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Question from Chanelle: I use Facebook a lot but I usually don’t pay much attention to the “Stories” they show at the top of the page.
But when I do see a Story that interests me it always seems to finish playing too quickly and move on to the next one before I’ve finished looking at the one I wanted to see.
Is there any way to pause a Story to give me more time to see it and read whatever writing might be on it? [Read more…]
Creating and maintaining a Facebook group is a great way to exchange ideas, tips and information on a given topic with a community of like-minded Facebook users.
Everyone in the group can contribute and learn from one another while sharing a special sense of belonging. It really can be a fun and enlightening experience.
But what if you create a group that just never really takes off and gains momentum or simply fails to hold your attention for more than a few days? [Read more…]
Question from Leanne: I hope you can help me, Rick.
I have a serious problem and I don’t know how to fix it.
I have an ex that’s stalking me on Facebook. Every time I block him he just opens a new account and starts stalking me again. I really need your help. [Read more…]
There are many ways for hackers and scammers to use your Facebook account to do malicious things, and make it appear that YOU are the culprit.
Most hackers simply find a way to break into your account and use it to publish SPAM posts and malicious links or spread malware to your friends via chat or instant messages.
Luckily, those hackers and scammers can be easily kicked off and locked out of your account by changing your password and enabling Two-Factor Authentication, but the truly devious miscreants can cause you all kinds of grief long after you’ve booted them off and locked them out of your account.
Yes, the really serious hackers can actually keep using your account to send SPAM and spread malware even without being able to log back in to your account.
And how they do that just might surprise you… [Read more…]
By default, Facebook doesn’t show the posts in a group with the newest posts at the top of the feed.
Instead, they start off with the posts that Facebook’s algorithm has deemed to be the most relevant.
Speaking strictly for myself, I prefer seeing the posts displayed in reverse order, with the newest post at the top and the oldest post at the bottom. [Read more…]