Over and over again I’ve seen friends and family post the same message to Facebook. It’s the one that goes:
Hi Friends, as you all know I like to keep my FB private except to those I am friends with. So if you all would do the following, I’d appreciate it. With the new FB timeline on its way this week for EVERYONE, please do both of us a favor. Hover over my name above. In a few seconds you’ll see a box that says : “Subscribed”. Hover over that, then go to “comments and likes” and unclick it. That will stop my posts and yours to me from showing up on the bar side for everyone to see, but most importantly it limits hackers from invading our profiles. If you repost this I will do the same for you. You’ll know I’ve acknowledged you because if you tell me that you’ve done it I’ll “like”
Yeah… kids that’s fake. I thought about writing a blog about all the reasons why this is fake. But then I Googled instead and found this really great post – complete with screen shots and all. So instead of never seeing your friends status updates again – check out this post. It walks you through updating your privacy settings so only your friends see your posts. Although if you had read ANY of my previous Facebook posts your settings are probably fine.
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