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Question from Angie L.: I’m trying to find a specific photo of a family member that I liked on Facebook a couple of years back.
The problem is I can’t remember who posted the photo so I don’t know whose photos to look through.
I have lots of family members on Facebook so it would probably take forever to find it.
Do you know of a way to list all the pictures I’ve ever liked in one group so I can look through them and find that one photo that I’m looking for?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Gabrielle H.: I have a question about Facebook that I’m hoping you can can answer for me.
Whenever I post something on my Facebook page and people share that post, Facebook lists all the people that have shared it.
I always try to thank every person individually for sharing my posts, but to do that I have to go to each person’s Timeline and scroll through it until I find the post of mine they shared.
That’s very time-consuming because some of those people put up a lot of posts!
I don’t have this problem when people share things from my personal Timeline, just when they share something from my page’s Timeline.
Is there any way to go directly to a shared Facebook post without having to scroll through the person’s Timeline to find it?
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Question from Kelly: I’m an admin on a large Facebook group that now has over 60,000 members.
This is a wonderful group that discusses ways for people to assist loved ones who suffer from a certain debilitating disease.
The problem is the person that created the group (who is also an admin) has stopped making useful posts and now posts nothing but SPAM. I have a feeling he’s selling posts on the group to third-party businesses.
My question is do you know of a way to kick that person out of the group and ban him? Everything I’ve read says I can’t but I thought maybe you know of a way to do it.
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Do you use Google+ for at least part of your social media activities?
If so, you won’t be able to use it for much longer.
Google has has announced that the consumer division of Google+ will be slowly phased out over the next 10 months, and fully “retired” by the end of August 2019.
If you use Twitter you’ve probably noticed that they’ve started displaying “Best Tweets” at the top of your Timeline when you log in.
These “Best Tweets” are selected by an algorithm similar to the one Facebook uses to select the “Top Stories” you see on there.
Personally, I don’t much care for “Best Tweets” or “Top Stories”.
I’d much rather have everything show up in my Timeline in reverse chronological order and decide for myself which tweets and posts are the best.
If you feel that way too, a simple settings change will prevent those so-called “Best Tweets” from taking over your Timeline. Just follow these steps: [Read more…]