accept or deny them your activities (like people you've become friends with and what pages you like) show up in their news feed. How do I stop this?
Comment by Gabriella — May 5, 2010 @ 7:34 pm
Facebook user are idiots. Why would you want to feed the primal need of every human need to be nosey? Get a life, you bunch of losers!
Comment by Naruto — May 6, 2010 @ 6:42 pm
Currently, Facebook restore the settings to hide our friends. But they have "Mutual Friend" or "Friend in common" that we can't hide.
So our friend may know some our friendlist that already exist in their friendlist.
Basically, Facebook still does not give us complete control to what we can share and what we do not want to share.
Comment by peprasetya — May 6, 2010 @ 11:46 pm
can people tell when you are searching for them by name?
Comment by Sarah — May 7, 2010 @ 3:15 pm
I love the tips, I really do, and they were helpful as I don't know what until FB up and decided to change it's whole format. Now there's no way for keeping changes out of the news feed without masking the entire section altogether. What IS this??
Comment by Hilary — May 8, 2010 @ 11:29 am
Can someone please help me? Just yesterday, I noticed that my posts/photo uploads DO NOT appear at the common FB page where my friends can see them automatically. The same posts can ONLY be seen in my own wall (profile. Is this just some kind of a computer glitch of FB? I just checked my settings and all seems how I want them to be. Needless to say, I noticed my posts not appearing any longer in the public wall even without modifying my settings. I heard some accounts have been "cancelled" by FB for reasons known only perhaps to them. Hope you can help. Thank you.
Les
Comment by Lesle B. — May 10, 2010 @ 5:52 am
PS:
Just now, right after logging into FB, a page opens and tells me to "register my computer." What does this mean? Only when I type a name for my computer does this take me to the FB common wall. First time this ever happened to me. Please enlighten me on this. Thank you.
Les
Comment by Leslie B. — May 10, 2010 @ 6:03 am
Very helpful!! I had some of the above settings but not all. Now to print and give to my two TEENAGERS!!!!
)
Thanks!
Comment by Elaine Z. — May 10, 2010 @ 6:56 am
many my friends login their facebook from my PC and when I put the first letter of their mail then their mail id have seen there so how could i permanently remove their mail id from my PC's facebook login page ?
Comment by sandesh — May 11, 2010 @ 12:42 am
Can the other party receive a message that i have blcoked them in facebook?
Comment by Sharon — May 11, 2010 @ 6:19 am
Thanks for that brother
Comment by sean — May 11, 2010 @ 11:45 am
Wow, this was a great post. I was having some issues with articles being auto published on Facebook. Quite annoying. But with your instructions I fixed it. I actually removed an app that I think was doing it. Issue resolved! Thanks.
Comment by pheromones — May 13, 2010 @ 4:49 am
Some of this information is outdated…for example keeping your friends private on Facebook.
FB current information directly above the privacy settings window reads
"These settings only control the information people can see on your profile. This information, such as your Pages and list of friends, is still public, so it could appear elsewhere on the site and be accessed by applications you and your friends use."
Comment by Kryan — May 14, 2010 @ 11:22 am
Some of this information is outdated…for example keeping your friends private on Facebook.
FB current information directly above the privacy settings window reads
“These settings only control the information people can see on your profile. This information, such as your Pages and list of friends, is still public, so it could appear elsewhere on the site and be accessed by applications you and your friends use.”
Comment by Kryan — May 14, 2010 @ 3:22 pm
couldn't read through all the comments. too many. the biggest nuisance is how if i am a member of a group and post a comment, the comment gets broadcast to everyone on my friends list, even if they are not in the group. this means that if i take part in a group discussion, EVERY comment i make in the discussion, THE WHOLE THING, gets broadcast to everyone on my friends list. this is annoying to me and them. if someone is in a gardening group and compliments someone's melons, EVERYONE on their whole friends list needs to read that whole conversation? facebook must have some sort of deathwish as a business. they take almost every opportunity to piss off its members.
Comment by c — May 15, 2010 @ 11:28 am
Hi, though the look of the settings panes in this article is from and older version of FB. It really helped me address issues. I'm very sure privacy is not a term that can apply to what you share, so I use it to refer to whom I wish to share it with.
I log about FB-related things and Internet Marketing and linked your article as reference for my readers to come and get an idea of what they can do.
The blog post is here: http://wp.me/pRpGj-2u
I really found this article very useful and I strongly believe that it is high time online users educate themselves well when they use any websites… so that they can really feel empowered and in control. Fear is a result of ignorance. It's NOT bliss after all…
Comment by BeththeIMVA — May 16, 2010 @ 9:01 am
How do I get back friends I inadvertantly deleted?
Comment by wrnorman — May 16, 2010 @ 4:21 pm
@wrnorman You need to add them again!
Comment by Mahesh — May 19, 2010 @ 1:29 am
how can i seee my on profile it was block o i no have accessss to .
Comment by noel — May 19, 2010 @ 7:46 am
i don't like it when u post to someone else wall and it tells all of ur friends what u posted. SOmethings I post on another person wall is just for that person and their freinds….not mine
Comment by spoken1 — May 20, 2010 @ 4:56 am
You should update this regarding the NEW facebook rules that they put into effect recently.
Comment by Christle Robinson — May 20, 2010 @ 5:29 am
I don't wish to be looked up on google. I have followed the instructions to remove myself from the search, but am still on there..?? Can anyone tell me how to do this or give me a telephone number/email address so to contact google +have it removed please..??
Comment by Alana — May 20, 2010 @ 8:16 am
thanks for that man!!
Comment by Ben Sooraj M — May 24, 2010 @ 11:27 am
I want to share my photos with everyone but I don't want people to tagg themselves in my pictures. What can I do
Comment by S — May 25, 2010 @ 8:51 pm
i want to be able to stop my friends-friends seeing me as a friend on there profile.iv set all my privecy setting &also search i cant understand why others have the right to see me as there friend iv had problems with someone copying my profile pics and making profiles of me in other names and thinking removeing my sef from search whould slove this but still they manage to copy my profile pic throught my friends -friend list please if any1 has any suggestions i would be very greatful
Comment by Donna DonDiva Thomso — May 26, 2010 @ 5:18 pm
Is there a way to delete some of the photos that other people have tagged without my permission?
Comment by Elena — May 30, 2010 @ 8:11 pm
Has the Holy Grail been updated based on the recent changes to the privacy settings?
Comment by JT — May 31, 2010 @ 2:21 am
i want to know how to block my mom from seeing the comments my friends leave on my statueses. She already cant see my firends posts on my wall but she can see what they say on my statuses. Can you help please?
Comment by Ashley — May 31, 2010 @ 10:54 am
If you want to block your relationship ending being broadcast then don't freakin' set it to say you are in a relationship in the first place!
Do you think your boss cares if you have a girlfriend? Then he will care the same when he sees it pop up in his news feed.
You are lucky facebook even spent time giving you this option. Stupid paranoid privacy hawks.
/spit
Comment by Robbie Alexander — May 31, 2010 @ 9:04 pm
good points
Comment by nicole — June 1, 2010 @ 12:58 pm
Id like to know if theres a way to hide my post and status to one particular person? i mean that this person could see my friends posts on my wall but mine ????? please help me
Comment by karen — June 1, 2010 @ 10:42 pm
Hi,
Could someone help me? I have a problem at the friends list in Facebook there were written names and there were pictures….but now i only see the names…so what could I do?
please help me!
sarah
Comment by sarah — June 2, 2010 @ 7:43 am
seriously… the only person that can protect your privacy is YOU. handing over your most intimate details to some faceless international empire is just plain stupid. Hide your phone number, fer shame… why did you put it on there in the first place?
I suspect facebook's secret advantage here is that by working on a typically legal name basis, they trick stupid white bread into thinking they are filling out "legal documents" and as such provide as much information as they are asked for.
