{"id":1129,"date":"2009-08-03T05:41:21","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T09:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2009-07-26T08:00:41","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T12:00:41","slug":"using-the-new-facebook-privacy-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2009\/08\/03\/using-the-new-facebook-privacy-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the New Facebook Privacy Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost a month ago Facebook rolled out some new privacy setting features giving you greater control over who can see what on your Facebook account. It has taken me a while to get around to reviewing how to use these new settings and if you\u00a0were like me, you may not have reviewed them yet.<\/p>\n<p>First, you can access these settings once you login to your account by clicking privacy on the top links where you would access your profile settings. Mouse over the link called settings and a drop down box will appear with an option called &#8220;Privacy Settings&#8221;. You will have several options in each of the links that appear on the next screen. You will be offered setting updates for your profile, search, news feed and wall, and applications.<\/p>\n<p>Work your way through each setting deciding whether you want videos and photos to show and to whom in your network. You can even select if photos you are tagged in will appear on just your wall or your friends&#8217; walls. You can choose how much or how little to show in each category.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the new settings allow you to control exactly what from your friends shows on your wall as well. For me, as I am friends with young people in my family but use Facebook for work and personal combined, I do not necessarily want business acquaintances to see what the young people in my network are doing and saying. Another really big thing that I have just started using, in addition to the privacy settings, is the Facebook grouping feature.\u00a0I&#8217;ll talk about that Wednesday so make sure to check back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost a month ago Facebook rolled out some new privacy setting features giving you greater control over who can see what on your Facebook account. It has taken me a while to get around to reviewing how to use these new settings and if you\u00a0were like me, you may not have reviewed them yet. First, you can access these settings once you login to your account by clicking privacy on the top links where you would access your profile settings. Mouse over the link called settings and a drop down box will appear with an option called &#8220;Privacy Settings&#8221;. You will have several options in each of the links that appear on the next screen. You will be offered setting updates for your profile, search, news feed and wall, and applications. Work your way through each setting deciding whether you want videos and photos to show and to whom in your network. You can even select if photos you are tagged in will appear on just your wall or your friends&#8217; walls. You can choose how much or how little to show in each category. Additionally, the new settings allow you to control exactly what from your friends shows on your wall as well. For me, as I am friends with young people in my family but use Facebook for work and personal combined, I do not necessarily want business acquaintances to see what the young people in my network are doing and saying. 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