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How (and why) to ‘Memorialize’ a deceased loved one’s Facebook account

Posted on January 17, 2024

When a loved on passes on, there are many issues that the deceased’s loved ones must deal with, some of which must be dealt with in a hurry.

While it’s far from the most important thing on the list, something that does need to dealt with as soon as possible is the future of the deceased’s Facebook account.

While it isn’t anywhere near as important as burial and financial issues, your departed loved one’s Facebook account needs to be “memorialized” as soon as possible in order to prevent hackers and malicious acquaintances from taking control of the account.

This is what happens when Facebook memorializes an account:  [Read more…]

Reminder: Getting a new device doesn’t mean you need a new Facebook account

Posted on January 15, 2024

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Have you ever noticed that some Facebook users have multiple accounts?

While some of these duplicate accounts are due to the rampant epidemic of account cloning fraud, many duplicate accounts were actually created by the legitimate account holder because they think they need to open a new account every time they get a new computer, phone or tablet.

But truth be told, getting a new device doesn’t mean you’ll need a new Facebook account because your account isn’t tied to any specific device.  [Read more…]

Scam alert: Those ads for massive SSDs on Facebook are scams

Posted on January 14, 2024

If you’ve been on Facebook lately you’ve probably seen sponsored posts advertising incredibly large, but portable solid state drives (SSDs) for sale.

Oddly, these ads don’t mention a ridiculously low price as most fraudulent Facebook ads do. They simply say the drives are 50% off.

I guess they figure that “savings” plus the fact that the drive has an enormous amount of storage will be enough to draw people in.  [Read more…]

How to ‘unfriend’ someone on Facebook without really unfriending them

Posted on January 6, 2024

If you’ve been on Facebook for a while you probably have a friend or two whose posts tend to really get on your nerves.

Perhaps they sometimes use language that’s a little too salty for your taste or they tend to post a hundred status updates a day filled with meaningless drivel that you could not care less about.

The list of potential annoyances goes on and on.

[Read more…]

How to disable auto-playing videos in the Facebook app

Posted on December 18, 2023

It seems like Facebook is constantly making changes to our Newsfeeds. Every once in a while they’ll make a change I actually like, but most of their changes end up irritating me in some way.

One of the changes I detest most is how videos now start playing automatically when they scroll into view on our Newsfeeds.

Several people have asked me recently how to prevent the Facebook mobile app from automatically playing videos after they scroll into view. [Read more…]

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