Even your best "long lost" friends will be happy with a few neutral happy snaps and knowing when your birthday is. And FB does this just fine. Otherwise try hitting "my account> privacy" once in a whole. Facebook is a business, not a governemnt entity, not a welfare group and certainly not a genuine community.
When I google my name, or email, or even search my name without being logged in or from a non-friended acc. on FB, I get "no picture" and my name. That's it.
How hard can it be to just hit "friends only" or "just me" and check it once in a while, while remembering not to put anything you would not want anyone to see on the FUCKING INTERNET?
Meanwhile, boogers… sorry, I mean BLOGGERS…continue to make money from simultaneously "exposing the horribly truth" and making a whole lot of noise about nothing whatsoever that you cannot fix yourself.
So someone can see a photo of you? Knows your gender? What's the problem? And if you have no idea what the problem ISN'T, then you should probably take an internet 101.
first rule of net club… you don't upload anything unless you want potentiall millions of people seeing it
second rule of net club – if they do, most of em won't care. they will seriously give less of a shit than God does about an ant dying. Why do you think you matter so much to anyone else?
third rule of net club – see rule one.
Comment by hahahahaha — June 6, 2010 @ 6:32 am
The friends list has been very helpful, but I know there must be a way to show only certain friends and hide others. For instance, I found an old friend on FB and it said she had four friends, but yet when another friend of mine, who was a facebook friend of this same person, when she clicked on their page, it said they had thirty-seven friends. How did she hide certain friends from me and the public, but showed other friends to her FB friends?
Comment by nicki — June 7, 2010 @ 6:33 am
Hi.
can you please help me. if someone blockes you on facebook, then unblock you. Are they still your friend?
also is there anything i can do, if i have someone i added in the past, who keeps changing there name on facebook and only ever makes there account active for a min or two and then deactivates it again, before i ever get to block or delete them. they then get to look around my account and see all i have done.
or is the only thing i can do, start a new account?
Please help me, if possible.
thanks
Comment by p Smith — June 7, 2010 @ 11:36 pm
Cheers for this Nick it will come in very useful. The one point that you didn't cover is the one that I find most irritating and wonder if you or anyone else has a solution to it.The major problem I find is the chat section of facebook, the minute you log on some instantly barrages you with hello , hi, ect. on other sites such as msn, you can log in invisably can this be done on facebook or is there another way to do this.
Tom
Comment by Tom — June 8, 2010 @ 2:41 am
When I comment on friends status or wall how do I hid that from the people i dont want to see it? Beside going to my profile and hiding everything?
Comment by Holly C — June 8, 2010 @ 9:12 pm
yes, my teacher got very freaked out when students dound her on facebook… stalkers
Comment by julia — June 12, 2010 @ 4:09 pm
So, how do I add “who is reading my profile”?
Thanks
Comment by Copirait — June 12, 2010 @ 4:52 pm
What I cant believe is Facebook removed the privacy setting that your wall posts show up in news feed.
EVERY wall post i make shows up in news feed.. this is ridiculous ..
Comment by mo — June 13, 2010 @ 1:22 pm
Thanks, this is important. Although privacy is everyone’s personal responsibility, when we join things like facebook we abdicate some of this responsibility – and some of the risk – to the provider. We exchange it for some functionality and the trust that the provider will look after our interests. The problem with facebook is that it isn’t holding up its end of the bargain. By not better helping people to understand the consequence of their daily decisions, they are putting their users at risk. It’s a disgrace that they don’t take more responsibility now that facebook is becoming near ubiquitous. In the meantime, we need guides like yours and I’d encourage everyonee to buy the full version.
Comment by latsot — June 14, 2010 @ 4:53 am
thousand response!!
Comment by :P — June 14, 2010 @ 1:22 pm
Thanx a lot, this really helped. Facebook does not report so in detail.
Comment by Bernhard — June 15, 2010 @ 10:44 am
How do I make it so that friends are allowed to make posts on my wall but are not able to see the other posts made by my other friends?
Comment by Raquel — June 16, 2010 @ 5:57 pm
what is "Things others share Photos and videos I'm tagged in"
I am so very confused with this…because i had customized all my photos/videos i share are only seen by 'friends only' in which this case i would want to.
But, how about my friends if they tag me in their share of photos, will my other friends (not common friend) see the photos i'm into? when i indicate 'friends of friends' at "Things others share Photos and videos I'm tagged in" even though my friends photo sharing is 'only friends'
thanks.
Comment by Red Fox — June 20, 2010 @ 9:43 pm
can you change the setting for news feed??That number 6 on the list?we can just disable only that? not for the whole thing we did?such our comment on other post? Easy to say, no about me can appear on our friend's news feed..It really make me feel annoyed..please change the damn setting..
Comment by annoying — June 21, 2010 @ 12:03 am
Last night, just for fun, I did a search of my name. I used Bing, not google. I found a site with extremely racist terms, who had taken comments from facebook, and printed the discussion. apparently, they had looked for non-racists to publish about. The name of the site is "Trolling N*****s and N***** LOvers on facebook." and they list a site called chimpout.com. which is also extremely racist. They printed a comment I made in a discussion about race, responding to a racist person. How and why did they get this discussion and how can I prevent being shown on a site such as this again? Or any site without my permission?
Comment by Clara Sharp — June 21, 2010 @ 11:37 am
Thanks for this advice, but most useful tip: Don't use facebook period. Or get rid of Newsfeed completely. Then all your problems will be solved. All the privacy options are way too complicated to make the usage of this site enjoyable anymore. Having to navigate through all of the intricate privacy settings for every single publishing is an unnecessary hassle. Besides, life is not meant to be lived over a computer screen. I have been facebook free for 2+ years and continue to have a healthy, secure, and satisfying social life. Everyone should do the same.
Comment by Anonymous — June 21, 2010 @ 12:45 pm
I would like everyone to know that I happened to give a gift to my kids on their Facebook accounts of pearls for the Happy Aquarium. I did not know that my credit card would be saved onto their accounts until one of my children decided to buy Facebook credits and found that my credit card was right there to purchase them without any question! I found out a week later (and $250.00 later). I have been emailing Facebook (the only way to get in touch with them) the past two weeks and they refuse to refund my money – as they state that it is not fraud and my last email from them stated that if I stop the payments at the bank my Facebook account will be limited for use! When I used my credit card I thought it should only be saved to my Facebook account as the credit card was under my name but that is not the case. This has become quite the nightmare.
I would like everyone to know that if they use their credit card to purchase anything for anyone else their credit card will be saved on the Facebook account weather the names match or not!
Jill Talakai
Comment by Jill Talakai — June 21, 2010 @ 3:22 pm
baidu
Comment by www.baidu.com — June 22, 2010 @ 3:45 am
thanks Nick! very informative.
Comment by technotch — June 22, 2010 @ 9:09 pm
help me get my friends image back on my facebook account. i mistakely write click on block image and the pick went off only the name can i see.
Comment by uche — June 23, 2010 @ 10:37 pm
I successfully blocked my account from a google search. But if you google me, you can still see some of my facebook activity. How do I stop this?
Comment by Rebekah Devino — June 24, 2010 @ 12:34 pm
hey, i have a question. there is one album that i put on "friends of friends" but they are not able to comment on those pictures, how do i change that?
thanks
Comment by Theresa — June 27, 2010 @ 3:36 am
How do I allow my friends to see pictures I have been tagged in from albums where the owner has privacy settings? I have seen certain friends tags but the album from which it came from was completely closed off to me…
Comment by Joss — June 27, 2010 @ 4:49 pm
yes, my teacher got very freaked out when students dound her on facebook… stalkers
Comment by girls — June 27, 2010 @ 11:39 pm
Question: there used to be a privacy setting where non friends could not see your profile pic or request you as a friend… is that still an option? if so how do I do that? I'd really like to have that option.
Comment by celia — June 29, 2010 @ 3:51 pm
A very well written article.Provides with a lot of useful tips to make your Facebook profile more secure.Facebook privacy settings have been renewed and have been criticized much as well but by following these tips,one can make his/her profile private and safe.Good job done..!!
