BEFORE ACCEPTING FRIEND REQUEST 1. First and the most important tip is to better to connect only with the people you already know in your “real” life . Facebook is essentially a tool to stay in touch with your friends and relatives. Better keep it that way. [SEE ALSO: Simplifying your Facebook Life ] 2. But if you are using Facebook to make new friends, please make sure you carefully scan and understand the profiles of your would-be friends before accepting friend requests or sending friend requests. 3. It is very important to check when a particular profile was created. To know this, you should go to the person’s Timeline and keep scrolling down as more and more posts by that person will be shown to you. You do not need to go to the bottom of the Timeline –but this scanning of older posts will give you a number of insights about the person. It will also reveal age of the profile. [SEE ALSO: How to Find When a Facebook Profile or Page was Created ] 4. Do not accept friend requests from people who are strangers and whose profiles are not old enough. People often quickly create fake profiles whose only intent is to catch quickly a few unsuspecting victims. [SEE ALSO: Tips on identifying fake profiles] 5. Do not accept friend requests from those who do not have a genuine-looking profile picture. If instead of real profile picture, the person has posted photos of film stars, flower, musicians, singers or anyone else or has not posted any photo at all –you should not accept such a friend request. 6. Try to assess the person’s nature and behavior by reading the kind of material s/ he has posted. If there are obscene photos or status updates anywhere on the person’s wall –it would be better to be extra careful about connecting with such a person. 7. If it is available for you to view without accepting friend request, you must go to the Photos section of person’s profile. See what kind of photos are there. 8. If the person has not posted any genuine looking family photos or photos with friends, be cautious. 9. Go to the About section and see how much information has been made public. Find out where the person has studied and worked. See if this information sounds genuine. 10. If marital status is “married”, you should pay attention whether the person has named the spouse. If yes, go and check spouse’s profile as well. 11. Also in About section, see if any people have been listed as family members. Check the profiles of people who are listed as family members. 12. Now pay attention to the status updates made by the person. Language used tells a lot about the person . Look for the signs of maturity in thoughts and words in the messages posted by the person. 13. If a person uses abusive language, or very casual language against women –you better think twice before accepting friend request from this person. 14. You should also see if there are any common friends. If there are, you might want to ask a common friend about his/her opinion.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 06:36:56 +0000
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