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For whatever reasons you might have blocked someone on Facebook and you now want to unblock that friend. There are many reasons why friends block each other on FB. There first could b,e you find that person a source of irritation or maybe your ex and therefore you want to block and hide your stuff from that person. The reasons are numerous but there is a simple method to unblock a person or friend on Facebook. How to unblock a person on Facebook. 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on Account 3. Click on Privacy Settings 4. Under block lists found at the bottom of the page click on "edit Block Lists" 5. Under Block Users you find a list of people or person you blocked. 6. Click on unblock on the right hand side of the person's name.  7. Your done. An original post by Sociolatte

This is going to be a simple post on how to delete friends on Facebook. Many users when they first start using Facebook, go on a friend adding and accepting spree. Many find out later that there are some friends they would actually like to delete from their friends list. There are many reasons why users might want to delete a friend from their list and it happens all the time. All regular Facebook users would have experienced both sides of this coin one time or the other. How to delete a friend on Facebook. 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on the name of the friend, user, person you wish to delete 3. You are taken to their profile 4. Scroll all the way down 5. Right down at the bottom on the left hand side column you will find the option "Remove from friends".  6. Click this and you will be asked to confirm if you really want to remove this person as friend. Click "remove from friends if you are sure or click cancel if you change your mind. 7. Your done. If you have a numbe...

Facebook has been evolving with new features being added and old ones being torn down. There is one feature however that is older than Facebook itself and will never go out of Fashion and no marks for guessing. The poke feature is evergreen and will always remain that way. There is no real "Poke Etiquette" and it's left to each users to uses it however. Looking at the poke button a little closer you see people using it for a variety of reasons. When they see a friend of theirs gone to sleep with no updates. A poke will wake them up. Found an old flame or wanting to light a new one, the poke is used. Kind of reminds you of sitting in school and getting nudged by a friend who wants your attention. Kind of discrete and fun. Everyone uses the poke  because it kind of helps to get your friends attention in a subtle kind of way. especially if you wanna flirt with someone on Facebook a nice way to get their attention is to use the poke option. The most simplest way to use the po...

If you wondering what's the difference between your News Feed and Wall on Facebook. There have been many people what actually would like to know the difference. News Feed was a fairly new addition while the wall was something everyone was used to. Once Facebook launched the News Feed the Wall began to play a secondary role so to speak. News Feed This is what your greeted with as soon as you login to Facebook. Here to get to see what your friends have been up to. Who has been playing what game and also their recent achievements. To get to see photos and videos shared with you by your friends and all the rest of it.  The purpose of the wall is for sharing in a social sense. You and your friends get to share stuff and comment each other's posts. But both of you guys also have friends who know either one of you both not both of you. This is called "Friends of Friends" by Facebook. Since there are two people who are sharing and have a separate list of friends. Everyone get...

If you want to block someone on Facebook all ties you have with that person will be broken. They will not be able to contact you neither will they be able to find you on search. All friendships and relationships you have with that person will be broken. This will not apply to third party applications. So if both of you play the same game on Facebook you might still see each other as neighbors. So you will need to delete them from there too. Here's how to block someone on Facebook 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on Account (Top right hand corner) 3. Click on Privacy Settings 4. Click on Block Lists (Last link on the page)  5. Start by entering the name of the person you wish to block. Click on block for a list of people to come up. Sort through the names if you have a large list of people and click "Block" next to their name. Unlike other applications on Facebook that automatically fill in people's names. Here you would need to type the name click block and there is a li...

You know how your activities on Facebook keep popping up on your wall and the News Feed of your friends. Telling people which group you joined, which page you like, who your friends with now. Well Facebook does offer customization options and you can actually choose who get to see you activities on fb. You can choose to share with friends, friends of friends, specific people or the 'only me' option. To Adjust your activity settings 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on Account (Top right hand corner) 3. Click on Privacy Settings 4. Click on Customize Settings 5. Click on the link " Friends, Tags and Connections" 6. Find "Activities" and use the button with the downward pointing arrow next to it When you click the button beside "Activities" you get the following options to choose from. a. Everyone. Anyone on Facebook can find you activities b. Friends of Friends. All your friends connections get to see you activities c. Friends Only. Only you friends, co...

You and your friends have just come back from a vacation and you know the new cliche. "What happens on vacation stays on Facebook". Somehow all those wonderful videos and photos find their way to Facebook. You  might not be the one to put it up by some over enthusiastic individual might do so and tag you in a photo and video. When you get tagged in a photo and video somehow the share button will spread the news. By default though you privacy is set to only me. You can also remove a tag anytime you find yourself in a photo or video by clicking the "Remove Tag" link below the post. To Adjust your privacy settings for Photos and Videos of me this is what you would need to do. 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on Account (Top right hand corner) 3. Click on Privacy Settings 4. Click on customize Settings 5. Click on the link "Friends, Tags and Connections" 6. Find the link which says "Photos and Videos of me" and click the button "Only Me" with ...

