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Question from Eloise: I recently started using the Facebook app on my phone and there’s something that’s really bugging me.
Every time I “Like” something it makes an annoying popping sound and it’s driving me bonkers.
Surely there’s some way to stop it from making that sound. Can you tell me how to do it? [Read more…]
Question from Javier: Hi, Rick. You seem to know a lot about Facebook so maybe you can help me.
Is there a way to see all of the friend requests I’ve sent out that haven’t been responded to?
I’d like to send reminder messages to those people and ask them to accept my friend request.
Rick‘s answer: Javier, I know how frustrating it is to send someone a friend request and never find out whether they have acted on it or not. [Read more…]
If you’ve been using Facebook for more than ten minutes you’re probably aware that scammers are constantly cloning folks’ profiles to create new fake accounts in their names.
They then send friend requests from the fake account to everyone that’s on the real account’s Friends List.
After several people have accepted the fraudulent friend requests the scammer will then use the fake account to target those “friends” with all manner of scams and hoaxes.
If you use Facebook you’re probably used to receiving cute and funny videos in instant messages (IMs).
And of course there are political videos and a wide variety of other types of videos being shared via IMs as well.
Truth be told, we all get them on a regular basis.
Dozens of videos land in my IM inbox every day, but I never click on any of them. And I strongly recommend that you avoid clicking on them as well.
Many of these seemingly harmless videos are actually quite dangerous because they have viruses attached to them. If you take the bait and attempt to watch one of them, your computer or Android device could become infected. And that could easily ruin your entire day. [Read more…]
As you probably know, scammers love targeting the 2+ billion worldwide users on Facebook, and unfortunately many of the scams can be quite tempting.
These scams typically piggyback off the success of large corporations because just the name of the company alone tends to lend an air of legitimacy to the fraudulent “offers”.
A perfect case-in-point is the “Free Red Lobster Meals” scam that’s making the rounds yet again on Facebook. [Read more…]