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Discrepancy between real and shown number of photos/albums in Facebook
In Facebook if you check a friend’s number of photos or albums that he/she has uploaded you will realize the number which is show by Facebook differ from what is visible to you and you can count. From ...
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How to disable comments for my post in Facebook?
I don't want any comments to my post from my friends or anyone.
Is this feature available in Facebook?
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How do I choose which job is featured on my timeline?
I currently work in three places. How can I choose which job appears in my timeline? In my info I have three current jobs and I want to switch the one appearing in the timeline with another one from ...
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How can I view Facebook chat history?
I wonder if Facebook stores its chat history anywhere or if there is a way to enable chat history. Do you know a way to get the chat history?
I have tried with:
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Is it possible to whitelist applications from which posts are visible on my Facebook newsfeed?
On my Facebook newsfeed, I see posts made by people, and by appliactions such as Farmville, Selective Tweets, random games, etc.
Is there a way by which I can whitelist the apps from which I wish to ...
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How can I make my Facebook profile completely private?
How can I make my Facebook profile completely private?
I don't want people to be able to see cover photos or my Facebook photo profile.
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How can you get Facebook to allow you more than 5000 friends?
Facebook maxes out your friends at 5000. Is there some way to get around this without just creating a second page?
Note: I'm not even close, but I have friends who have maxed out and have to kluge ...
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How long does Facebook take to verify an account?
How long does it take Facebook to verify an account when you submit your ID? It's been nine (9) days now.
I submitted it with the online form and got an email back immediately saying I needed to ...
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Finding websites that have been 'Liked' on Facebook?
I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to find third party websites that have been 'liked' on Facebook.
I can't seem to find a search function on Facebook for this, so I tried searching ...
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Facebook, account hacked?
A friend of mine appears to have her account hacked. I got this chat message from her:
[removed]
(warning: this URL links to a trojan)
She did not send this message. What's happening here?
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How can I filter out Facebook notification emails?
I'm trying to create a filter on my Facebook email so that notifications are labeled as one category, while other account-related messages are labeled something else. The problem is that they both ...
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Turn off close Facebook friend notification
Many people added me as a close friend and they receive updates about my activities on Facebook. I do not want to show them via notification what I post or what I like.
How to turn these ...
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How to delete all friends in a facebook list?
There's a great tool to manipulate friends into list as raised here.
Though we cannot quickly/batch delete all friends in a list.
If you know how to do this, please share.
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On Facebook, can I find out who else likes a page?
I can see that 103 people "like" a page but how can I find out who they are?
With the old "group" system this was so easy!
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How to get page www.facebook… for my apps.facebook…?
I have my app up and running via:
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=103297833078853
Now I want to claim a page such as http://www.facebook.com/mycyberspaceapp
Can you tell me ...
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Hiding New Friends Activity on Facebook
Is there a privacy setting on Facebook that will stop the posting that is made on your friend's wall when you make a new friend?
I do not want this to appear on my friend's wall when I make a new ...
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How do I set the privacy for a single pic/photo in Facebook?
I want to restrict viewing of one of my single uploaded pic on facebook ... how do I do that ?
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Facebook: Removing “&theatre” Mode
On Facebook, I've found that if you remove the &theatre from the URL when viewing a picture, it reverts back to the original way of viewing pictures.
Is there any way I can make the removal ...
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Facebook: don't show news from TV shows I “like” in my feed?
Can I "like" a TV show on Facebook but not see news from it in my News Feed?
I'm not interested in the news and just had an unseen episode spoiled from the show's own news feed item.
I've looked in ...
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What are the recommended privacy settings for Facebook?
I hear a lot about the default privacy settings on Facebook being too open and that third parties can get hold of my private information. What can I do to lock down my account so that only the people ...
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How can I retroactively tag friends in a post on Facebook?
I posted a status update on Facebook and tagged a few friends in it, but I forgot one, and another only accepted my friend request after I had already posted the status update. How can I now ...
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How to stop friend requests from friends of friends
How can I stop friend requests from "friends of friends" when I don't have a clue who those people are? I have a Facebook account to keep up with people I know personally who have moved away, but I ...
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How do I delete my Facebook friends from the mobile interface?
How do I delete my Facebook friends from the mobile interface?. Before the timeline feature there was an "unfriend" button in their profile. However, now I can't find where is it located in timeline ...
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How to upload an mp3 to Facebook?
I know it's possible to upload videos to Facebook. Is it possible to upload an mp3 to Facebook using their user interface?
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Allow Facebook page users/fans to post only after admin review?
I run a Facebook page for a local organization. Is it possible to allow users to post on our wall, tag photos, etc. - but only after one of our admins has reviewed it?
