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Question from Billie: Rick, I’ve had several of my friends tell me they can’t share my posts because they don’t have “Share” buttons on them.
Apparently this has just started happening because people used to share my stuff all the time.
Is there a setting that I need to change or something? I really need to get this fixed ASAP.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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If you’ve been on Facebook for a while you’ve probably seen a wide variety of quiz-style posts pop up in your Newsfeed.
There are many variations of these posts, but the most common ones are of the “What is your spirit animal?” or “Which celebrity do you look like?” type posts.
These posts can seem like they’re nothing more than just a bit of innocent fun, but the truth is they can be quite dangerous. [Read more…]
Question from Anita: I have a very dear friend who recently put up a Facebook page for her business. She asked me to “Like” her page, and I did.
Now I receive at least a dozen posts from her page in my news feed every day, and to be honest I have no interest whatsoever in the things she is selling.
Is there any way to block the posts from her page without having to “Unlike” it? I care very much about this person and I really don’t want to hurt her feelings if I can help it.
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If you’ve had a Facebook account for more than five minutes you’re probably aware that scams and hoaxes abound on there.
While the scams can be incredibly dangerous, the hoaxes are usually merely irritating instead of being truly harmful.
The thing is, the irritation these hoaxes cause can become quite intense when the same hoaxes keep popping up over and over again.
Luckily, most of the hoaxes that pop up and make the rounds on Facebook include at least one phrase that’s always a dead-giveaway that the post is a hoax. [Read more…]
By now you’re probably aware that Facebook and other popular social media sites are favorite playgrounds for the hackers and scammers of the world.
Unfortunately, those same miscreants are using Facebook’s hugely-popular Messenger app to perpetrate their evil deeds as well.
I’ve written about several dangerous Messenger-related scams and hoaxes in the past, and I’ll continue bringing you the information you need to avoid the new ones that will inevitably pop up in the future.
But today I want to tell you about a valuable resource that Facebook has created that can help you recognize many new scams the first time you see them pop up in your Messenger inbox.