Comment by Kate Gordon — June 30, 2010 @ 6:50 am
how do i set the privacy setting so that i can check wall postings from friends before they actually get viewed on my wall?
Comment by inko — June 30, 2010 @ 3:49 pm
I have a question. Does facebook respect the intersection of friend lists? For example if I have friend list “New York” and a friendlist “Tennis”, those are two different characterizations of friends, one based on location and one based on hobby. There may be tennis players out of new york and new yorkers who don’t play tennis.
Now if I’m going to make a post on my wall and say that the post should be visible only to the lists “New York” and “Tennis” then what I really want, is that that posting is visible to tennis players living in new york, i.e. the intersection of those two friend lists.
Is that so? Or, which would be bad, is the post visible to the union of those two friend lists?
Of course this principle should be applied to more than two friend lists, but I guess this is hardly ever neccessary.
Comment by richard — July 1, 2010 @ 1:51 am
Thanks iam trying to hide my friends from other people
Comment by Moha — July 1, 2010 @ 11:28 am
how can i block people to see who i added to my friends…
for Example: "Oren and John and 10 more are now Friends"
this is something i want to hide i think its no one's business who are my new friends
thanks Oren
Comment by Oren — July 4, 2010 @ 10:17 pm
How to show a photo where I tag one person, but the rest of the album isn’t visible to her friends?!
Thanks people
Comment by Djalo — July 5, 2010 @ 9:51 pm
Help…. How did my boss got a message of "friends you might know'? He was friend requested by a co worker and my name and picture pop out! I have my maiden name on facebook and no work information!
Comment by Diana — July 6, 2010 @ 7:41 am
None of this is new to me, but you managed to explain all of this a hell of a lot better than I ever could (and en masse), so I'm going to share it with my FB friends.
Comment by Jack — July 9, 2010 @ 9:26 am
actually
i wanna send a friend request to my old school friend
but in its profile option ADD AS A FRIEND is disabled…..
then what shoul i do….
and somebody
please tell me that how can we able to disabled that option….
please de reply
Comment by Sanjeev — July 9, 2010 @ 1:47 pm
how do i hide " add me as friend " on facebook..??? please HELP me !!
Comment by Dil Khan — July 12, 2010 @ 8:52 am
dear sir or madam
i am interested on making friends
in my profile lot of add friends use to come so i added all the friends from yesterday when i use to add friends it shows
Block! You are engaging in behavior that may be considered annoying or abusive by other users.
You have been blocked from adding friends because you repeatedly misused this feature. This block will last anywhere from a few hours to a few days. When you are allowed to reuse this feature, please proceed with caution. Further misuse may result in your account being permanently disabled. For further information, please visit our FAQ page.
how can i solve this problem i am very upset .
plz let me know
Comment by sanjay — July 14, 2010 @ 7:37 am
i am getting this message so how can i add friend in my face book. plz let me know i am very upset i use to add all the friends from yesterday this message came
Block! You are engaging in behavior that may be considered annoying or abusive by other users.
You have been blocked from adding friends because you repeatedly misused this feature. This block will last anywhere from a few hours to a few days. When you are allowed to reuse this feature, please proceed with caution. Further misuse may result in your account being permanently disabled. For further information, please visit our FAQ page.
Comment by Sanjay Shrestha — July 14, 2010 @ 7:42 am
Have you seen Casey Neistat’s latest clip? It’s a really cool one about Facebook privacy : http://www.vimeo.com/13342152. The Huffington Post just picked it up.
Comment by han — July 15, 2010 @ 1:02 pm
When Facebook first came out my work mate opened an account for me and since I did not use it I closed it.
Two months ago I decided I would like to have a account, and opened an account with my same email address.
I had several Art & Fashion related people from different parts of the world on it and of course a few close friends.
Recently someone I knew tried to find me with my email address and it opened my old account and now I can not get into my new account. This is very disturbing! Since I have no idea how to remedy this problem. I tried closing this account and getting back into my new account and all it does is to open my old account again. There are many people with my same name but only me with the same email address and I even wrote a letter to Facebook explaining my problem and as of yet haven't received a reply. There is no way that I can even check messages on my new account because I can view the page but since The two have the same email address I can not get into it. I do not know why facebook let me open another account with the same email address but they did.
I am hoping that someone gets in touch with me and we can remnedy this problem. Any Ideas? Thank You
Comment by George Headden — July 17, 2010 @ 2:34 pm
How can see that someone has search for me?
Comment by Nathalee — July 17, 2010 @ 6:28 pm
What I want to know is WHY do I get emails connected to people with Facebook accounts if I DON'T have an account myself? They go to my junk box, and I'm not about to be a fool and open them, but it's disturbing that these people are using my first name in the subject line. Who are these strangers who think I want to connect with them, and HOW IN THE WORLD ARE THEY ABLE TO SEND THEIR JUNK TO MY EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE FIRST PLACE?
Comment by whoRtheseones — July 18, 2010 @ 7:49 am
Thanks for the tips, it can be increasingly difficult to manage so many different options, contacts and privacy settings. This info really helps
Comment by Brian Blade — July 19, 2010 @ 12:49 pm
"The most regular one I’ve seen recently is when an attractive female ends their relationship and numerous guys hop on the opportunity to console her."
I don't understand FB using 'their' in place of 'his' or 'her' when it is so obvious. It really irritates me.
I cannot understand the author using 'their relationship' instead of 'her' (there is no mention of the man or couple prior to that). Perhaps FB is influencing English usage? I hope not!
Comment by Shankar — July 21, 2010 @ 8:43 pm
Thanks a million,for sharing valuable information with us!
And it is really worth to know
Comment by Kumar — July 21, 2010 @ 9:30 pm
how do you hide or remove "username+friends username just friends"? and how do you change the setting to view "username+friends" not "username"? please help me on this one! i've been struggling to do this.
Comment by Mai — July 22, 2010 @ 2:24 pm
I made it so that no one can see my tagged photos, but it still shows on my wall… How do I disable that ?
Comment by Kay — July 26, 2010 @ 7:49 pm
I can not delete my facebook profile link at the bottom of my profile page. When you click on the link all my photos and info are available for anyone to see. How do I get this off?
Comment by Ray & Ann-Marie — July 28, 2010 @ 8:46 am
when people search me they can send me a message but i wanna take that off how can i do that? any help?
Comment by bad — July 28, 2010 @ 2:19 pm
Very nice article. Thanks a lot.
Comment by Riche — July 28, 2010 @ 3:58 pm
very useful information. thanks.
Comment by Michael — July 30, 2010 @ 6:41 am
Thanks, very good acticle.
Comment by Halk.tl — July 30, 2010 @ 7:03 am
Can you tell us how to remove all of our indexed information from Google search? I don't mean anything you listed above. I mean if someone searches my name they will see a list of everything I've posted to a public page. I'm fine with someone who is a friend seeing what I post. And I'm fine with people who post to a particular fan page seeing what I post. I'm not fine with anyone on the Internet being able to pull up a list of everything I've posted. It's not the same at all. Particularly when you think of something like a potential employer. I don't mean anything embarrassing, but the full effect of seeing everything listed that way is different than seeing them in real time or in the context of a particular page. Try searching someone who has a maiden name for their full name and you will probably find only their information in the results. (e.g. There might be many Jane Does and many Jane Smiths, but not many or only one Jane Doe Smith.) Try that with the name of someone you know and suddenly you see everything they've done in a list. And we want to keep our maiden names so our old friends will know it's us!
Comment by Anonymous — August 4, 2010 @ 8:42 am
There seems to be a trend of misuse evolving in the e-world and I cannot speak for other males but it seems to be more so with females searching for men. I know this may sound sexist, but you rarely see male prostitution rampant on the streets like we seem to see a similar condition with women transcending in the e-world now. Our youth seem to playing it up more so than mature adults of both genders.
