Privacy Settings

People are always wondering how their page got hacked or how their numbers are being obtained by random people. Well the answer is simple. So many people do not know how to change their privacy settings.

One of the many important privacy settings that some users do not know much about is with their contact information. Many users are unaware of their numbers, screen names, emails, and home addresses being displayed on their Facebook page. This is very dangerous because it allows strangers to access a users private information. Random people are contacting users and they will never guess that Facebook is how they obtained that information. To change this setting is very simple, but many forget to do it. By simply editing your contact information located in your "info" section can provide Facebook users with more safety.

Another thing many users have a limited knowledge on is their news feed. An average person thinks that their news feed can only show all of their friends on Facebook, and all of their friends have access to what you write no matter what. This is not true. There is a "friends list" feature that you can make different groups based on your preferences. After applying several people to one group, you can either change your settings so that only those members can see what you wrote, or, vise versa, you can change your settings so that you only see the news feeds of those people you added to the group.

There are also many users that have an issue with tagging. Some people may sign off Facebook for a few hours and come back to see themselves tagged in disturbing photos and videos. They don't want their family members (the ones who are their friends on Facebook) to see these images of course, but they had no idea this was being posted. For example, Ashley may have gone out one night and got "chocolate wasted." Some of her friends decided that it would be funny to take pictures of her dancing on top of tables, and then throwing up. After they left the party, Ashley of course goes to sleep, but her friends decide to put these pictures on Facebook immediately. Ashley has no idea about this until she wakes up hours later to see phone calls and messages from family members who are appalled by her behavior. The quickest solution to not allow your Facebook friends to see this, is to change your tagged settings. You have the ability to block your tagged items from anyone and everyone. This comes in handy because, although you can't remove someone else's pictures, you can hide them from appearing on your page. This feature also works with photo albums. You can easily customize who does/doesn't see certain albums.