Facebook Questions

I have 2 questions. First I am wondering how I can stop my information from appearing on other people's newsfeed. In other words, if I write on a friend's wall, accept a new friend, comment on a status, etc...how do I keep it from appearing on all friends news feed? My second question is in regards to all these fan pages that claim you can see who has been viewing your profile. Is there any truth to any of the them?

Hello there, welcome to this forum.

1. If it's an Application recent activity go to Settings (Tab at the Top) --> Application Settings --> Find the App --> Edit Settings --> Additional Settings --> Un-tick the "Publish to streams"/"Can post on Wall" box.

2. Nope, they're all just a bunch of lies to get Fans. None of them work.

Best,

Keri Holdgrafer wrote:My second question is in regards to all these fan pages that claim you can see who has been viewing your profile. Is there any truth to any of the them?

As The Listener has said, there are not real and here's why/how:

Apps that truly track profile views are not allowed on facebook. However, they are allowed to do "similar" things.

The Facebook terms do not allow this to happen (for anything, including, but not limited to, pictures, videos, and the profile page itself). ie. Facebook does not allow users to track profile views or see statistics on how often a particular piece of content has been viewed and by whom.

There have been several applications that have claimed to do this in the past, but they either didn't work or were removed by facebook for violating its privacy terms.

Third party developers, however, may offer applications that provide some of this functionality, subject to the following terms:


1. Applications cannot track profile views for users who simply visit another person's profile. Facebook has made this technically impossible.
2. In order to be tracked by an application, you must explicitly agree to allow the application to access your information.
3. Adding an application that provides this functionality is purely optional. If you do not want to participate, please do not add the application to your account.

Unlike myspace, Facebook's philosphy is to let users view what they want without others knowing what they viewed.

So you can check out that cute guy/girl with no worries about them finding out, but you will not be able to find out who has been viewing yours.