I saw a couple of guys debating on cable news yesterday about Facebook opening up their profiles to Google search. One was all up in arms about it and it struck me as terribly odd to be on a social network and not want to be social - LOL
Thanks for the great tips - hope you have a wonderful day!
Connie Reece
· 2 years ago
Chris, under your Privacy settings, you can turn off certain news feed items -- including Leave Group. That way you can tiptoe out quietly. :)
Stephen Collins
· 2 years ago
A great piece of advice for us professional users of Facebook. Nice work, Chris.
Chris Webb
· 2 years ago
Thanks for a little guidance on this. I see so many people just sort of wondering aimlessly around Facebook...
Jon in Michigan
· 2 years ago
Ha! Facebook suspended me for not using my real name. The only reason they noticed was because I asked a question in their help section.
I should tell them my real name is Chris Brogan. :)
Connie Bensen
· 2 years ago
Great points Chris! Thanks for pointing out that I should update my profile, now if I can get Facebook convinced to take my changes! grrr I tried to update last night & it wouldn't. Scoble pointed out that their interface isn't intuitive.
Wow! That Connie Bensen. She's got some great stuff to share. She launched her own blog by the way recently at ConnieBensen.com. Swing by and see it.
Thanks for the tip, Connie Reece. You've just doome about 20 groups. : )
And I'm curious how you use YOUR profiles. What are you doing on Facebook? Besides Scrabulous.
Connie Reece
· 2 years ago
Chris, I have added the Profile Web Address app, which adds my name to the URL rather than an ID number. Now you can link directly to my Facebook profile at http://profile.to/conniereece
I've also added the My Card app, which lets me create a business card and attach it to messages I send inside Facebook.
I use the drop-and-drag feature to rearrange my Profile layout so that the most important items I want people to see are "above the fold" (in print terms).
I update my status several times a day, and I subscribe to the RSS feed for all my friends' status updates. That allows me to keep up with them and sometimes prompts me to pay a visit to their FB site and comment.
After the conference I'll send you a link with my session PDF so you can share with your readers.
Mark
· 2 years ago
The one thing I wish Facebook would fix is the way these "applications" get spread. I don't want fun wall or superwall or any other kind of wall other than the one that comes by default and, yet, I am CONSTANTLY pestered by my friends (who probably don't know that this is happening, or how to prevent it) trying to enrol me in the apps.
Facebook: Please please please keep it SIMPLE and elegant - it's what brought millions of people to you.
Connie Reece
· 2 years ago
Mark, I agree about the annoyance of the way FB apps are spread. One thing I do whenever adding any app and the list of all my friends pops up -- I immediately click on Select None so that I don't accidentally spam all my friends. Sometimes it's easy to continue adding the app without inviting any friends; sometimes not. I think it has to do with the way the developer, not FB, sets up the app.
Jof Arnold
· 2 years ago
Thanks for the second mention of Blog Friends, Chris - glad you're still enjoying our app ;)
In case anyone reading this is having problems installing Blog Friends and/or changing settings, it's due to facebook: they broke "fake AJAX" last night during a routine update. :oS
We're trying some work-arounds, but hope they'll fix it soon; in the meantime, feel free to check the Blog Friends facebook forum for developments.
Jof Arnold (Blog Friends)
Chris Hambly
· 2 years ago
Phewwwww no fixes to make, we are on the same page...
Nice advice, Chris. The only thing I hadn't already done was to add Blog Friends.
Jane Quigley
· 2 years ago
I'm always adjusting my profile - I do think I have too much on it and need to condense. @conniereece - tnx for the hints. I'm going to add those today (while editing others...)
NEENZ: "INFINITY PRO"
· 2 years ago
Either I'm becoming much more aware of maximizing the different SNs or you're reading my mind! Worked on the Facebook profile well ahead of the others.
ALOHA. NEENZ.
Kamilah
· 2 years ago
I thought I was the only one who found multiple walls with the non-facebook wall on top annoying!
