You not only have a Facebook account, but you also are very active on this social network? Well it’s time to wake up and realize that there also are bad effects, so you need to be careful to avoid the seven mistakes which are made by almost all Facebook users!
1. Password
Do not use regular passwords, ones that contain your name followed by your birth date at the end. Avoid to use a password created by dictionary words. Pick a combination of letters, numbers and specific signs, a password that is at least 8 characters long.
2. Date of Birth
Do not make your date of birth public, because you might risk to be targeted by hackers. Facebook is a real source where hackers can get private information about yourself. And this is an easy way for them to access your banking accounts. If you already made your date of birth public on your profile, you need to hurry and change or hide or the information.
3. Select the users that can view your profile!
You need to be aware of the tools that are used to control the information you make public or not. Facebook options allows you to select who can see your photos, who can access information about yourself or who can leave comments on your profiles or photos. If you can’t help it and you are posting very private information, the least you can do is to restrict access to them.
4. Never announce on Facebook that you are leaving on vacation
If you are writing on Facebook that you are going away for the weekend or you are going to take a two weeks vacation it’s like leaving a note on your front door saying ” there’s nobody home!”. Wait until you come back from vacation and then you can tell your virtual friends that you were gone on vacation.
5. Kids names in photos
If you post photos with kids on Facebook, avoid to tag their names. If your friends are doing it, ask them to stop. It’s a viable method strictly for the safety of our kids.
6. Under 13 kids profiles
You have a brother, a niece or even a son that is not 13 yet but wants to create a profile on Facebook? You should know that Facebook does not allow members under 13. Instead of encouraging the kid to specify a fake birth date, you would be better if you let them create an account using your email address. This way you can control the information they are posting and you can also see who they are in contact with.
7. Picking a new boyfriend
It’s not such a good idea to search for a boyfriend on Facebook. In the virtual spate there are many people that are not what they appear to be, so you might be very surprised when you meet them in real life for the first time. A tragic case about a love story that was born on Facebook is the one of Katie Piper. Her boyfriend, whom she met on Facebook marked her for life after he kidnapped her, raped her and then pored sulfuric acid on her face.
