Joel Avatari

I remember, when I was a kid, our parents’ first order of business is to make us make our beds and clean our room before going out every morning. I’ve heard them say how your room reflects who you are in the inside.

I guess the updated version of that tale has led us to the most popular social networking site, Facebook. We slave for hours trying to update our profiles and notifying others what we’re doing and what we’re posting which should be, but not all, entertaining/relevant/interesting stuff.

But just like in life, keeping our profiles clean reflects on us, on who we are and what kind of person we are really. I’ve seen profiles with tons of clutter like this one:

Ay Caramba!

Seriously, no one wants to know all that right? I mean, who cares? If I see another profile like this one I swear I’m going to mute/hide you at once! But there are ways you can clean up your time line. Although, I give crappy directions, come, let me show you it!

1. How to stop spamming your friends unknowingly

• Hover over Settings beside the log out button; hover don’t click.
• Click on Application Settings from the settings drop down menu.
• You’ll now see recently used applications.
• On the right hand side, there is a “Show” with a drop down box, click it.
• Pick “allowed to post” these are the apps that posts stuff on your wall.
• Choose an application then click Edit Settings.
• Click on the additional Permissions tab.
• Then finally remove the check on the box that says publish activity.

Voila! People will now respect you more because they won’t see accepting Care bear’s mail anymore Yay!

Not Mine I swear

2. How to secure your privacy in Facebook.

Don’t you just hate it when your stalker knows your every move? When your wife finds out you left a comment on your ex’s profile picture Or when your mom freaks out when she found out you joined a gay bikini group? How do they know all this? Well, it’s simple really.  Facebook’s default setting is that you’d be an open book and publish all your movements in your timeline. It sucks when your friend Priest reads that you’re now a fan of Maria Ozawa.

Tip: If you don't like something. Hide it!

But there is actually a way to crawl under your shell again. And because this has been a very long blog entry, I will now use pictures to help you get your privacy back.

Click to enlarge I guess.

Then…

I hate them Adverts

The Facebook advert is truly disgusting, they use you to help promote their products and ads to your friends. That’s just not right.

So there you have it! You now know how to clean up your facebook, please share this information with your friends and give all of us peace and quiet.

I will entertain questions after the coffee break.