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Question from Camille: Hi, Rick. I’ve been on Facebook for several years, and now I need help.
Back when I opened my account I was very immature and chose a username that I thought was sassy and original. Now I think it’s inappropriate for someone my age.
My question is how do I change my current Facebook username to something else? [Read more…]
Question from Cindy: Rick, I have several “followers” on Facebook and I’d rather they didn’t see some of my more “personal” photos.
I don’t mind followers reading my public posts, but I’d rather restrict access to certain pics to just my Facebook friends. Can I do that? [Read more…]
Do the videos on your X Timeline start playing automatically just as soon as they scroll into view?
If so, that’s due to a Video Autoplay feature that causes videos to begin playing on their own without any prompting from the user.
Personally, I don’t really like autoplaying videos in general. I prefer to choose for myself whether to play a video or not.
If you don’t care for X’s Video Autoplay feature you can easily turn it Off. [Read more…]
Question from Caroline: I have a Facebook page that I set up to promote a Christian-themed novel that I wrote.
A man “Liked” the page a few weeks ago and then he immediately started posting anti-Christian comments on my posts.
He leaves one of those awful comments at least two or three times a week. I keep removing them but he just posts more of them.
How do I go about banning him from the page? [Read more…]
If you use Facebook you’ve no doubt seen numerous posts claiming you can type @highlight as a comment on that post in order to see who has been visiting your profile.
While the exact wording can vary just a bit, those posts usually read something like this: [Read more…]