I believe it should be required that anyone new that you do not know who requests a friend add should have at least an attached message to introduce themselves and in that brief message as to how and why they found you. We live too often by mere assumption today.
I believe this should be a tradition of etiquette and respect as in the old custom of making a phone call- You identify yourself as the caller. Not just merely holding an anonamous photo up without any written language as if to say, here I am, open for business. Come and get me. It is creating an e-world intimidation that I think will be short lived as soon as anyone with a IQ of 60 discovers this street trend.
I have many [female friends] that I have never heard from- How do we know they are not just moderators in cognito for the e-authority?
I think in over five years of Myspace and Facebook now, I have probably sent maybe 2 or 3, maybe only 4 at the most requests for a friend add to a female. I always attached a message that I found them interesting for their art or science background. Not for a photo op image. Our world has become what I have termed as “Image is Anything Today [But Not Necessarily Everything]” as once quoted.
The word, “artless” comes to mind now.
Why do I receive hundreds of requests from females with no attached message even when I ask for one before accepting them? There is never a response even after adding them?
Many I have come to find are only trying to sell female services- This was a common problem in Myspace that eventually destroyed it. What does this say about our e-world and privacy or our lack of taste for the finer things in life?
Does this ever cause anyone any lack of confidence?
Comment by Mark Seibold — August 7, 2010 @ 12:32 pm
Found another security hole that I can't fix:
If my friends comment on my photos, friends of friends can view those comments – there appears to be no way to hide those comments.
Comment by Eina — August 8, 2010 @ 6:18 am
IF I choose to block a "friend"are they notified I have blocked them? and if so, anyway I can keep them from knowing that has occurred?
Comment by Terry — August 9, 2010 @ 6:44 pm
Hi, I found your article very interesting and def useful! I have a question : Can an admin of a group block their members from commenting / leaving notes on the wall?
Thanks ya!
Comment by Regina — August 11, 2010 @ 3:08 am
so i wanna no what will happen if someone hacked my fb an put pics of me an a friend "drinking" on there i got a call from tech an stuff but we only had empty beer bottles with water in our hands will i still get charged or in trouble because ive been gettin hacked everyday and now imma probably get in trouble
Comment by paige — August 11, 2010 @ 6:57 pm
Hi,Please i have a serious problem on facebook i cant post on friend walls and everytime it tells me Your Account Must be Verified before you can take this action etc ….. tryed everythings but still the damn message pops Need help fast pls
Comment by Xephas — August 14, 2010 @ 11:51 am
Muy interesante . Gracias
Comment by Manuel Marmolejo — August 14, 2010 @ 7:05 pm
Hi, i've created a group on facebook, but some intruders come and start add friends those who are members of this group. I just want to know how to prevent both members or people outside the groups from adding friends in my group. I just want to see the add friends button do not appear aside the members name.. Please i need your help..
Comment by Om Ruggoo — August 24, 2010 @ 5:18 am
thrs no way now to change news feed settings on fb!!
how do i prevent posts tat i make on my friends walls from appearing on the news feed?
Comment by Neha — August 26, 2010 @ 6:21 am
Hey, here's my problem. I have two people on my friends list that dont like each other too good. Is there a way that I can leave my wall OPEN for both to post on it, but neither to see what the other posts? I would like to keep both of my friends and this seems to be the only option I can think of. Please help asap. Thank you
Comment by tony — August 26, 2010 @ 6:58 am
Does any of this work if you are under 18?
Comment by Bryan — August 26, 2010 @ 8:19 am
nevermind
Comment by Bryan — August 26, 2010 @ 8:23 am
Ican open facebook any way the skin a PRIVACY SETTINGS PAGE………..
Comment by izza alina — August 27, 2010 @ 8:50 pm
Oops i accidentally burnt my nut-sack with a straightening iron….
Comment by George Lindestoff — August 29, 2010 @ 11:13 am
I want to be able to approve or deny anytime someone posts to my wall (like, deny stupid marketing posts) and PHOTOS. I believe that myspace has a feature that alerts you BEFORE someone is able to tag you in a photo and you can accept it or deny it.
thanks!
Comment by Jill — August 30, 2010 @ 11:43 am
I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer to. I don't mind most of my friends of a friends seeing some of my stuff. There is one guy who is a friend of many of my friends that I went to high school with. I have no interest in being his friend. He keeps trying to add me and I just ignore him. I don't necessarily want to block him. I tried to customize my settings so he can't see certain things. Can I only do that if they are already a friend? I went back into my settings today and his name wasn't there anymore.
Comment by elaine furtado — August 31, 2010 @ 9:04 am
I am looking for a way to start a (business) group without my friends knowing. I just don't want them to to make comments on the posts I want to submit on my group page. I think I have to open a second account or something…?
Comment by henk — September 1, 2010 @ 4:41 am
Maybe someone can help me with the following. It takes a little explanation, so indulge me here.
I write a comment or "like" a post on friend A's wall. As a result it posts on my wall that I did just that.
I write a comment or "like" a post on friend B's wall. It does NOT post on my wall that I did that.
What settings are involved here? I assume it is the difference in how friend "A" has his settings configured vs. how friend "B" has his settings configured.
If that is not right, please explain what's happening.
Whatever, how do I get the comments made on friend "B"s wall to behave like friend "A's".
(My motivation here is that I am helping friend "B" get "more exposure")
Comment by Kent — September 1, 2010 @ 5:58 am
hi i was wondering how can i not let only 1 friend right r see my wall the onther friends r welcom but theres 1 frind id lik to kinda bloxck my wall from if u can plz help thnkz
Comment by sara — September 4, 2010 @ 1:56 pm
how can i choose friends who can post on my wall..
Comment by jae — September 8, 2010 @ 12:28 am
how do i make my wall the first thing i and my friends see upon clicking on my profile. right now it's the info page that first shows.
thank you.
Comment by lei — September 8, 2010 @ 8:17 pm
Hey guys can some one help me with my ques – how to avoid friends of friends sending you friend req or limit it to people who know your email address
lemme noe thnx if any1 know answer to dis ques..
Pari
Comment by Pari Blaziken — September 9, 2010 @ 12:31 am
Can you guys just make sth like when someone tags a photo of you first you would be able to see it then decide whether you want this picture of you be ever tagged or shown to some friends etc.
Comment by Nino — September 9, 2010 @ 7:09 am
Hey Nick. Maybe you could help me with my question. When I make a comment on my friend's walll and then post it, my comment would also be posted on 'News Feed', where the rest of my friend's could see. (For example: Jane Doe > John Doe: HeyJohn! How's it going? Aww…I see you have a baby now. Lucky you! He's adorable…Congrats! )
How can I block that or get rid of it? I know FB used to have that settings, but ever since they changed te privacy settings, I don't see that option anymore. PLEASE HELP! Thanks,
Comment by Chel — September 9, 2010 @ 12:17 pm
Thanks SO MUCH mate!
I'm a Gen Y lad with a good education so I am pretty wary about privacy online. Although I knew of some of these settings I certainly didn't know all of them and am now about to further refine my Fb privacy settings.
I really think people ought to restrict their personal photos and personal information etc. to those they trust well – you can do this and still retain so many other people as "friends" on Fb (without enabling them to intrude too far into your personal life).
Too many people I know have such a vague idea about how exposed they are online (too all and sundry). We really should try to encouorage they take the time to learn about privacy issues and how to protect themselves from unwanted attention etc!
Comment by Chris — September 10, 2010 @ 9:54 am
i have a big problem..these days i saw that i am in one of my collegues pictures on facebook. i do not want to be there…i told my collegue to take the picture out because i do not want to be posted there..he does not want to take the picture out? what can i do?
Comment by bianca — September 10, 2010 @ 4:36 pm
Can anybody tell me?????
If you 'Like' a page on FB, does that automatically give the 'owner' of the page the same access as a 'Friend'. For example, I have locked my daughter's account down so tight, and because I didn't know the answer to this, had to remove about 500 pages where she had clicked on 'Like'.