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Facebook home page post display changed
Two days ago my wall on Facebook changed, the link facility to have either top stories or most recent stories has gone and I cannot change between the two, does anyone have any idea how I can get it ...
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What is the difference between share-on-Facebook and Facebook-like?
What is the difference between share-on-Facebook and Facebook-like? I see both of them in many pages. Which one to use? What are the factor for choosing?
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Can't get past Facebook checkpoint after entering real name
Facebook wanted me to enter my real name, but when I did it didn't accept it. Now I get a blank page (checkpoint) after signing in and can't get to my page.
I could and did change my password, but ...
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Facebook Checkpoint, Locked Profile
I have been loged out of my facebook for a while. It all started when I imported some contacts from my old Yahoo mail.
They locked my account and I now have to verify it, I tried this they send me a ...
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Comments and likes for a photo not showing up on Facebook profile, only when clicking the photo
On Facebook, I noticed that the comments and likes for a photo I checked in are not showing up on my profile but they display when I click into the photo.
How can I get them to display directly on ...
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People cannot “Like” any posts on my Facebook Wall
On my Facebook page, the "Like" and "Comment" option is missing on all posts on my wall. I can like and comment on my own page, but others cannot. I discovered this when I went to my profile page and ...
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Facebook event: uninvite all people who are not “attending” nor “maybe”
I invited 800 friends to a Facebook event I thought would interest only very few people, and the event is getting too popular compared to actual capacity.
Is there any alternative to manually ...
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Uploading animated GIFs on Facebook
I'd like to upload or link to an animated GIF to Facebook in such a way that ideally it would display animated in the profile page. If that's not possible, it should at least animate when clicked.
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How do I get the e-mail addresses of my Facebook friends?
I want to send one of my Facebook friends an e-mail, but I don't have his email-address.
It's rather personal, so I don't want to send it via Facebook if possible.
How can I get his e-mail address ...
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Not getting notifications of close friend
I am unable to get any notification from my close friend on Facebook.
I do not even have a notification button on the top left hand side in my close friend list.
Does anyone have any suggestions why ...
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Why can't I share a link with GET parameters on Facebook? [closed]
I try to share a link to my website on Facebook but the get parameter is trimmed. I make the share button like this:
<a name="fb_share" type="button" ...
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What tools can I use to get Wordpress updates on a Facebook page? [closed]
I have been using the RSS Graffiti app to get updates from Wordpress onto my Facebook page. This generally works fairly well, giving me a photo thumbnail, title, and short description.
My thoughts on ...
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Someone memorialized my Facebook profile but I'm still alive!
Apparently, it’s pretty easy to memorialize someone's Facebook profile. I am greeted with the following message after entering my valid and correct username and password:
Account Inaccessible This ...
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Can I export my Facebook friend's contact info to gMail?
Is it possible to export my Facebook friend's contact info to gMail?
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Facebook batch friend list editor
Is there an application (preferrably a web app, but a desktop app would be useful as well) for better Facebook friend list management?
I tend to use my Facebook friend lists like tags, where I will ...
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How do I remove Timeline from Facebook?
I visited my friend's profile on Facebook recently. Impressed with his Timeline feature I added to my profile as well. Bored with it, I want to get rid of the Timeline now.
How can I remove it? I was ...
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How to delete all Facebook posts/comments older than 1 year?
I love Facebook, but I don't want all my contacts to be able to sift through all my old posts.
So I'd like to delete all my posts and comments from Facebook after a defined time, like, say one year.
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Export Contacts from Facebook — The Painless Methods
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Is there an relatively painless way to export contacts from Facebook?
Background
I'm helping my wife get contact info for her network. I've read the answer to this related question on ...
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Facebook “share link” feature feature for Blogger, Google Buzz, or other Blogs?
Facebook has a nice share feature to share links.
When I share a link on Facebook, I paste a URL into the status box (The box which says "What's on your mind?"). Facebook will automatically populate ...
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Google reader shared items in Facebook
Is there a way to link my Google Reader shared items to Facebook updates. ie., whenever I share something in Google Reader it should appear in my Facebook updates as well. Is there a way to achieve ...
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Changing vanity URL on Facebook?
As you may know, Facebook allows users to choose a "vanity URL," allowing easy linking to one's profile. However, once set, this URL cannot be changed and this was done for security reasons, ...
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How to auto-expand all “older posts” on Facebook wall
Is there a way to automatically expand all "older posts" on a Facebook wall at once? I'm using Firefox if it matters.
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Is there a way to export my Facebook status'?
I need a text document of my facebook status updates for all time. What's the quickest way to do this?
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Comment on a Facebook page item owned by me, as myself
I'm the administrator of a Facebook page for an organization, and when adding comments to items posted there (by myself or by other administrators), the comments show up as being "added by the page". ...
