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Q&A: I received an instant message from ‘Facebook User’. How can I find out who sent it?

Posted on December 12, 2017

Question from Connie G.:  I have a question about Facebook and I’m really hoping you an answer it for me.

Yesterday morning I received a very intriguing private message from someone telling me we went to school together.

They said they saw my name pop up after I left a comment on a picture that a mutual friend had posted and they’d like to reconnect with me.

The thing is there’s no name listed for the sender. All it says is “Facebook User”.

I can’t reply to the message (It says “You cannot reply to this conversation”) and there’s no link to click to look at their profile.

I’m curious as to who this person could be since I graduated from high school over 20 years ago. Is there any way to find out who sent me that message?

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]

Guess what? Facebook will soon be asking you to upload nude photos of yourself.

Posted on November 10, 2017

As you probably know, Facebook is constantly making changes to both their website and their policies.

Some of those changes are good, and some of them are bad (at least from the user’s point of view).

But every now and then they come up with one that leaves me not quite knowing what to think about it. A perfect case-in-point is a new anti-revenge porn initiative they’re currently testing.  [Read more…]

RicksDailyTips Newsletter for July 1, 2017 – 9 of my favorite tips for using Facebook

Posted on July 1, 2017

Hello again. I hope you had a great week!

Facebook has risen from its humble beginnings in Mark Zuckerberg’s college dorm room to become one of the most powerful and most-used entities on the Internet.

For example, did you know that Facebook now has over 2 billion registered users? That’s an astounding number considering there are only about 7.5  billion people living on the entire planet!

Even more astounding to me is how the folks at Facebook keep the site up and running as smoothly as they do given the mind-boggling number of people who are actively using the site at any moment in time.  [Read more…]

Twitter now allows you to opt to receive direct messages from anyone

Posted on April 23, 2015

twitter-logoAs you probably already know, Twitter has never allowed their users to send direct messages (DMs) to other users who don’t follow them. But as of today, that is no longer the case.

A new security setting is being rolled out right now that will let any Twitter user opt to receive DMs from any other Twitter user, whether they follow them or not.

If you prefer not to receive DMs from non-followers you won’t have to do a thing because the new feature is disabled by default.

If, on the other hand, you would like to change the setting and start receiving DMs from people you don’t follow, here is how to do it:  [Read more…]

Now you can sign up for a Google+ account without using your real name

Posted on July 17, 2014

google-plus-logoHave you been wanting to sign up for a Google+ account, but you’re apprehensive about having to use your real name on your profile? Well now you don’t have to.

Google has finally lifted the “you must use your real name” restriction, something that potential users have been complaining about since the day the service was launched.  [Read more…]

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