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Banned from facebook for 'fake name'

My step-son tried to log in to facebook and saw that account was disabled. Supposedly because he was using a fake name, which he wasn't. Is there any way to appeal it?
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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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Collaborative album on Facebook

Is there any way I can let specific people add photos to my album on Facebook? The way it is, right now; If I have some photos of an event and my friend has some; then we need to collate before either ...
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Search friends' posts on Facebook

When I use the FB search bar it always finds groups or pages, etc. I want to search stuff my friends have posted... for instance I remember last week someone posted or commented on a post about a ...
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Facebook: How do you block someone's “shared” and “Likes” from your newsfeed?

I have friends who have a tendacy to ABUSE the share button. I don't want to see the stuff they share, but I want to see everything else? How can I do this? Or is this something I can't change? ...
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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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Is there a way to disable Facebook's email address?

I logged into Facebook today to see this: I don't want a Facebook email address. I loathe the concept of receiving email via Facebook. I don't want people to even attempt to send me email through ...
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How does one log into Facebook using Linked Accounts?

I have linked my Yahoo and Google accounts with Facebook via the Account Settings. Both of them now appear in the Linked Accounts list. Displayed immediately above them is the following: If you ...
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What should I do if my Facebook account is taken over by another person?

My daughter's account has been taken over by an other person. It is the second time in four days, What to do? She already asked twice for a new log in way, she logged in successfully, but the next ...
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Time frame for editing a Facebook comment

I noticed earlier today that immediately after entering the comment I can edit the comment. Is there a specified time frame that one can perform edits ? Does this also work for multiple comments in ...
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How can I create a Facebook fan page that displays content only after user joins it?

I'm sure everyone using Facebook is familiar with this type of fan pages, where you have to click the "Become a fan" button before it will display any content to you. How can I do this on my own fan ...
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Did Facebook ever have a dislike button?

I know they are not planing on implementing it, but did Facebook ever have a dislike button or a thumbs down button of any kind? Also, I'm not talking about the unlike button that appears after you ...
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Can I prevent people from commenting on my Facebook Photos?

I know you can prevent them from posting on my wall, but can I stop them from posting comments on pictures? Alternatively can I make it so that no one can see my photo albums?
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Respond to Facebook Event invites without using Facebook

Is it possible to reply to Facebook event invites without having to log into Facebook? Every time I log into Facebook, there is a chance that I will get distracted and waste time.
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Syndicate all posts and photos made to facebook

My family has a website that helps to keep us all in constant contact with each other. Recently a good number of the younger family members have started to use facebook. Our little family website is ...
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How can I make someone else an Admin on my Company's Facebook Page?

We currently have over 1,000 "fans" on Facebook. I'd like to make someone else an admin, but I don't want to have to go through all 1,000+ people to find the person I want to make an admin. Is ...
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Different Faces of Facebook

In Facebook, you have a Profile page which I it says is the Wall, and a Home page which says it's a news feed. I'm confused as to which one other friends can see, and how much they can see. I wonder ...
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Who or what is SUDA in Facebook feeds?

This comment appears in some Atom feeds from Facebook: <!-- SUDA was here. 10.36.217.112 --> What does it mean?
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Is there a way I can use my facebook chat from within gmail?

I like chatting with people through my gmail account for a number of reasons, but mostly because these chats are archived and searchable. Is it possible to use my Facebook chat from within gmail chat ...
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Will this method for apparently restricting what people can see on Facebook actually work?

I've seen the following post from at least two of my Facebook friends in the last couple of days (and who knows how many more I've missed when I've been off line). I think I understand the logic ...
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Why does the internet think I'm French?

Whenever I visit a new site, mostly social network or 'shop' sites, the page defaults to the French language, despite my IP being English. This also occurs when I'm on different computers, and when my ...
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What are the dimensions for the Facebook Timeline cover photo?

I've googled a resolution of height: 851px and width: 315px but it actually seems to be considerably larger than this. The full image http://i.imgur.com/JZ1yp.jpg
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Friendship page in Facebook

I want to see the Facebook friendship page between me and my friend. How can I see that page?
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Can I see the list of people I've invited to Facebook?

A friend of mine relayed me a mail that said I invited him to Facebook, which I'm pretty sure I didn't do. Now, I'm worried that there are other people I've unexpectedly invited to join Facebook. Is ...
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What's the difference between a list and a group on Facebook?

What is the difference between these two features also why can't I create a group "Military"...? I did a couple quick Google searches, I couldn't really find a place that explained those two features ...
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How to disable and revoke rights for a Facebook application?

