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Facebook Question

rms1954 — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:03:14 GMT

I get tons, and I mean tons, of "friend suggestions" and "people you may know." Such strange photos and names such as that I couldn't pronounce if I wanted to. I'm sick of removing them all.

Does anyone else get them?

Re: Facebook Question

Luvsmyfam — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:06:52 GMT

simple solution get off fb.being on here,is kinda like fb,although not as noisy

Re: Facebook Question

rms1954 — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:10:00 GMT

@Luvsmyfam wrote:
simple solution get off fb.being on here,is kinda like fb,although not as noisy

Not an answer to my question. If I didn't want to be on FB I wouldn't be. Don't get what you mean by "being on here."

Re: Facebook Question

NickNack — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:15:27 GMT

@rms1954 If you're getting friend suggestions for people you don't know, I think it must be your settings. Look carefully at your settings. It might be the way your privacy settings are set up. I'm not sure how to tell you to set them, but can only say that my friend suggestions always tell me how many friends we have in common.

I don't always know who they are, but we always have friends in common. Maybe do a Google search with this question.

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spent2much — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:16:20 GMT

@rms1954 Are you using a PC to access facebook?

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kivah — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:23:30 GMT

@rms1954 wrote:
I get tons, and I mean tons, of "friend suggestions" and "people you may know." Such strange photos and names such as that I couldn't pronounce if I wanted to. I'm sick of removing them all.

Does anyone else get them?

I get the Friends pics also - HATE IT. I don't know if it could be deleted.

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RealtyGal2 — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:27:11 GMT

@Luvsmyfam wrote:
simple solution get off fb.being on here,is kinda like fb,although not as noisy

"being in here" is nothing like being on facebook. It is much more restrictive "in here".

Re: Facebook Question

rms1954 — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:27:15 GMT

@spent2much wrote:
@rms1954 Are you using a PC to access facebook?

yes.

Re: Facebook Question

Icegoddess — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:31:17 GMT

I don't. I get an occasional strange Friend request, but I also don't think I have gotten any People you May Know notifications in quite awhile. It may have to do with how you have your privacy settings set.

Besides the settings, did you know that you can select an audience for your posts? When you post something, nest to your name in the upper left corner, there is a little icon. If it looks like a globe, anybody can see it even if they aren't your friend. You can click on it and change the audience to Friends or whatever other choices are available. Once you do that before you hit the Submit button, all other posts will default to that audience. If you go and change it after you hit the submit button then it's only for that particular post.

The more you post as Public, the more open you leave yourself to predators trying to be your friend. That won't fix the People You May Know. I'm not sure what causes Facebook to send those out. I haven't gotten any in a long time, maybe because I haven't added any new friends in a long time.

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Caffeina — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:32:46 GMT

@rms1954

Re: Facebook Question

Icegoddess — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:39:35 GMT

@Luvsmyfam wrote:
simple solution get off fb.being on here,is kinda like fb,although not as noisy

@Luvsmyfam this place bears no resemblance to Facebook in my opinion. While I may not like their interface that much, I'm not a fan of the obsessive moderation here either. I'm a member of several helpful special interest groups where I can get a lot more help than I could here. Even the Garden group here is very limited as to the info/help I can get compared to the Greenhouses & Gardens group on FB. There's no Sewing group here or any Genealogy groups. There's a Lost and Found Pets group where I can share and hlep people find their lost pets. And I have actually reunited 2 small dogs with their owner with the help of that group and identified a neighbor's wayward dog that someone had found so they, too, were able to reunite.

Re: Facebook Question

Sage04 — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:56:36 GMT

@rms1954 wrote:
I get tons, and I mean tons, of "friend suggestions" and "people you may know." Such strange photos and names such as that I couldn't pronounce if I wanted to. I'm sick of removing them all.

Does anyone else get them?

Yes, I get them all the time. Don't know how to prevent that from happening though.

Re: Facebook Question

Mom2Dogs — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 01:22:57 GMT

@rms1954 I have a facebook account....no friends, no photo, no profile. I opened only to use marketplace. I also get requests from people I do not know, I don't know why, since I do not interact with anyone on facebook.

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lovescats — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 01:24:28 GMT

Why do you need to remove them why can't you just ignore them. then I think they just go away

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bikerbabe — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 01:37:38 GMT

I just ignore.
You also need to check your privacy settings. You may have you page and postings “public” instead of friends only.

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threecees — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 02:00:09 GMT

To hide "People You May Know" click on the three dots in the right

corner and they will disappear.

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Mistreatedbycs — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 02:52:18 GMT

@rms1954 That's why I don't post. I have had many that have pictures with weapons pointing at you.

I'm thinking if they are on mine, am I on theirs?????

No way no one is tracking me down.

I've sent numerous messages to FB to delete and they completely ignore my request.

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CalminHeart — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 10:24:30 GMT

@rms1954 wrote:
I get tons, and I mean tons, of "friend suggestions" and "people you may know." Such strange photos and names such as that I couldn't pronounce if I wanted to. I'm sick of removing them all.

Does anyone else get them?

I set up pretty strict settings on FB but still get some. I never look at those "suggestions" because it'll trigger FB into showing more.

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Caaareful Shopper — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:44:33 GMT

@rms1954 I get them all the time. Remember, one of the original tenets of FB is to broaden everyone's circle of communication -- social networking. Facebook and Instagram (FB owns Instagram) are always adding "Suggestions."

You can just ignore it, that's what I do, If it bothers you though, you can change your settings. I don't even pay attention to the Suggested Friends list anymore.

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Miss Pepsi — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:49:26 GMT

@Caaareful Shopper wrote:
@rms1954 I get them all the time. Remember, one of the original tenets of FB is to broaden everyone's circle of communication -- social networking. Facebook and Instagram (FB owns Instagram) are always adding "Suggestions."

You can just ignore it, that's what I do, If it bothers you though, you can change your settings. I don't even pay attention to the Suggested Friends list anymore.

i get them and ignore them as well. Facebook is my happy place as that is what I have chosen it to be. I have pretty strict privacy settings and I ignore the rest.