I am clamping down on what I choose to publish to Facebook and what information I share. Nothing personal towards anyone – I just feel a need to exercise more control over what happens on my page.
- Don’t send me game requests, I will block them.
- App requests will be accepted, or blocked, after I research the app to check its reputation and feedback.
- My mailing address, email addresses and phone numbers are now hidden from everyone. If you have to ask me about any of this, you don’t know me well enough to start with and you won’t get a reply.
- My friends list is likewise hidden. Who I am friends with is no one else’s business on here.
- I have disabled the ability for friends to post to my wall. You can comment on what I post and that’s it.
- My private life is not open for discussion unless it’s something I am comfortable enough to bring up myself. This includes anything and everything to do with members of my family, my finances, my health…. you get the picture.
- Confine personal chit-chat to private messaging and leave it out of comments made on my posts.
- Should you find yourself unable to PM me or comment on my wall, it’s because you didn’t read this note and follow my guidelines.
- Don’t comment on this note with a bunch of “why are you….” This is how it is and will be.
You might wish to use some of these procedures yourself. It’s all too easy to forget where you are and just open up about everything that’s going on in your personal or professional life. Don’t forget – depending on your privacy settings you may be exposing yourself to hundreds or thousands of complete strangers. Facebook is teeming with nosy people, gossips, malicious people and outright loonballs. Think before you post, and be careful concerning how much of your “real” self you choose to publish to the outside world.
