And just a heads up as well --- For some people it is great, you can find your old lost friends, make new ones etc etc, but then for others it might cause a bit of drama...
True on the fact that if you dont set your privacy rights to exclude you from Public searchs, and that you dont set only allow friends to view your profile
So do these - and they cant find you on public searches. Facebook is slowly getting better at security.
If you are a very private person --- then no, facebook or any other social networking search is great for you .. So I would stick to messengers or forums as such :)
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I heard on a radio show that once you sign up your info is shared and you lose privacy. They also said once you sign up it is hard to get rid of it.
I guess if you are a private person Facebook would not be a good thing to have?
It is true once you have a facebook profile set up you can not delete it. I had one. Hated all the extra work people I did not know or care to talk with anymore created. Tried to delete it. Facebook said not an option, so I changed my name best I could, changed to a fake email and made me off searches to 'inactivate' my account.
You can easily deactivate your account, and set your privacy settings to not be visible in search or anything particular.
You definitely did not need to change your names etc.
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It is true once you have a facebook profile set up you can not delete it. I had one. Hated all the extra work people I did not know or care to talk with anymore created. Tried to delete it. Facebook said not an option, so I changed my name best I could, changed to a fake email and made me off searches to 'inactivate' my account.
Love facebook,, just remember never put your birthdate on there and each account can be a private invite, I have never received unwanted mail,, or posting, You set it up, for invites only
I am too busy to contact good friends and talk to each on and let them know,, what is going on.. I post and they post. Lots of fun
Re: privacy -
Facebook (and other similar venues) have only the information you give them. If you don't want something shared, best not to post it on a public or quasi-public forum.