Comments on: How To Manage Your Personal Friends And Business Contacts On Facebook

By: dearsaba

dearsaba — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:02:08 +0000

how can i “hide” my news from going into newsfeed of certain ppl on my list?

By: dearsaba

dearsaba — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:02:08 +0000

how can i “hide” my news from going into newsfeed of certain ppl on my list?

By: promotional pens

promotional pens — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:02:09 +0000

Thanks for a very helpful run through it great to be able to filter out the wrong people

By: Suzy

Suzy — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:15:28 +0000

Hi, I have friends that I would like to add to my friends list but that are not friends with some of my other friends. If some knew that I had a relationship with the others, I think that they would be very upset. I wonder if there is a way to keep certain friends from seeing certain other friends on my list or from seeing any posts they make. I found the way to privatize the posts but I would like it to remain completely unknown.
Thanks.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:00:48 +0000

I think Facebook are moving in the right direction with the new functions of Facebook Pages, at some point they will realize that for many people mixing their business friends and personal friends is inconvenient and allow a Business page to have the same powers as a personal profile. I decided against setting up strict filters on my wall for several reasons. Firstly without two accounts you can’t accurately check if your filters are working correctly and secondly because Facebook often makes mistakes and has bugs and glitches. Several times I have had to reset my personal settings.

I think it must be even harder for someone who has lived a Facebook life as a student and then has to integrate their profile into their professional life. There are so many things I can imagine that you wouldn’t want employers or business contacts to have access to

By: R. Zane Rutledge

R. Zane Rutledge — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:18:06 +0000

I really wish there was a way to keep two groups totally segregated from each other in the general homepage flow — where I could post “what I’m doing” specifically to each of 2 groups of friend, and their comments would only be seen by members of the particular group. This would really allow me to keep “business/professional/networking” and “pleasure/friends/old-school-chums” nicely separated. As it is now, I just don’t feel comfortable letting old school friends comments blend in with the folks I’m “friends” with professionally. I don’t think Wall segregation is enough, unfortunately.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:13:58 +0000

Thanks for you added insight Bill, I’ll share it with my friends on Facebook who have also commented on this post

By: Bill Soistmann

Bill Soistmann — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:38:17 +0000

Great info!

One thing to keep in mind when deciding to whitelist or blacklist is that blacklisting takes priority over whitelisting. Anyone familiar with security settings of any kind will be aware of this but it may surprise some users.

For example, suppose you set your wall to be visible to two groups (A and B) and then choose “Except” group C. In this case anyone in groups A and C will not be able to see your wall. This is a nice and secure way to set things. To ensure a friend can’t see your wall, simply put them in group C.

Now suppose you have it set so that your wall is visible to A and B with no exceptions. Keeping wall posts hidden from group C now requires you don’t put them in group A or B.

Which one you choose depends on how many friends you might have in more than one of the related groups. In my mind scenario one is the most secure but I prefer to set up scenario two because I have a several friends who fall into groups A (Family) and C (Professional) and I always know I will sort them properly.

My example is intentionally simplified. There are many ways this might surprise you.