How to Hide Yourself on Facebook?

Answer 1

Now that Facebook has gone public, the world’s top social media site is under a great deal of scrutiny over its privacy practices.

Facebook emphasizes that it has plenty of filters and settings that allow people to keep their information private, but the fact is, once you’ve put something on Facebook, it can be permanent -- even if you hurry up and delete it.

And these days, a lot of potential bosses are looking up hirees’ Facebook pages. Some have come under fire for demanding access to a Facebook page before even agreeing to hire someone, but the fact of the matter is, they don’t even need to ask you first. If you haven’t protected your online privacy, those photos and statuses you put out there for your friends -- to paraphrase that famous line -- can and will be used against you.

So how can you keep your information from hurting you?

1. Lock down your profile. Make sure everything you post only goes to certain people, not out to the whole world.
2. Watch what you post. Posting photos of your family, or vacations, or innocent-looking activities are fine -- they show you’re a committed, hard-working person. Photos of you shooting a self-portrait in a bathroom doing the infamous “duck-lip” pose are not. Nor are photos of you doing belly shots while you’re on Spring break.
3. Watch what you say. It’s great to put up a status update that relates to your daily activities or future plans. Putting up statuses that insult other people, spark online arguments, or otherwise show you can be an argumentative buffoon, are not. Also watch what discussions you become involved in. It’s great to have your own religious or political beliefs. Don’t use them to bully others, though, at least not in public.
4. Don’t put anything too personal out on your wall or on someone else’s wall. If you need to talk to a single person, send a private message.
5. Don’t “friend” people you don’t know -- or try to “friend” strangers yourself. You may find yourself passing viruses on to people, including to that boss you’re trying to get to hire you.

The long and the short of it is, if you wouldn’t want your parents or your significant other to know something about you, then don’t put it on Facebook for total strangers to use against you.