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Facebook Friend Requests: Accept or Ignore?

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Everybody uses Facebook differently. One of the common questions about Facebook concerns friend requests. I currently have about 600 Facebook friends, which is probably too many for me. Part of this is due to my own learning curve and part due the evolution of my own idea of how I choose to use Facebook.

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How to Find and Ban Members in Facebook Groups

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Today’s post is written specifically for those responsible for managing a Group on Facebook. Facebook Groups don’t get as much buzz as Facebook Profiles (soon to be known as Timelines) and Facebook Pages. I belong to many, including some business, community or family related.

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Facebook Groups: Privacy Bait and Switch?

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There was a little get-together for tech reporters at Facebook headquarters today. Whenever Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, summons an audience because he’s got something to announce about Facebook, life as we know it grinds to a halt. Some friends and I took the new Facebook Groups for a test-drive to find out.

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How Facebook Hurt My Feelings | Almost Savvy

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How, then, with all this self-confidence, did Facebook (a thing, not even a person) manage to hurt my feelings? I am fairly particular about who I connect with on Facebook. Strategies for using Facebook run the gamut from closely manage to wide open. We used to communicate on Facebook. Was I wrong?

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Facebook Tip: How To Choose Who Can See Your Friends

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Most people don’t seem to mind if the world can see who they’re connected to on Facebook. When logged into Facebook, look over to the right at the top of the page. One of the many recent tweaks which hasn’t received much coverage is the ability to control who sees your list of friends. Click on Profile.)

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Dear Ex-Facebook Friend… | Almost Savvy

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It was inspired by a very real exchange with someone on Facebook and the excerpt from my email below is verbatim, but please take this for what it is – an example which highlights how we have different ideas about how best to use social media and how we define what type of conduct is appropriate for members of our own networks.

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URGENT: Facebook Rush Tonight - Claim Your Name

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PDT), there will be an unprecedented rush to the Facebook website as millions of users try to be the first to claim their desired Facebook username. Right now, to direct your friends and family to your Facebook page, you must share the current URL, which likely includes a string of random characters and numbers. At 12:01 a.m

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