Regarding Facebook. Help me.

[happyscooter]

I joined so I could create a page for my business.  I friend requested less than 10 people.  Now 3-4 of those people are posting stupid pics and making ridiculous comments on my personal page.  And anyone who is commenting on that friend's page is coming to mine too. I am also getting requests from people I haven't seen in 30+ years.  I have no desire to show pics of my family (if the grandchildren's parents want to post on their own page, they can) or give out other info.  I thought I had it set that every post had to be approved by me first.

Help!

[happyscooter]

It is my friends who are posting the stupid stuff.  What I would like to write is 'instead of being on facebook ALL DAY LONG, go cut your grass, clean up your house and start exercising.'

eeerrr...........

[Deleted]

In your newsfeed you can hover over their name, click friends in the dropdown & set it so you don't see them in your newsfeed.

Is this your personal page or the business page?  A business page is usually set up very differently (and has different features) than a personal page.

[Deleted]

Oct 31, 2013 8:19:45 GMT -5 @missmargarita said:

I guess my question is, are they actually posting stupid stuff on your wall or are you seeing these comments in your newsfeed? My newsfeed is filled with everyone's posts/status updates but they aren't on my actual wall/page.

Your Newsfeed is different than your home page. The Newsfeed shows everything that the people you've friended post. It's not what people see when they click on your page.

Your account page usually only has what you post or things you were tagged in on it. It's the page that has your picture/cover picture on it.

[Sum Dum Gai]

I barely pay attention to my personal page, just focus on the business page. You did set up a business page separate from your personal one right?

[happyscooter]

Dark, yes it is the personal page.

beer, yes it is the newsfeed page but is till thought I could restrict what was posted.

[happyscooter]

someone please tell me how to filter what people write.  I am getting ready to de-activate my page. 

[Deleted]

Click on you name.

Click on friends. 

Each Friend has a Friends button with a symbol, star, check mark, etc.  Click that box.

it will give you the option to downgrade the 'friendship'... And to click whether or not you want their crap to show up in your feed...

[Deleted]

Unfortunately, this might not stop them from seeing your stuff and thus commenting.

[Taxman10]

Just de-activate your page...it appears FB is too complicated for you.

[Deleted]

Like others are saying, I am sure you are looking at the Newsfeed. This is how YOU see what others posted. This is not what people see from you. Click on your name and you will see your home page. If they actually posted on there and you don't like it you can delete it.

[happyscooter]

taxman, it's not complicated.  I just don't want words like people are using to be on my page.  especially if I am writing children's books and trying to sell them.  I guess anyone who looked at my page would wonder what my books are like.  kind of like the elem school teachers who are strippers/porn stars and the schools are firing them. 

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Nov 1, 2013 9:44:23 GMT -5 happyscooter said:

taxman, it's not complicated.  I just don't want words like people are using to be on my page.  especially if I am writing children's books and trying to sell them.  I guess anyone who looked at my page would wonder what my books are like.  kind of like the elem school teachers who are strippers/porn stars and the schools are firing them. 

It isn't complicated.  It is complicated FOR YOU..

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Why are you using your personal page as a business page?  You should have a separate one for just advertising your books and don't friend people on it.  As long as the page is set to public customers can see your page and what you post but if you don't friend you won't see their facebook posts show up on your page.

You could also spend time blocking people from your news feed, but I think the above solution is faster and would piss you off less.

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[happyscooter]

I have 2 pages. 

[Deleted]

So unfriend everyone on the business account and don't accept anymore friends. Easy peasy! 

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

So unfriend everyone on the business account and don't accept anymore friends. Easy peasy

[happyscooter]

I DID!! 

[swamp]

Nov 1, 2013 9:44:23 GMT -5 happyscooter said:

taxman, it's not complicated.  I just don't want words like people are using to be on my page.  especially if I am writing children's books and trying to sell them.  I guess anyone who looked at my page would wonder what my books are like.  kind of like the elem school teachers who are strippers/porn stars and the schools are firing them. 

What kind of freaks are you friending?  I've got about 550 friends DS and I've only had a problem once in 4 years with someone writing inappropriate stuff on my wall. It's a guy from HS who has some mental health and chemical dependency issues.  I just deleted the comme to. Not a big deal. 

[Deleted]

Please forgive me for attempting to help! 

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Our local CC offers courses for like $25-$50 on how to use social media to promote your business.  If you're having this  much trouble with it I'd suggest shutting down the business page, taking a class or two and then restarting the page.


I've hopped around on multipe business pages and never seen what you're describing so you're doing something wrong somewhere.

[happyscooter]

I told someone one day not to send me these chain emails.  As soon as someone replies, it goes to everyone and my email address would get sent to everybody.  So if I didn't want political, religious, etc... TOO BAD.  The person told me that the originator of the religious email would NEVER send me something questionable.  I said 'but you DO realize that if you CC someone, it goes to EVERYBODY'.  They didn't understand the concept.

[Deleted]

Last try and then I am outta here before I get reprimanded again...do you know about the "hide" function?

ETA: you can also block the originator of the chain mail. that might do it too.

[Miss Tequila]

Nov 1, 2013 9:59:41 GMT -5 swamp said:

Nov 1, 2013 9:44:23 GMT -5 happyscooter said:

What kind of freaks are you friending?  I've got about 550 friends DS and I've only had a problem once in 4 years with someone writing inappropriate stuff on my wall.

You could have just told me you dind' tthink I was funny

[Deleted]

You're funny -- it's your pictures that are inappropriate! 

[Miss Tequila]

Nov 1, 2013 10:06:13 GMT -5 @beerwench said:

You're funny -- it's your pictures that are inappropriate! 

Sigh...one BAM shot and you've all banned me for life

[Deleted]

It was life-altering! 

[swamp]

Nov 1, 2013 10:02:33 GMT -5 happyscooter said:

I told someone one day not to send me these chain emails.  As soon as someone replies, it goes to everyone and my email address would get sent to everybody.  So if I didn't want political, religious, etc... TOO BAD.  The person told me that the originator of the religious email would NEVER send me something questionable.  I said 'but you DO realize that if you CC someone, it goes to EVERYBODY'.  They didn't understand the concept.

Block that person. Easy peasy. 

[happyscooter]

beer, didn't mean to yell at you.  thanks for the help.