Below is a listing of our top 10 tips for the popular social networking website Facebook.
Hide users, games, polls, etc.It quickly gets annoying seeing some users posts, game invites, polls, etc.
Hovering your mouse to the right of the post and clicking the Hide button as shown below can hide any post. After pressing the button you'll have the option to hide that user or in the case of a Facebook application the option to hide that application from ever showing up on your profile.
Tounhidesomeone orunblockan application click theEdit Optionslink in the bottom right corner of the news feed as shown below.
Greasemonkey and FB PurityAlthough Facebook does not give you the option to hide friends, friend requests, or various notifications, these can be hidden using browser add-ons. If you're running Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Opera, or Safari we suggestinstalling theFacebook Purity add-on.Update your privacy settingsClickAccountin the top right corner of the Facebook window and then clickPrivacy settingsto adjust who is capable of seeing what on your Facebook profile. We highly recommend going through all the privacy settings to verify your privacy is properly protected.Anything that is not set to friends only or friends of friends can be seen by anyone searching on the Internet. Below is a few things we recommend for most users.
1.UnderSearchin Privacy settings uncheckPublic Search Results. Adjusting the settings prevents users from finding your account and profile picture in search results such as Google2.UnderApplication settings, make sure you're only allowing applications you want to have accessto your information. Applications that you grant rights to can have access to your Facebook profile information.If you're curious to seehow a program or webpage connect to the Facebook API can see your profile seeTip135.Use the Facebook top bar for navigationKnowing how to properly navigate is vital if you wantto get the most out of Facebook. Below is a brief description of each of the available options in the topbar as shown above.Home (facebook logo)- Clicking this logo takes you to your wall (News Feed) that shows all friends recent posts.Friend requests- If any friend requests are waiting to be approved this icon shows a notification of how many friends are waiting for approval. This icon can also be clicked when you want to view any friend recommendations orsearch for friends on Facebook.Messages- This section allows you to send and receive private messages between one or more of your friends.Notifications- Any time a friend or Facebook application creates a new post you'll be notified in this section. Clicking this icon shows all recent notifications. To change notifications including any Facebook applications or games click the See All Notifications link at the bottom and check or uncheck what you want to be notified on.Search- Finally, the searchbox in Facebook can be a powerful tool that can be used to quickly find any current friends or people on Facebook. Also, searching for terms such as a company name, product, sports team, music band, etc. will find fan pages and groups that can be joined.Modify your account notificationsKeep your e-mail and your cell phone clean by updating or eliminate Facebook notifications or keep more up-to-date by adding new notifications. Facebook notifications canbe added and removed by clickingAccountlink in thetop right corner, thenAccount Settings, and thenclicking theNotificationstab.Top News and Most RecentBy default Facebook displays your wall postings in the News format, which means it only displays posts it believes are most relevant to you. These results are based on your past interaction with your friends. If you want to see every post made by all yourfriends that are not hidden click theMost recentlink inthe upper right section of your news feed as shown in the above picture example.If you want to adjust who shows up manually click theEdit Optionsin the bottom right corner of yournews feed.View High School workfriendsIf you've added your High School or previous Work locations to your profile, quickly see all classmates and co-workers on Facebook by clicking the link in yourInfotab under your profile.Quickly change profile pictureYour profile picture can be changed by visiting your profile, hovering the mouseover your current profile picture, and clicking theChange Picturelink in the top right corner.Don't post private information on friend'swalls on in commentsWhen you make a post on afriend's wall or in any of their comments realize thatany of their friends are going to be able to see thatpost. If you want for something to remain only between you and a friend send them a Facebook message instead.Suggestions and random friend invitesAs you get more friends on Facebook it will begin making friend, groups, and fan suggestions. These aresuggestions made by Facebook and not your friends. Unless these are something you're interested in they can be ignored.This same rule can be applied to people who may want to be your friend that you don't know. If you don'tknow someone don't accept his or her friend invite. Once someone becomes your friend they'llhave access to any information your friends are capable of seeing.Tag your Facebook friends in your photosAlways make sure to tag any of your Facebook friends that are in pictures you upload. However, never tag someone who is not in the picture. When someone is tagged in a photo that picture is automatically added to thatpersons profile and is a great way to share pictureswith all friends.