My worry is that anybody can create a funny page, and kids start clicking on it. However, behind the fun exterior could be somebody with less than honorable intentions wanting access to FB pages of young adults.
Help !!
Comment by LLou — September 11, 2010 @ 6:22 am
this is great but you need to update this
Comment by Jack — September 13, 2010 @ 3:40 pm
I absolutley agree! I have a facebook myself but I still don't think you should be allowed to tag a person and let the person click "remove tag" I think you should be allowed to block being tagged from that photo the whole time it's on Facebook
Comment by Karen — September 14, 2010 @ 5:00 pm
can this post be updated to accommodate ANOTHER change in the make-up of Facebook's confusing settings? i don't even know what half of it means. HELP! tweet me the answer:
@golden_grahams
Comment by Tiera — September 15, 2010 @ 7:49 pm
Great information! Although, I don't see anywhere in the privacy settings that allows me to control who can write on my wall. You just gave a link to the privacy settings page, but didn't provide a picture or a link to click.
Comment by Bri — September 16, 2010 @ 10:32 am
Thank you so much for this articles! You helped me enormely!
Comment by Jasmine — September 19, 2010 @ 9:14 am
What do you do when your privacy has been infringed on Facebook? Without a Contact Us email, do the Report buttons really work?
Comment by Bretts — September 20, 2010 @ 12:17 pm
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Comment by faiz shafie — September 21, 2010 @ 11:01 am
I would like to know how do I hide my profile picture, even when my profile pictures album is only for friends, when someone who is not my friend looks at my profile, there is still my profile picture… I don't want that to be shown and I haven't found a way to remove it…Thank you
Comment by Moy — September 21, 2010 @ 2:18 pm
read it all, but am still in a quandary as to why i see the same 25 people on my news feed and about 100 others are never there? have they "hidden" MY news feed posts thus hiding THEM from me as well?
Comment by @TokenEskimo — September 21, 2010 @ 4:49 pm
Very nice & informative to secure people.
Comment by Tahira Kazmi — September 22, 2010 @ 3:22 am
wow!i am back to facebook because of this tips, i once deactivate my account for privacy purposes, thanks!
Comment by aliyangel — September 24, 2010 @ 2:16 am
is there a setting on facebook where you can change it so, nobody can post comments on ur facebook until you accept it first?
Comment by molly — September 24, 2010 @ 8:45 am
Does anyone know if there's a way to block someone who has hidden/deactivated their Facebook account? Their account is still active – but only to their family as far as I can tell.
Comment by Elmo — September 24, 2010 @ 11:52 am
good info about face book privacy. Thank for your effort. It will really help peoples. as face book is really popular these days.
Comment by Kathmandu — September 27, 2010 @ 6:24 am
I am in a bind and need to know if I can resolve it using FB privacy settings. I have three friends, lets call them x, y and z. I want to configure my settings as follows: x can see wall posts, comments, etc from my friends, except from y and z; y can see wall posts, comments, etc. from my friends, except from x and z; and z can see wall posts, comments, etc. from my friends except from x and y. Is this possible?
Comment by Troy — September 27, 2010 @ 8:59 pm
is it possible to change the privacy of an old status? haven't found that yet…
if i create a new friend list old posts might be visible to those friends because i didn't make it unvisible for that list… there's only the possibility to hide the wall completely from them. but that's not what i want…
Comment by kim — September 28, 2010 @ 3:38 am
I absolutely agree! I cant stand when people tag me in pics I would absolutely never post myself!
Comment by lorena — September 30, 2010 @ 12:30 am
Hey,
Great information thank you – but can you tell me whether it's possible to remove the automatic "I have become friends with xxx" notifications that appear on your wall when you accept a request". I know how to delete them afterwards but can you stop them from being posted in the first place?
Many thanks,
Comment by swimnut587 — September 30, 2010 @ 2:39 pm
I am trying to "Control Who Can Post to Your Wall" and found this section above. But When I follow the instructions to do so, nothing. I don't see the option to only allow a certain list of mine to only be able to post on my wall. All I see is a "allow" box to either check or uncheck. No option to choose a specific list to enable. Am I doing something wrong, or do I need to update something?…Please Help
Comment by Mike — October 14, 2010 @ 3:06 pm
PLS HELP.. if i quickly delete comments on the note that i have made, will the other persons that i have tagged be able to read the comment s on their email notifications?
Comment by george — October 17, 2010 @ 11:15 pm
How do you stop getting your friends Status updates to your phone that's what I wanna know…
Comment by Guest — October 20, 2010 @ 4:17 pm
NVM I figured it out lol dumb question!! Haha
Comment by Guest — October 20, 2010 @ 4:20 pm
facebook totally sucks …. I can't add anybody on fb now . it says U don't know the member personally
Comment by fuck U facebook — October 23, 2010 @ 3:18 pm
thanx for suggesting all this……very help full for facebook users
Comment by sowmya vipputuri — October 24, 2010 @ 8:52 pm
oh my i can relate to this article because i too have had some issues of privacy on facebook, but now i see what to do, because im very afraid of the photos my dad will see about me on facebook,because ha also has facebook and regularly askes one of his friends to check up on me and see if i am up to any mischieve and this freaks me out, knowing that he is able to see what i do when im not at home or when he is not around me. so thank you for posting this
Comment by claylene — October 25, 2010 @ 1:39 am
How do i stop people i do not have on facebook looking at my wall?
Comment by jenny — October 27, 2010 @ 9:05 pm
Great tips, will use them if i ever join FB. Haven't really decided about it yet
Comment by Chriz — October 30, 2010 @ 7:29 am
yeah Sheena it s nt gud to remove aftr thing has happen. "prevent is bettr then cure"
Comment by Busiso Chonco — November 1, 2010 @ 10:09 am
A Friend of mine sent photos form Her phone to Her FB page, but they didn't show up. Does anyone know where uploaded photos go if they don't go to their sent address?
Comment by Richard — November 1, 2010 @ 11:54 pm
question about the people you may know what if somebody keeps showing up under people you may know you don't click on there profile you have no one else in your friends list that know them…what's that mean are they trying to look at your profile?
Comment by slimdy — November 3, 2010 @ 1:16 pm
It is quite possible that I may be the last computer literate individual who has not even logged onto a facebook page. I feel that there is way too much information out there and while I personally have nothing to hide, the voyeuristic value of facebook does not intrigue me. Adding to that is the unending privacy/security issues makes the entire concept quote discerning. However change is inevitable and in order to keep up with trends one must be open, albeit cautiously, to this ever evolving technological society. This article provided me with invaluable information and allowed me to be brave enough "boldly go" where I have never gone before. Much gratitude for the fortitude you have provided.
Comment by Barbara — November 4, 2010 @ 7:29 pm
My privacy settings on FB don't have the option of not allowing people to see my friends list and this is what I want to do! Why is that? Or maybe I am looking in the wrong place? Please help…
Comment by Billia — November 5, 2010 @ 9:15 pm
We are "the facebook people'" without any privacy anymore….
Comment by Ruben Romao — November 7, 2010 @ 4:04 am
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Comment by Mahendra Vala — November 12, 2010 @ 7:59 am
Yeah !!! most useful post !!! thanks.Least can avoid misuse of it
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Comment by Samit — November 12, 2010 @ 4:55 pm
hi
i have like 5 friend list and i wish to make one of my friend list hidden to my family list. is there a way i can do this?How?
Note: i want my family list to see my other friends list except for one of them.
Comment by John — November 14, 2010 @ 4:29 am
Do you know a way to prevent your friends from seeing comments in your photos from other friends?, my privacy is extremely important for me, I don't want my friends to know my other friends and I have everything pretty well setup, one thing I haven't been able to do is preventing FriendX to see that FriendY liked my photo and commented on it, so now FriendX knows I have FriendY in my friends list
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Comment by Paranoid — November 18, 2010 @ 4:31 pm
How can one avoid it? Just about every Web site (legit) I want to post to makes me log on to facebook.