By default Facebook has set your permission to ok. So if there is a group you belong to the group can publish information and other stuff to your wall. You might like it or might not like it if you belong to the latter there is a simple provision to stop groups from posting to your wall. There are many reasons why owners of groups might want to publish something to your wall. One is to maybe keep you updated on the latest happenings within the group. Sometimes it could be pure spam. Groups owners wanting to make their groups a bit more famous by publishing info to people's walls. Publishing on people's walls ensures that groups get the added visibility they seek and popularity that results from it. Whatever may be the reason if you want to stop Facebook groups from publishing stuff on your wall here is what you need to do to set permissions. 1. Login to Facebook. 2. Click on Account (Found on the top right hand corner) 3. Click on Application Settings 4. Find "Groups"...

With the new privacy settings Facebook now by default shows your photos and albums to friends of friends. When users upload photos it is usually for friends but Facebook would like you to share after all it is a social network. To change these settings you would need to physically need to login to Facebook and manually choose the settings you desire. How to adjust Facebook photo and album settings 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on Privacy Settings 3. Click on Customize Settings 4. Click on Personal Information and Posts 5. Click the "Edit Settings" button beside "Photo Albums" 6. Click the small Arrow mark on the settings bar 7. The options that appear are (Everyone, Friends of Friends, Only friends and customize) 8. Choose the option that best suits your privacy concern. The customize option helps you take your privacy to the next level. When you click the customize option you can choose to show your photos to a. Only Friends b. Friends of Friends c. Specific People...

You clicked on the 'Like' button on a Facebook page and now you want to remove yourself from that page. Some users have found the like button so annoying that there is now a 'Dislike Button' group. The new 'Like' button is so innocent but if you click on it you automatically become a fan of the page you like.   The old button 'Become a fan' at least warned people about the implications of clicking on it. The new button however does not. So it you have clicked the like button and are now a fan of a certain page that you would rather leave here is what you need to do.   How to Unlike Something on Facebook 1. Login to facebook. 2. Find the page you would like to leave. Search using the search bar on the top 3. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page. 4. On the left hand side tool bar you will find the 'Unlike' button 5. Click that and your done   How to find page on which I have clicked the like button.   1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on P...

Facebook has taken a considerable backlash this week in regards to it's latest privacy settings. It goes something like this. Facebook has decided to share your info on partner websites Microsoft Docs.com, pandora and Yelp. Taking this liberty on themselves they have shipped user information to these sites so when you arrive on any of these websites you are provided with a personal experience. Yes, this might work for some but not everyone is happy with this arrangement. without checking with people first Facebook has been sharing users info with other websites. For those who are pleased this does not prove a problem but for the rest this seems to have become a huge issue. Since no website actually has the liberty to share anything about anybody without first getting their approval. Whatever be the case please find below instructions on how to correct this. How to adjust Facebook Applications and Websites settings. 1. login to Faceok 2. Click on Account 3. Click on Privacy Settings...

Have you ever asked the question who joined Facebook because of me? would you like to know the impact you have had on Facebook and how many people have joined because of you.  Well found this info on   labnol.org                                                                                    Works really nicely Facebook now displays detailed invite history to all their users. 1. If you would like to know who all have joined Facebook because of you,  go here . 2. If you would like to see a list of all people whom you have invited to join Facebook but they are yet to accept your invitation,  go here . 3. If you like to know who in your friends circle has brought the maximum number of people to Facebook so far, go to  facebook.com/impact . The Facebook Invites history page also gives an option to send email reminders to friends who are yet to join the social site incase your previous invites went unnoticed or if they landed in the junk folder. Also see:  Export Email Addresses out of F...

Every user would like to set their Facebook privacy in a way that is conducive to the reason they are on Facebook. Some users would not want to appear on search engines while other would want to be found on search engines like Google. It all depends on the reason why an individual has joined Facebook. For some it is just to share photos with family and friends which other are here to promote themselves and their small companies. Facebook allows you to control the way you appear on search results both within Facebook and on the web. To set these privacy controls 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on the Cog icon and choose Privacy Settings 3. Click on Privacy found on the left 4. You now have the options to set - who can see my stuff, who can see my future posts and limit the audience of past posts. Under limit the audience of past posts -- you get to set the privacy options for posts you have been tagged in, shared with friends and shared with friends of friends. Who can contact me -- set...

