How to Be Private On Facebook

Facebook is our new brain, it seems we do not need to keep thoughts and images of ourselves and other to just ourselves any more, we have Facebook to store them in. While Facebook is a lot of fun, many people regret not having boundaries with their private lives because they ended up giving up way more than they planned or expected. Here are a few tips to help you avoid the same mistakes.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Courage
• Boundaries

1. Decide what your Facebook page will be about. If you are thinking of signing up and creating your page, first of all decide what you want to achieve if it is for business or pleasure or just family unity. If you already have a Facebook page it is not too late to re-evaluate what your page is or should be for you. Don't just go with the flow, be very deliberate. No matter what you say, Facebook is for the sole purpose of showing the people in your life what you think about yourself. It's ok, I have a Facebook page too.

2. After you have made a decision about what you want to do with your page, decide who you want to join you in that world of yours. If you know somethings will be embarrassing to your family members, then do not include them, if you know you don't want your boss to know, then do not include your co-workers in your friends list. I don't mean to take the fun of taking risks out but your have to be careful to not destroy your real life because of your fantasies, many people have made that mistake and that is why you are reading this article.

3. Modify your privacy settings to what is suitable for you. You can choose to not be seen when people search for your name or be seen and not contacted or be contacted but not seen, whatever you think is best for you is probably best for you. In my case I can neither been see nor contacted, there is absolutely no way anyone one who I do not want to be bothered by can even know I exist on Facebook. Yay!

4. Clean the house at least once a month. Feel free to go through your friends list to see who you are willing to close the door to, I hate to put it that way but that's just how it is. There are times when you mistakenly add someone you thought you wanted to share memories of past and present times with only to realize that they have totally changed from who they you used to be fifteen years ago. The good thing is that Facebook will not notify your friends about their departure and by the way the average person checks his friends list at least three times a year which means a lot can happen within four months; they have too many friends to deal with anyway, so relax, they won't miss you (for a while).