Lester
· 2 years ago
Hey how come my applications on facebook dont work. the only thing that shows is my wall
Mari Smith
· 2 years ago
Excellent points you make, Chris. Halleluiah!! If someone's profile page takes too long to load due to a ton of frivolous apps with images etc... I'm afraid I have to *next* them.
I liked your point about the more natural profile pic too... mine is the prof headshot... I'm off to dig up something different. ;)
To give people a better sense of my interests/focus, I've joined a ton of different groups - they're more like some kind of identity badge than places with tons of interaction. (For more on this, see the group "Psychology of Facebook with Dr. BJ Fogg").
I also like to strategically pick books for the Books iRead app to show my interests... and, for the most part, my Status updates are strategic too.
Chris , I think Face book Bio Pages need an index ! I Am Ok with Corrections , and find my Bio page is overloaded [ My Fault] ! The bio could be set up like a blog roll each app having a link to it,s page ! Most of their apps I find useless but then I am 71 years old and can critsize with Gusto ! Words without order become Semantic Jazz !
Dear Blog Friend, We're very sorry to announce that Blog Friends is to close down.
Mari Adkins
· 1 year ago
Thank you for this. I appreciate it very much. I went through and tweaked my Facebook page and am much happier with it. More and more, I want to ditch MySpace...
Training An Older Dog
· 5 months ago
The one thing I wish Facebook would fix is the way these "applications" get spread. I don't want fun wall or superwall or any other kind of wall other than the one that comes by default and, yet, I am CONSTANTLY pestered by my friends (who probably don't know that this is happening, or how to prevent it) trying to enrol me in the apps.
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Thanks for the great tips - hope you have a wonderful day!
I should tell them my real name is Chris Brogan. :)
Here are some great tips that I plan to blog with screenshots on to do it for my readers at http://www.digiscrapinfo.com/wordpress/
Jason Preston started with his ideas & I added some specifics.
http://webcommunityforum.com/2007/09/collapsing...
Thanks for the tip, Connie Reece. You've just doome about 20 groups. : )
And I'm curious how you use YOUR profiles. What are you doing on Facebook? Besides Scrabulous.
I've also added the My Card app, which lets me create a business card and attach it to messages I send inside Facebook.
I use the drop-and-drag feature to rearrange my Profile layout so that the most important items I want people to see are "above the fold" (in print terms).
I update my status several times a day, and I subscribe to the RSS feed for all my friends' status updates. That allows me to keep up with them and sometimes prompts me to pay a visit to their FB site and comment.
And now -- shameless self-promotion here -- for more information you'll have to attend my "Making Connections" session at BlogOrlando. (http://blogorlando.com/sessions/index.php#reece)
After the conference I'll send you a link with my session PDF so you can share with your readers.
Facebook: Please please please keep it SIMPLE and elegant - it's what brought millions of people to you.
In case anyone reading this is having problems installing Blog Friends and/or changing settings, it's due to facebook: they broke "fake AJAX" last night during a routine update. :oS
We're trying some work-arounds, but hope they'll fix it soon; in the meantime, feel free to check the Blog Friends facebook forum for developments.
Jof Arnold (Blog Friends)
I think, check for me?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=517858845
ALOHA.
NEENZ.
I liked your point about the more natural profile pic too... mine is the prof headshot... I'm off to dig up something different. ;)
To give people a better sense of my interests/focus, I've joined a ton of different groups - they're more like some kind of identity badge than places with tons of interaction. (For more on this, see the group "Psychology of Facebook with Dr. BJ Fogg").
I also like to strategically pick books for the Books iRead app to show my interests... and, for the most part, my Status updates are strategic too.
Cheers,
Mari
(feel free to friend me: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=566610867)
I Am Ok with Corrections , and find my Bio page is overloaded [ My Fault] ! The bio could be set up like a blog roll each app having a link to it,s page ! Most of their apps I find useless but then I am 71 years old and can critsize with Gusto ! Words without order become Semantic Jazz !
I spent yesterday clearing out all those really stupid apps that people forward me, but I recognise the need to add some useful ones as outlined here.
Look me up on Facebook to see how I'm progressing!
Dear Blog Friend, We're very sorry to announce that Blog Friends is to close down.