Facebook Privacy

Our CBH agents are getting on Facebook at an amazing rate! I am happy to see so many of you embracing this form of social networking and I hope to provide you with more information, specifically, the answer to the famous, "now what" question. This question has many answers and I will attempt to address as much of the "now what" as I possibly can in this and future blog posts. We will start with Privacy, as that is a key ingredient to making you feel comfortable with using Facebook.

I want you to feel comfortable about the information that you are sharing online. Remember the Mother Rule, but don't be afraid to post appropriate information and photos.

So, let's see what your privacy options are ... go to "Settings" - next to your name (top right).


So, on th screen above, click Profile.


There are two tabs: Basic and Contact Information ... let's look at BASIC.

Use the drop-down arrows to select who will see your information. You can specify, "Everyone, Only Friends, Some Friends or Only Me" here. You can also open your profile up to your Network - that is the "Philadelphia, Doylestown or Coldwell Banker" network you joined when you initally signed up. You can lock your information down as much or as little as you want.

If you click Custom Settings, you can drill down even further into your privacy options (see below).

You can also "Exclude" certain friends. Let's say you are Facebook friends with Chris Beadling, but you don't want Chris to see your family photos. Type in Chris's name in the "Exclude" box and this will exclude him from seeing this information.

You can also group friends and exclude folks in an entire group. One group that is built into Facebook is th Limited Profile. You can add Facebook friends to this group by ...

> Click on Friends
> Click on Limited Profile
> Type in the friends you want to add or click, "Select Multiple" to add them all at once
> Click Okay

Your Photo Albums have their own privacy options on Facebook. Click on Photos, then My Photos and finally, Album Privacy to set the permissions for the photos you upload on Facebook.
These are the basic privacy options you have with Facebook, but there are even more ... email me if you have a specific question.

Have a great week!