Number of Facebook users is reaching the 1 billion milestone. It’s already reached World number 1 in Alexa traffic ranking. Numbers are astronomical and Facebook is continuing to become an important part in human life.
Facebook is a once in a Millennium invention. But same as any other innovations, Facebook is also having a dark side. Actually it’s a representation of human society. Most of the inappropriate behaviors in real life could be found in Facebook as well.
One of the major problems you will face in FB is spamming. There are many types of it. Message spamming, timeline post spamming, Tag spamming etc. In order to get rid of them what you should basically do is not to add unknown profiles as your friends. But it may not be the best solution.
If you need better control over spam, solution is in the box. Facebook provides most updated and comprehensive security features. But unfortunately, most of the people are not using them right. I’m leaving this note to help you to save your Timeline from spamming by altering privacy settings.
Stop Tag Spamming and Timeline Post Spamming?
These are the most annoying type of FB spam. You won’t be able to prevent them. But at least you can prevent them by appearing on your timeline without your approval. Here is how to do it.
- Go to Facebook and sign in.
- In top navigation bar, next to home button, there is a drop down menu. Go to Privacy Settings through that.
- Go to edit settings in Timeline and Tagging.
- Set Who can post on your time line to Friends. If you have lots of annoying friends set it to No one.
- Switch on Review posts friends tag you in before they appear on your timeline. After that even if someone tag you in a photo or post, it need your approval before it appear on your timeline.
Other than above, make sure you have used most narrow down visibility options for your profile and its content. My best suggestion is only friends. Whenever you see a spam content anywhere in FB, always remember to report them as spam.
With the above settings you can save your timeline by spam posts and tags. I love to keep a clean timeline and I know you do too. I’m sure this setting will work for you and save a huge amount of time.
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