Safety on Facebook [Guide for Beginners] Part 2

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facebook_privacy settings_via groovypinkblog Facebook privacy has been changed over the last year. The access to privacy settings is more user-friendly and finally is not that complicated. In my previous post: “Safety on Facebook [Guide for Beginners]Part 1” I shared information regarding passwords, privacy settings shortcuts, activity log and who can search for you on Facebook.

Timeline privacy

    update status – when you update your Facebook status you have the option to set privacy settings for individual post (update status) even if your general privacy settings on your Timeline are set to “Public” or “Friends” you can still change those settings just for the individual post. All you need to do is to select who can see your update: “public/friends/only me/custom”.
    facebook_status update privacy

    Private message

    In case you want to send a “private message” to one or more friends on Facebook go to “messages”
    facebook_private message
    and click on “+new message” then add name or names of your Facebook friends who are going to receive your private message.
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    Facebook Graph Search

    Facebook Graph Search search any “public” information published by Facebook users, whether it’s Facebook Page you “liked” or your status update (as long as you published it as public). If you want to make sure that all the content you shared on Facebook is secured then simply go to “activity log”.
    Here you can watch a short good explanation on the misleading status message floating around Facebook about Graph Search:


    Additional useful information regarding Facebook settings:


    Friendly reminder: make sure to take time to check the different Facebook privacy and account settings that are available. Don’t forget about strong and unique password. Do not share sensitive content (home address, etc.) unless you really want to.
    Have fun!

klaudia

social media helper for Older Adults and Non-Techies | blogger at groovypinkblog.com | guest speaker | coach | helping Baby Boomers and Older Adults to understand social media, stay safe online and discover iPhone/iPad world

4 Comments:

  1. Gatorsfl2
    03/30/2013 at 10:15 am

    Hello! I want to learn how to UNGOOGLE MYSELF with Facebook. Everything I have tried on the internet is not working !!

    • KlaudiaJurewicz
      03/30/2013 at 11:54 am

      Gatorsfl2 Thank you for your question. When you type your name on Google search – you will find that your Facebook profile is among the results. To hide your Facebook profile from that list of results try the following steps: go to your Facebook profile/click on “gear icon” in upper right corner/select “privacy settings”/on the menu “Who can look me up” find “Do you want other search engines to link to your timeline?” and click “edit”/make sure to uncheck the box next to “let other search engines link to your timeline”. That should help.

      • Gatorsfl2
        04/01/2013 at 12:45 pm

        KlaudiaJurewicz Gatorsfl2 hi Klaudia!
        I do have these settings correct as you described below
        Thank you
        I took some screen shots that will be easier to send to your email
        No hurry – got a photocam ticket and upset! Susan

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