I used a Facebook app but I want to remove it completely. How to do that?
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Does “Hide this Post” train Facebook?

Facebook now has an option to hide individual posts? Does this train Facebook as to which posts are interesting?
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Force an idle chat status in Facebook while still working in it and without going offline

One of my friends had asked me about how to keep chatting or working on Facebook and show idle status on Facebook, and I didn't find any way to force Facebook's chat to go idle. I know that in order ...
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View Facebook chat history

Can you view your previous chat history with a friend on Facebook?
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How can I view my followers on Facebook?

Facebook must have changed something again because I cannot find out how to view the list of subscribers. In Googling for this, I came upon this question: Facebook: List of subscribers However, it ...
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I've received a “Getting back onto Facebook” email - does it mean someone were trying to access my account?

I've received a "Getting back onto Facebook" email. I usually receive that email from Facebook when I enter a wrong password, but I'm sure this time it wasn't me! What should I do now to keep my ...
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Why does Facebook suggest friends that only appear in my Google Contacts?

Some time ago (yeah, I admit that was stupid), I granted Facebook to access my Gmail account to look for friends. While I'm pretty sure I revoked access at some point, Facebook still occasionally ...
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See all posts from everyone in Facebook

Facebook now has a per-friend "How many updates?" settings that controls the number of updates that appear in the news feed from that friend. I want to see all updates from all of my friends. Is there ...
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Create a private album on Facebook for private automatic upload of photos from mobile?

How can I create a private album on Facebook that would allow me to automatically upload of photos from mobile that will be private until I later make them manually available?
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Facebook timeline max aspect ratio before centre crop

We have this page, which includes a hidden image, at line 856 of the source code in format 726px x 226px. <img style="margin: 0px;" class="facebook" alt="toolbox" ...
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How to get granular privacy control per Facebook application?

Facebook offers privacy control over apps, so I decided set up the Twitter application to post updates to my wall. But I would also like not to let everyone see these updates (that would be ...
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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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Is this a genuine Facebook link?

http://www.facebook.com/confirmemail.php?e=user%40email_address_removed_for_security_reasons.com&c=175274284&report=1 I got this in an email and wanted to know if it is a genuine Facebook ...
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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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What happens when I poke someone on Facebook?

I know a window pops up saying they will be notified and they get notified, but is that it? Is there a point to poking or is it just supposed to be fun? I heard somewhere that the person you poked ...
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Game Requests appearing in Facebook Notifications area - How do I stop it?

In the last day or so, I have started getting game notifications (Mafia Wars) in the notifications bar at the top of the FaceBook screen (under the globe). Others seem to be complaining about this too ...
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Is there a way to 2way sync Facebook and self hosted WordPress blog comments [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to synchronize comments between Wordpress and Facebook? Is there a way to 2 way sync blog and Facebook comments. Use case: I post on my self hosted WordPress blog. ...
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How do you forward a message in Facebook to a friend?

I have a message in Facebook that I want to send to another Facebook friend. How do I go about doing that?
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Uploading many images to Facebook

Facebook has a limit of about 60 200 pictures per album. Is there a way to take a few hundred pictures, and upload them to a series of albums (e.g. "Foo part 1/5", "Foo part 2/5", ...) ?
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I do not have a FaceBook account but keep receiving emails

How do I stop people that I don't know emailing me to ask me to be their friend? Why do the emails that I receive think that I will know a list of people that I have never heard of?
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How to combine Facebook pages

I have 3 Facebook pages having different fans. I would like to combine all pages with fans. Is it possible? If no, how can I add all fans to a single page?
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How do I view Facebook “Review Recent Activity” window and why can't I see the IP address of suspicious logins?

I previously asked a question about finding the ip of recent logins to my facebook account. It seems like facebook does not release this information. However, I came across this: How does this ...
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How can I prevent clickjacking attacks on Facebook?

What could I say to a less technically-savvy friend about how to prevent attacks and viruses from Facebook attacks? I have seen many of my friends accounts posting spam due to their accounts being ...
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On Facebook can I control which friends appear in my news feed with Friend Lists?

Facebook's News Feed has always seemed rather arbitrary / random to me. I'd like to control which friends appear in the news feed. Is there a way I can do that using my various friend lists? ...
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How can I filter all my friends that are not grouped in any list, yet

I want all my friends to be nicely grouped in lists like "Family", "Work" etc. Is there a way to display only those friends not yet listed so that I can put them into lists as well?

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