This question is often asked by people who want to start a community thing on Facebook and have trouble deciding whether they need to start a group or a page. One of the key differentiators between a page and a group is that a page is made more for public broadcast and it mainly run public figures and organizations to share info with this fans. A group however is more to do with community sharing and discussions around a particular topic by it's members. This is basically the whole idea. Fan Pages however are created by people who like to share information about their fans and actually helps in generating more publicity. If let's say you have started a new small business then you might want to create a page. Like if you have a hot dog stand and you want people to know you have special offers and maybe you move around quiet a bit then a page should do. But if on the other hand you want to discuss climate change in how to stop global warming, a group would serve the purpose as ea...

For a number of reasons Facebook may shut down, disable or make temporarily unavailable an account. It could be because an account is suspect of inappropriate behavior like some sort of harassment, advertising, marketing, dating. All of these in access can get your account disabled. Things like harassment have zero tolerance on Facebook. That is what they say and it is quiet difficult to track but once tracked down an account will be disabled.  If your account has been hacked or phished Facebook will shut it down there are appropriate channels to contact them and get it sorted out. Whatever the reason maybe accounts get disabled and you need to contact Facebook to get the issue resolved and sorted out.  Find below detailed instructions from their   help page .  There are different reasons why you may not be able to access your account and unique ways to contact Facebook for each case. Therefore, it is important to be sure that you are using the correct channel when submitting a request...

Well you want to stop all those annoying stories from appearing on your News Feed in Facebook. You joined a quiz and up comes all those annoying updates, or maybe you want your daily horoscope but everyday it pops up on your News Feed. All your friends get to see it and it starts to get annoying. An application also keeps updating all recent activity. There are simple and easy steps to get rid of it and be done with it. Maybe it's one of your friends who cannot stop updating their stories on Facebook and you have had enough. You do not want these constant updated and would rather stop it. You still want your friend but not their constant updated. Well here goes. The process is simply to stop all this and continue your Facebook experience. 1. Login to Facebook 2. Hover over the updated or story you would like to stop from appearing on your News Feed 3. As you hover a "Hide" button will appear 4. If you want to stop seeing a friends update. Once you click on hide a further ...

How to block someone on Facebook. You know those types someone who you find very annoying and don't want them constantly on your profile. Maybe it's you Ex as is most usually the case. Blocking someone is mutual and both parties will become invisible to each other. To Block Someone 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on "Account" 3. Click on "Privacy Settings" 4. Click on "Block List" Block List Control who can interact with you on Facebook 5. You have two options either enter the person's name or the person's email. Once their full name appears click on block 6. Your Done There are three ways to block someone: Go to the  Privacy Settings  page and click "Block List." Enter the name or email address of the person you want to block in the appropriate field and click "Block." If you cannot find someone using the Person search field, try going to their profile page. You can block them by navigating to the "Report/Block this ...

Facebook has now announced that a lot of your info will not be available if it is not linked to a page. "Uncheck any Page you don't want to link to. Linking to education and work Pages may also create additional Pages, such as for your major or job title. If you don't link to any Pages, these sections on your profile will be empty. By linking your profile to Pages, you will be making these connections public." "If you don't link to any Pages, the following sections on your profile will be empty: Work and Education Current City Hometown Likes and Interests"   Where did some of my profile information go? The sections of your profile now link to Pages that reflect your interests. You haven't added any yet, but we matched your current profile info to related Pages.   So these are some of the sections of your profile that is going to remain empty if you do not link to facebook pages. Once you link to a facebook page your connections will be made public.  ...

Remember the "Become a Fan' button that used to what you would click to become a fan of a page you like. Well that is not going to be the case anymore. Facebook has introduced the 'Like' button instead.  Introducing the Like button Starting today people will be able to connect with your Page by clicking “Like” rather than “Become a Fan.” We hope this action will feel much more lightweight, and that it will increase the number of connections made across the site This is a significant step in the simplification of Facebook with the "Become a Fan" button seeming to tell users that they are now a fan and therefore a burden needs to be carried. All users need to do now is like a page and be able to follow it.  Once users’ click on the “like” button it shows up in the users activity stream. Websites will also be able to add the “Like” button to their websites and offer customizations to users such as showing them which articles their friends liked and which restaur...

You can send photos and videos directly to your Facebook status updates via email. Making it easier for people who do not have Facebook access let's say at office but would like to really update their status immediately. Sharing those great photos you took on your holiday and what not.  To get your personalized email ID to use with your Facebook status update you would first need to login to Facebook. Click your News Feed, then click on the tiny video icon photo icon. This is the option you get. Select an image file on your computer. Or upload via email Once you click on upload via email this is the pop up window you get with the options found below. The email ID given to you is private and should not be shared. If you do share it you run the risk of finding your status update being done by other people. You really don't want that Use a personalized upload email to post status updates or send photos and videos straight to your profile. Your personal upload email is: example123a...