Although my last post was saying everything that is bad about Facebook, there are ways that you can overcome all that to make your Facebook experience safe. Here are some things to do:
• Make your name something that isn’t your real name. For example: John Smith can become, John S.
• Do not join a network or have your city or town showing on your profile, this way people cannot look you up in Canada 411.
• If you do decide to join a network join a fun one, for example if your from Toronto join a Madagascar network or something like that.
• Go to your privacy setting and make sure that the privacy bar is in the lower numbers.
• Make it so that only the friends that YOU add can see your profile, and pictures.
• If there is someone that you accidentally added delete them right away, and block them from searching you again.
• If someone is sending you messages or poking you that you don’t know block them also right away, and tell an adult.
• Always make sure that what you have on your profile is something you would show your parents. If it’s not something that you would want them to see then go and change things until it is appropriate.
• Remember that any pictures your put on the website are now on the web and are not in your hands anymore. Choose pictures carefully if you decide to put any on at all.
• Refine your search setting that when people search all they can see is your screen name, not your network, picture, or any information.
These are just a few of the many things that you can do to keep safe on facebook. For tips go onto the facebook website and look at what they have to say. If you even just do a couple of these things you are on your way to becoming a smart Facebooker.
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