Facebook 101: 25 Tips and Tricks

If you make yourself unsearchable then users can't access your profile photo. People can't ask to be your friend and they can see anything about you but your name and networks.

i think facebook is great, if used for the right reasons i lost my partner cause he was meeting guys on facebook and having sex. not kool. so now that 3 year relationship is gone down the sewer. so my friends be warned

Frankly, "social networking" (to me, anyway) means getting in and amongst people, shaking hands, slapping backs (if appropriate) hugging (if appropriate), and doing all those little communicative things that folks do. I give as an example talking to one another face-to-face. Try it sometime, you'll find it expecially rewarding when the words are augmented by "body language" and those secondary, non-verbal means of communication such as facial expression and occasional touching. Hints for best results: Be well-groomed, appropriately dressed, and use language and postures appropriate for the occasion. You'll never, ever be as lonely as the poor dude or dudette who's faking it, all alone, in front of a multi-pixilated computer screen pretending to "talk" with "friends." Get real; that's what reality is for.

You can make your profile unsearchable from anyone outside of your networks- with this, along with setting your profile to be viewed only by friends, makes it so that nobody that facebook is their only means of finding you can see your picture, and you have to approve them to let them see your whole profile, or even give them a limited profile to look at.

My own cousin couldn't even find me when I put privacy settings on- if you know where to go - you can set the right privacy settings for you

I don't have a Facebook page or a MySpace account, but I actually think that this article had some good tips on what, and what not to reveal about yourself. Unfortunately, I know of far too many people who have been turned down for a job they were applying for because of their profiles and pic's on the internet. I even know of a sweet young girl who was rejected by a college she applied for because of her MySpace site. Most of these people portrayed themselves as party goers, even though they are well educated and do not use drugs, it didn't matter. I would definitely urge anyone and everyone to THINK twice before posting anything that might be seen as derogatory. JMHO.