IMO making facebook a "mandatory" step of submitting posts should be illegal. I guess I am in the minority though.
Comment by XtanyaX — November 19, 2010 @ 1:13 am
How do I make the photos tab available to the "Limited profile" i have on my friends list? I want them to view only certain albums and though I have changed "Edit Album Privacy" to include Limited profile for those particular albums, the photos tab is still not available to the limited profile people. Also, I am unable to find the "Photos application" under "Application settings" so that I can select profile tab in "Edit photo settings" pop up box to change it to something other than "Only me" as is said in the Help Center.
Comment by R.R. — November 21, 2010 @ 4:23 pm
Here are some of my tips: If stalkers make a request to add you as friends, make sure to permanently delete the request. Many people make the mistake of click on the "not now" but forget to go to the "delete request". This can cause some info or activity you do to be visible to those stalkers who added a request, such as events that you attend, etc.
The other is about what you post on your friends wall. If the stalkers somehow find out who your friends are through your public profile, then that can cause issues. If you have friends who accept anyone as friends without knowing them personally, then there is a chance that stalkers who want to stalk you might make friends with your friends. And if the stalker has your close friend added to their friends and they accept, then all your posts on your friends wall can possibly be visible to the stalker. So just make sure not to post any personal info like where you want to meet your friend today or tomorrow on their wall. Cuz a stalker just might be watching. Rather text them on their phone. Hope that helps.
Comment by Annie Name — November 27, 2010 @ 4:00 am
why does Facebook allow sites like Mylife.com to pop up and show your public information in the very facebook search bar????? Could Mylife.com hooligans have bought it from them (fB)?
Comment by mmijide — December 5, 2010 @ 4:16 pm
How can I stop my FB friends from seeing my comments on my other FB friends post?
Comment by Xtina — December 6, 2010 @ 10:21 am
Did you know that even if someone has their FB real secure you can still see their photos. All you have to do is know who their friends are. If you know any of their friends you will go into their friends FB and on there wall you search what their friends are saying and if they comment on one of their photos all you have to do is click on the photo or the word PHOTO and Boom!! there you have it.. all of their photos open up even if they have you blocked. If you look at their photo and then go to the persons profile page and try to look at them it won't let you see anything, but if you just keep clicking the next button you'll see all the photos that way… Just thought everyone should know that it's not as secure as you might think, even if your setting are secure… Be aware…
Comment by Karen — December 7, 2010 @ 8:00 am
My ex husband has posted a link of my partners profile to his wall. It doesn't matter that he has him blocked, everyone one of my ex husbands fb friends can see his profile even though he has removed himself from the public listing and also has my ex blocked. How the hell can that be rectified???
Comment by Jelz — December 9, 2010 @ 7:06 am
How do we privatize links? For example, I want to share a political link on my wall with friends who have the same political point of view- but I don't want others to see this link. Is there a way to do this?
Comment by Marisol Perales — December 11, 2010 @ 8:28 pm
need help with my new fan page. I created a facebook fan page to my old friends from HS. I have about 30 people who like the page. I would like to allow everyone to see everyone…does anyone know how to do this?
Comment by Dan — December 12, 2010 @ 1:44 am
hey thanks dude, these tips are really helpful….
Comment by Jaani — December 13, 2010 @ 12:57 am
I am having trouble doing #10. When I go under customize settings, there is no tab labeled friends… Can anyone help?
Comment by Abby — December 14, 2010 @ 4:35 pm
is there a way to just show 4 wall posts to public and hide the rest?
Comment by ano — December 14, 2010 @ 9:47 pm
But you see Sheena, Mark is a smart person…He knows the reason about why he doesnt want it to be a block tag…So lets be patient…maybe Mark has something else, very creative in his mind…!!
Comment by Shinendra — December 17, 2010 @ 6:27 am
I took these suggestions on my head. I am going to facbook to ensure your ideas. Thanks for these great suggestions.
Comment by maya — December 17, 2010 @ 12:56 pm
If I'm in a relationship with someone on facebook and that person breaks up and removes relational link to me, is the person still visible in the relationship with me or link will be removed? Anyone know?
Comment by Eric Johnson — December 18, 2010 @ 2:55 pm
how do you do number 10 on the list.. i need to make sure that other friends can't see what one of my friends in posting to my wall..? replies please
Comment by rob — December 21, 2010 @ 5:44 am
this is useful and protecting my privacy thus helping me alot
Comment by michael — December 22, 2010 @ 12:52 am
is there a way i can block just one post from lets say my mom? like, i cdont want to block her from my facebook and i dont want to block her from every post i make, but can i just block her from one post only?
Comment by Rafi — December 23, 2010 @ 12:22 am
ths might work
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Comment by Loo — December 28, 2010 @ 6:36 pm
Laurel I still can't find how to follow #10 above. The links above are labelled 'profile privacy' but when you click on the link there is a page called "choose your privacy settings'. But when you scroll down on that page there is no section that reads 'friends' where you can control friend visibility. Instead you get a page where you can custom control things you share…
Comment by Loo — December 28, 2010 @ 6:40 pm
I am unable to like you on facebook as I get these messages, Sorry, you cannot add any more friends or fan more pages without removing some first.
Please help me how to remove it as I have only around 1,141 followers My facebook is http://facebook.com/momsfocus
Comment by rajee — December 30, 2010 @ 4:33 pm
really great post!!! thanks!
Comment by jazz — December 31, 2010 @ 7:04 am
agree agree agree agree!!!
Comment by mee — January 2, 2011 @ 10:24 am
thanx bro.
by mistake ive given my phone no. and i wanted to hide it by ur answer its all set thanks a lot
Comment by XurEx — January 2, 2011 @ 11:57 am
how can u keep others from seeing personal information of a friend? I don;t mind others seeing the posts to my account but dont want them to open up hers.
Comment by CJ Hathaway — January 3, 2011 @ 10:18 am
Start making a post.
Look at the bottom of the box for a little padlock. Click on custom privacy and put in a person's name to block them from seeing this post. Do not check "Make this my default setting" unless you always want these people to be blocked from seeing what you are posting. Make the post. Bam, blocked to some, not to others.
…I'm amazed that people still don't know this stuff.
Also, it's just easier if you block her from everything. Or refuse to friend her. Much like friending anyone work related — just don't do it, and shit won't happen.
Comment by Mad H — January 6, 2011 @ 10:00 am
Quick question: I've been using a Friend's List called "No idea" when I accept a friend but I'm not quite sure who they are. As a professional speaker I get a lot of people who sit through keynotes who want to connect–and I want to oblige–but I also don't want to expose all my pictures, wall posts, etc. So I basically restrict just about everything from the group "No idea". Here's my question: When I add someone to the "No idea" group, do they get notified that they've been added to that list? I ask because I've seen a couple notifications that I've been added to other people's friends list. Thanks!
Comment by kaufmancrew — January 8, 2011 @ 10:00 am
OK let's forget about privacy, i wanna now why Facebook is loading a little bit slow these days .. i have a very fast connection and despite of this i have noticed that my facebook page doesn't load as usual .. all other websites are loading 100 % well … some of my friends told me that it's about the size and number of javascript files that facebook engenieers are using, other ones told me that it's about the big number of applications that exist on facebook … I REALLY WANNA KNOW WHY AND IF THERE IS A SOLUTION FOR THIS. .. till when will this remain ?
thanks
Dr. Jason . Conor
Comment by jason conor — January 11, 2011 @ 11:46 am
how do i set privacy settings where my friends cannot see my friend list???? dunno if it makes sense but i mean like if one of my frend visits my facebook profile i dont want that one frend to see who i am frends with! lolz
Comment by Abstruse Acerbic — January 11, 2011 @ 2:08 pm
Hi, I have a problem with FB and I hope someone here could help me. I've tried googling it but unfortunately all pages say that it can't be done. A parent of one of my students just added me, and I didn't want to make things unconfortable by declining; I do however want to prevent her from sending me messages. She might be the type to do it and I just want to avoid that scenario… Thanks!
