While it\u2019s a security best practice to keep strangers off of your Facebook account, you might feel that it\u2019s understandable to accept an unknown request for the sake of networking or otherwise. This isn\u2019t the ideal way to approach Facebook, but you do have a unique opportunity to allow users to view your profile and follow your public posts, without the need to accept a friend request.<\/p>\n
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This feature is called \u201cfollow,\u201d which limits who can send you actual friend requests while still allowing some users to view your public posts. This is important primarily because hackers and scammers will often create fake profiles in an attempt to connect with potential victims. Their target might be sensitive credentials or other important information, so it\u2019s important to avoid friend requests from people who you may not know.<\/p>\n
To allow users to follow your profile and prevent users who don\u2019t know who you are from sending friend requests, follow these instructions.<\/p>\n
First, log into your Facebook account. If you\u2019re using a desktop, select the down-arrow<\/strong> in the top right corner of Facebook. Once you\u2019ve done so, click on Settings, which will be at the bottom.<\/p>\n Doing so will open up the General Account Settings<\/strong>. In the left column, notice the sub-categories for Facebook\u2019s settings. You want to click on Privacy<\/strong> first.<\/p>\n In the Privacy Settings and Tools<\/strong> page, you\u2019ll see sections that allow you to control who sees what you post on Facebook. The first option you want to find is the Who can contact me?<\/strong> Section. Click the Edit<\/strong> option and change the setting to Friends of friends<\/strong>. By doing so, you\u2019ll be safe from friend requests from all but those who are currently on one of your friends\u2019 rosters, and you\u2019ll be able to send your own invitations in the same way as before.<\/p>\n If you want to give someone the ability to see what you post without accepting a friend request, you can enable public posts. This lets you share what you post, such as articles from your industry or professional development, without sharing personal posts that are meant for only your friends–effectively allowing you to split up your personal and professional posts. Just scroll down to Public Posts<\/strong> in the left column and open up the Public Post Filters and Tools<\/strong> page. Next, in the Who Can Follow Me<\/strong> section, select Public<\/strong>. Now you can select Public<\/strong> to make posts available to Followers, or Friends<\/strong> for posts meant only for your friends.<\/p>\n Granted, even with all of these measures, you still need to practice healthy skepticism when dealing with users on social media platforms. You never know who your latest friend could be, as it\u2019s easy enough to hide behind the facade of an online account and pretend to be someone else. To learn more about how you can protect your business from online threats, reach out to us at PHONENUMBER.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While it\u2019s a security best practice to keep strangers off of your Facebook account, you might feel that it\u2019s understandable to accept an unknown request for the sake of networking or otherwise. This isn\u2019t the ideal way to approach Facebook, but you do have a unique opportunity to allow users to view your profile and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[17,45,19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}