- MAKE SURE ONLY YOUR FRIENDS CAN SEE YOUR TIMELINE POSTS
You don’t want strangers checking you out on Facebook (presumably) so make sure you limit who can view your Facebook timeline. While the key elements of your profile (name, picture, cover photo, etc.) are viewable by everyone, many other aspects of your timeline can be blocked from prying eyes. First, make sure all your future posts are locked down. Click on the padlock icon on the top toolbar (on the right hand side), then click ‘Who can see my stuff?’. Under ‘Who can see my future posts’, choose from: Public (which obviously means everyone) Friends Only me Custom (which allows you to limit some of your friends from seeing your posts) Pick what’s best for you, but make sure ‘Public’ isn’t selected. Whatever you choose will then become the default every time you post an update (though you still have the option of selectively changing this for each individual update you post in the future).
- NOW, MAKE SURE YOUR LIMIT THE AUDIENCE OF YOUR POST. Click the arrowhead on the top toolbar (on the right hand side). Choose ‘Settings’. Click Privacy on the left hand menu, and under ‘Who can see my stuff’, click ‘Limit past posts’. From here you can change all your past post visibility to ‘Friends’. It’s also worth checking out the visibility of the stuff listed under the ‘About’ section of your profile. On your timeline, click ‘Update info’ (at the bottom of your cover photo) and then click ‘Edit’ next to the area you wish to change the visibility for. Once again, choose from the options of ‘Public’, ‘Friends’, ‘Only me’ or a custom list of people.
3. CONTROL WHO CAN CONTACT YOU ON FACEBOOK Click on the padlock icon on the top toolbar (on the right hand side), then click ‘Who can contact me’. By default this is set up as ‘Basic Filtering’ to allow friends and people you may know the opportunity to send you a message. If you want only friends to be able to contact you, you can increase the filtering on your inbox. Other messages will then be diverted to your ‘other’ folder which you can access from the Messages screen. To do this, click ‘Strict Filtering’ under ‘Whose messages do I want filtered into my Inbox?’
4.** CONTROL WHO CAN DISCOVER YOUR PROFILE BASED ON YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND/OR TELEPHONE NUMBER** If you wish to control who can find you based on the email address or telephone number you used to sign up Facebook then you can do so by first clicking on the arrowhead at the top right of any page and then clicking ‘Settings’. Next, select ‘Privacy’ from the menu on the left hand side of the page and look for the ‘Who can look me up?’ option. You will notice that there are separate settings for both your email address and telephone number. Click ‘Edit’ next to each to choose Friends, Friends of Friends or Everyone.
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