Comment by Sarah — January 11, 2011 @ 4:09 pm
Some really useful tips here. It's just a shame the writers of this article don't have control of the site.
I'm sure I am not the only person who is thoroughly annoyed with being added to groups without my consent and then bombarded with email notifications from the group before I have even had a chance to see what the hell the group is and decide whether it's relevant to me in any way.
Comment by Gary Hill — January 12, 2011 @ 2:40 pm
I wish there was a way to delete a photo where you appear that another person posted.
Comment by sara — January 12, 2011 @ 10:42 pm
great.thanks.I wanted this information…
Comment by Nick — January 18, 2011 @ 12:26 pm
the new facebook won`t let me unblock my profile pictures
does anyone know how to do this
Comment by jen — January 18, 2011 @ 6:18 pm
when your viewing a public profile does that person know your viewing it?
Comment by Lynette — January 18, 2011 @ 8:36 pm
it's so important for us i hope so much for any user>
Comment by Muhamed embewa — January 22, 2011 @ 9:54 am
here here.
Comment by blank — January 24, 2011 @ 8:22 pm
i think it's less about you and more about others. you can protect yourself and live a "quiet" online life with your close friends and even extended friends. but you can't control the lives they lead with their close friends, which may or may not include you. it's like a web, and it has spread across the entire planet. kind of scary.
Comment by blank — January 24, 2011 @ 8:24 pm
is there a way to make your main profile picture invisible to those who arent on your friends list?
i have two profiles and when i search for myself i still see my main pic (all other pics are invisible but the main)…. i will stop back tomorrow to check replies on this post..
Comment by chris — January 26, 2011 @ 1:28 am
Very nice. Thanks a lot for privacy secrets.
Comment by Bingo — January 26, 2011 @ 9:54 am
Really great helping tips for me.
I just added this security to my account.
Comment by pucit — January 29, 2011 @ 1:42 am
Thanks for such best information for face book users.
Comment by Wajid — January 30, 2011 @ 9:03 am
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Comment by mark oc — January 30, 2011 @ 7:20 pm
quick question….
when i'm logged in, and click 'friends' it comes up with all the ways i can add new people (email.skype.etc)
is there a way to bypass this so that when 'friends' is clicked ALL that will show up is the recently updated page?
Thanks!
Facebook.com/sbustell
Comment by stephen — February 1, 2011 @ 7:41 pm
1. Go to Privacy Settings.
2. Under "Connecting on Facebook", click on "View Settings".
3. In "See your friend list", you can specify the people that you don't want to see your friend list.
Comment by li_raymond07 — February 4, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
"Control Who Can Post to Your Wall
In addition to controlling who can view wall postings published by your friends, you also want to control which friends can post on your wall."
I think this is no longer possible… anybody know for sure?
Comment by bawlmer — February 4, 2011 @ 4:05 pm
Where is this? I can not find it and desperately want to use it!
Comment by dee — February 5, 2011 @ 1:58 pm
I have a ? sometimes when i want to comment on an item, a sign comes up and says I must put my mobile phone or credit card to be able to post comment? WHY? I can't find the answer anywhere. PLEASE HELP!
Comment by Jill Shope — February 6, 2011 @ 3:20 pm
i accidently blocked the pictures of nonfriends ont he page where u search for them, how do i undo this?
Comment by Nina B — February 7, 2011 @ 1:23 am
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Comment by brody — February 7, 2011 @ 1:04 pm
Can FB user send their latest posting to someones cell-phone?
Comment by monika — February 8, 2011 @ 1:24 pm
Hi, number 9 isn't available any more is it? As I cannot find these settings?
Comment by Sarah — February 8, 2011 @ 4:58 pm
yes should be looked over! I did a post about this in january. Definately hide your friends list! http://deladream.com/how-to-use-social-media-to-y...
Comment by lylnas — February 9, 2011 @ 3:07 am
how do I remove my profile so I can only see it on Facebook?
Comment by Mia — February 9, 2011 @ 6:12 pm
I don't want posts from friends or pages that just say they have a new friend. How can I hide those?
Comment by Martha — February 9, 2011 @ 8:16 pm
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Comment by KUDOTO DESMOND DODZI — February 10, 2011 @ 4:25 pm
There's a really good guide to how to make your Facebook profile secure here: http://blog.gingechilla.com/2011/02/facebook-priv...
Comment by gingechilla — February 12, 2011 @ 12:45 pm
very interesting…
Comment by LOUIS — February 15, 2011 @ 4:09 pm
hi
im a facebook user, i cannot save my personal basic information cz on my account their is a save changes button but its a disabled.
Please help me on this situation
thanks!
Comment by Kausar — February 17, 2011 @ 1:08 am
hi my facebook chatting option is not working properly
any one can help me???
Comment by neha — February 17, 2011 @ 8:21 am
Nope, completely useless for my problem. I have my privacy settings correct for those who can see Comments that I make on other people's walls. For some reason, my motgher can see absolutely everything i write anywhere on Facebook. Now she is harassing me about my poor taste and foul language. I may not go home for Christmas. It's really ruining our relationship.
I assume therre is a privacy setting that is not working???? Hmmm?
Comment by RedRepub — February 18, 2011 @ 11:48 am
Only tips to sell their product …So selfish
Comment by Gbz — February 21, 2011 @ 3:55 am
i would like face book to add something that posts by my friends on my wall and posts by me on their wall is not shared by their friends
Comment by ann — February 21, 2011 @ 4:06 am
I un-checked the search engine box because I don't want to be found on Google, but it doesn't work! Will someone help?
Comment by Gina Smith — February 23, 2011 @ 8:14 am
is there a way of blocking a friend or group/friend's list from seeing application post such as farmville …….
if so can you direct me to the how to or post it please
Comment by reb — February 23, 2011 @ 11:13 am
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Comment by fausto — February 27, 2011 @ 8:06 pm
Me neighter… It's just great NOT having a Facebook account.
Comment by Zig — February 28, 2011 @ 4:20 am
I read your post . It made me change my settings for Face Book . Now I can no longer long into Face Book . I need help in restoring my Face Book account . ASAP
Comment by Jeffrey Anderson — March 1, 2011 @ 1:33 am
you can see that I am in a deli ma . I need some one's help . Plese reply to my messages .
Comment by Jeffrey Anderson — March 1, 2011 @ 1:35 am
I wish I could add you . You seee , I have changed my FB settings and now , all is lost . I can not even sign in . I had five accounts , They all are closed to me now . Could you please help me out ? Jeff
Comment by Jeffrey Anderson — March 1, 2011 @ 1:42 am
How do I get your reply
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how do i get rid of the shadow boxs on my profile page. they are listed as best friends-coworkers and classmates.i have my own friends listed and don't need this going on.
Comment by debi — March 3, 2011 @ 11:59 am
I'm having trouble viewing videos due to privacy settings. I don't know which one they're talking about.
Comment by Nicole — March 3, 2011 @ 4:54 pm
Why are you on here reading this info about facebook if you don't It? Hmmmmm thats weird
Comment by eric — March 3, 2011 @ 11:09 pm
How do I prevent someone from tagging my photos with a friend of theirs who is not a friend of mine in facebook?
Comment by kenshin himura — March 4, 2011 @ 2:55 am
To post or not to post …hmmmm , that's the question
Comment by Nameless — March 4, 2011 @ 10:17 pm
All is well
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Comment by Christopher John — March 8, 2011 @ 8:32 pm
Is there a way to make your status updates, links, notes, etc private to a certain list WITHOUT hiding your wall? I know how to hide my posts from a list, but this essentially shuts down the wall, so that this particular list can't even see it. They only see the "info", and "photos" tab. I'd like to be able to hide my status updates from LISTX, but I want LISTX to be able to see my wall and be able to post on it. Is this possible?
