If you were an early facebook person, then you in all likelihood take into account those carefree days wherein people would have interesting conversations and share matters freely.and then your pal's listing grew from 10 human beings to a hundred, and for some of us at least, it's simply saved on growing, and the only things that humans experience at ease sharing today are severe sounding articles, and snap shots of toddlers, pictures of meals, and photos of cats.
Oh and a plethora of wince inducing articles with awful headlines, and a few different "functions" of that ilk, together with Bitstrips.
almost all of that may be blamed on one issue - too many pals. Admit it - whilst your aunt in Itanagar and your pal from first yr college are each seeing the equal content material, the percentages are which you're posting some thing innocuous and anodyne. And that does not even don't forget the large range of individuals who use fb solely to stalk "pals", creepily sifting via your existence.
the best thing approximately fb is that there may be a pretty sturdy set of tools to be had to maintain things below manipulate. The bad issue is that they hold converting the manner matters are controlled and it is almost impossible to preserve on pinnacle of things. right here's how it works for now though.
The guidelines we are describing work nearly precisely the identical whether you are on a tablet or a pc, however we would propose sitting down with a laptop for a bit even as for this, due to the fact it is without a doubt loads faster that manner.
1. Lists
the primary aspect you need to do is create lists in your friends. visit your friends listing, and while you see the listing of names, click on on the friends button next to each call to your laptop (or faucet on it in case you're on a cell device, manifestly) and inside the menu that pops up, mark them as friends or upload to another listing..., wherein you could create new lists.
This is the first and most essential step, but the more friends you have, the harder this becomes. Do make a "real life" list for the 10 people who are really your close friends, and whom you can have fun with on Facebook. Do not add them as Close friends because that's Facebook's secret stalker mode, where you'll see every minute activity they ever perform on the social network.
Once you've managed to mark all seven million people and relaxed a little (you'll need it) then you can move on to step two.
2. Controlling access
Go to Facebook's Privacy Settings page (that's the one with the lock icon, or just click here). Who can see my stuff? is a biggie, and we recommend setting that to a Custom list.
Go to Facebook's Privacy Settings page (that's the one with the lock icon, or just click here). Who can see my stuff? is a biggie, and we recommend setting that to a Custom list.
Each time you make a fresh post on the computer, you can change the privacy settings, but this also changes the default. Be careful and watch for the little gear icon when you post.
3. Clean up your history
In the old days, you probably put up a lot of party pics, and wrote things you're not proud of anymore, right? Well, that's going to haunt you when it's time to apply for a new job, because employers are checking your social profile these days. So click on Use Activity Log to check the things you're tagged in, and Limit Past Posts to let only people in your "real life" friends list see old posts. See? Told you that would come in handy.
In the old days, you probably put up a lot of party pics, and wrote things you're not proud of anymore, right? Well, that's going to haunt you when it's time to apply for a new job, because employers are checking your social profile these days. So click on Use Activity Log to check the things you're tagged in, and Limit Past Posts to let only people in your "real life" friends list see old posts. See? Told you that would come in handy.
4. Contacts, privacy and security
Most of us want to be easy to find on Facebook - but if you're concerned about your safety, then you might not want people to be able to search for you on the social network simply if they've gotten your number from somewhere. You can change the settings for Who can send your friend requests, or Who can look you up using the email address you provided etc. from the same Privacy Center, if you want.
Most of us want to be easy to find on Facebook - but if you're concerned about your safety, then you might not want people to be able to search for you on the social network simply if they've gotten your number from somewhere. You can change the settings for Who can send your friend requests, or Who can look you up using the email address you provided etc. from the same Privacy Center, if you want.
5. Getting off Google
The last option in the settings is Do you want other search engines to link to your timeline?. And the only sensible setting is No. The reasons should be obvious, but to reiterate - if you've shared a post in the past that you haven't locked down because of some oversight, do you want to risk having it turn up in a Google search by a future employer?
The last option in the settings is Do you want other search engines to link to your timeline?. And the only sensible setting is No. The reasons should be obvious, but to reiterate - if you've shared a post in the past that you haven't locked down because of some oversight, do you want to risk having it turn up in a Google search by a future employer?
That should get you started, but there's a lot to explore, so take the time out to go through all those settings carefully. Before we go here are the five bonus tips we promised:
1. One foolproof method is to set the default sharing behaviour to Only Me. Make the posts from whichever device you're using whenever you want to, but keep them private until you can manage the privacy levels properly. Also great if you want to prevent people from 'accidentally' seeing something you posted in a hurry.
2. Use the Custom sharing setting - make use of lists, and even if you have to essentially replicate the basic settings, use custom because the icon is very visibly different from the ones used for all Friends, and Friends except Acquaintances. It's a quick way to ensure that your default really isn't a public broadcast.
3. Many apps let you post to different privacy settings without affecting the defaults on Facebook. This is really great if most of the public content you share comes via apps - for this reporter, for example, food photos go through Instagram, where the default behaviour is set to friends; links to news stories go via Flipboard, while funny cat videos come via BaconReader (a Reddit client) - all of which are set to share to all Friends. The Facebook settings on the other hand, are custom.
4. Double check everything by going to your timeline, and clicking on the gear icon next to Activity Log. Click on View As... and make sure you try the names of the weird friend who is stalking you, your annoying relatives, or just that guy down the street whom you never invite to parties, who still "likes" all the pictures that show up!
5. Get Disconnect. This extension for Chrome/Firefox add-on is a really cool tool that keeps Facebook, Google, Twitter and other sites from being able to track you. So you can like something on Facebook, without having the product or brand follow you around the Internet. It's creepy, it's annoying, and it's often useless, so Disconnect is great to have installed.
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