Comment by Chris — March 9, 2011 @ 4:44 pm
ok
Comment by tanu — March 10, 2011 @ 3:25 am
Thanks for making people aware of the privacy concerns of Facebook.
Sites like openbook.org, youropenbook.org, lamebook, and secureyourfacebook.com are getting people who are oblivious to Facebook security flaws.
Hopefully people get smart!
Comment by Theguest — March 10, 2011 @ 11:24 pm
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Comment by AdrienMackenze — March 12, 2011 @ 5:01 pm
I still haven't found the answer to my question ANYWHERE!!!!
I set everything I could to "hide from these people" so that a few family members who like to gossip wouldn't be all up in my biz… Problem is they can still view everything…EVERYTHING.. my status and comments I make on MY friends (not mutual friends) status etc…
How can I stop this from happening??? I thought hide from these eople meant HIDE FROM THESE PEOPLE!!!!!!
Comment by Tamara — March 18, 2011 @ 7:52 pm
Hi, I have a question about a Facebook group page. I noticed that a page friends and I have joined and some have left, has Photos of Group Members. Are these pictures that facebook has automatically put in there or possibly the page originater?
All of the pictures are of my friends or friends of friends some are not the most flattering or of children that should not be posted. All of my settings are very private so luckily none of my pictures show. If you could help me that would be great. Thank you
Comment by merri — March 19, 2011 @ 7:42 pm
I their anyway that you can see who gets a status update to their phone for you?
Comment by courtrtt — March 20, 2011 @ 5:07 pm
Is there a way I can post things to my wall where everyone doesnt see iit when I post it unless they go to my wall?
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Comment by confidence in kids — September 5, 2011 @ 8:14 am
When the "public" views my profile, I want to remove the "wall" and "photo" icons (under my profile pic). Although the "public" can not access my wall or photos, I just want the "info" tab to appear. How can I do this? Other people have done this but I can't figure out how. Any suggestions?
Comment by Karen Godfrey — September 5, 2011 @ 11:43 am
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Comment by Roy Miller — September 8, 2011 @ 7:56 am
I have a few artist pages on facebook & one of them showed up today on my personal profile page (below "friends"). I really don't want to promote it to my friends. For the most part I try to keep my "actor" pages separate from my personal profile page. That's why I was bummed when it showed up.
Liking may have something to do with it, because my other two pages (which I've never "liked") didn't show up. Unfortunately unliking didn't take it off, so I was forced to make my most popular page "only visible to administrators" for now.
Has anyone else experienced this? How can I keep my "pages" from appearing below "friends" in the lower left column of my personal profile?
Thanks in advance for any insight you may be able to offer.
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Comment by Terry — September 10, 2011 @ 11:11 pm
My friends can see the posts of my other friends which i like on their status update but I can't see the posts which my friends like. Please help if it is possible that i can see the posts which my friends like as soon as i see my status updates.
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Comment by Missy — September 18, 2011 @ 9:00 am
I do not recall using the facebook friends' list feature with a lot of organization. I think that when people have a lot friends, trying to separate intimate friends to others might be something beneficial. Thanks for our tips.
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Comment by pakyoungers — September 21, 2011 @ 12:29 pm
This seems to be clear to those who have commented above but there are still parts of which I can make no sense. Fb has been incredibly useful before they started to mess with it, but now all this is too much damn trouble. They seem intent to drive away anyone over twenty, and/or those not au fait with all this stuff, and/or those who do not have the time to do all this that should be automatic. I wish fb assumed one wanted privacy and one had to opt in to showing everything to the world. If I set everything to friends only, I expect it to be visible to friends only – simples.
Lists, on the other hand, not simple and way too time consuming.
How does one deals with fb resetting to its own defaults after the user has changed them?
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Comment by Mehran — September 27, 2011 @ 9:49 am
Here is one for you…how do set FB privacy different for Pages than compared to your personal profile. Is it all all or none situation since I represent both?
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Comment by Yam — October 16, 2011 @ 3:35 am
My privacy settings are set to my friends only for status updates and photos. But if I tag someone in a photo, then THEIR settings — not mine — apply, thereby potentially making pictures public? Is there any way to eliminate this issue? So that my photos, even if tagged, do not show up in others' feeds and are not viewable by people who do not have a first-degree connection to me?
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I blogged about this, because one of our Australian newspapers (Murdochs news.com.au) grabbed provocative Facebook status updates and published them as "news".
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Since Facebook again REVISED the site which ruined the very clear outline of the settings/privacy section.
Now you cannot find many of the privacy settings that we used to be able to find very clearly/easily. Instead it is one page with LIMITED options and other options hiding in other sections of the editing profile sections! Why the hell is it no ALL IN ONE PLACE as it used to be! Anything pertaining to privacy options in the privacy section which includes wall posts. photos, profile access, ectectect all in one place now O no longer have the option to prevent a friend from posting on my wall, I can stop them from seeing my friends posts but cannot prevent them from seeing my wall at all like I used to be able to and I can no longer prevent someone from seeing my photos, I made friend groups and made certain settings for each now that whole section of making lists has been removed and their own lists added but no where does it state "WHAT" each list the privacy setting is set to!
WHY is facebook making changes to OUR facebook settings and making it more difficult to clearly manage privacy issues there are so many less options for privacy settings not to mention no longer easy to access or know where to access each set of privacy settings/profile setting which they decided to hide through out the damn site rather than like it used to be! Who wakes up in the morning and says hey lets mess up facebook and make the lay out look uneducated and messy, useless to navigate hey it is too organized and clearly marked lets mess it up!
Comment by Trish — November 1, 2011 @ 12:57 am
I created a FB group a year ago to organise my old fraternity alumni (our house got booted off campus 13yrs ago) turns out there was also a FB group made of mostly younger bro's 80's vs 70's, last week when I logged on I could'nt see my group just the other one.. which i'm a memeber of also and the only way to display is was to bring up the visible one and then hit MORE, and ask to "show older" I'm not the only admin. and there is no option to upgrade to a new group displayed. and the group is scheduled to be archived. Any insight?. thanks Steve
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how can i disable a non friend see my profile…because i think i ve done all of the above although non friends can see my wall posts an pictures and everything..i really dont want that.. thank you in advance
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I have happily used Facebook for years, 1150 friends, all one big party. until……..the skeevy old boyfriend found me, and started stalking. I friended him, not knowing much about him, and thinking better to keep an eye on him than risk antagonizing him by ignoring him. I don;t want him to see my list of friends. i don't want him to see what articles I'm reading
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Comment by obidos — December 5, 2011 @ 7:14 am
I do have a question. I just received a message from a random guy who complimented my looks and then asked for permission to save my photo (the only one viewable is the main user photo). He is not on my friend's list, but is there any way from preventing him from saving my photo, besides changing my main photo to something other than my face (like a picture of a tree, or my dog, or whatever)? I know people often crop pictures of attractive people and use them for porn sites. Or God knows what else. That's creepy.
I have most of the settings mentioned above already and more, and random people still find my page and message me. I'm sure most of it is through pages I comment on, but still annoying.m
Comment by Tash — December 6, 2011 @ 12:04 pm
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Wow! I've been using facebook but it's just now that I knew that there are lots of stuff to protect my privacy. specially removing myself from the search results. Well. facebook is overwhelming, so I like my profile to be in public status. So far, nothing alarming, but thank you for these great informations, for sure I'll be using this if problems with my profile arises(hopefully nothing). I'll be following your posts.
Comment by Richard — January 4, 2012 @ 2:19 am
can you please advise how to protect profile picture from being copied or view ? it should only be seen by friends.. please advise ,, thank you in advance !
Comment by Dipak — January 4, 2012 @ 7:54 am
Question- with the friends' visibility list on the profile, I know it's possible to customize the settings so certain people can view your list of friends, but can these certain individuals see that I set these specific privacy settings? In other words, if I let Joe, Tom, and Harry see my list of friends (but the list is not visible for any other friends), will Joe be able to see that he, Tom, and Harry are the only individuals that can see my friends?
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