You have to have your own facebook page to post a question so register a page of your own and then follow these directions I got from Facebook. Unless you add a profile photo, no picture will ever show up of you. I use an alias name in FB. lol It serves me well. Go to your Timeline (which we sometimes refer to as your profile) and hover over your profile picture Click Edit Profile Picture to edit your picture Choose whether you want to: Pick a photo you already uploaded to Facebook Take a new photo Upload a photo from your computer Edit your thumbnail Remove your current photo You can use any of the photos you've uploaded to Facebook, or photos your friends have uploaded, if you're tagged in them: Click on the photo you want to use to expand it Hover over the photo and select Options Click Make Profile Picture Crop the photo and click Done Cropping Keep in mind, your current profile picture is public.

Shoot, this came out long (ended up venting something else). Carrie's Wall - is Carrie a FB friend with Joe? Not yet, but I figure it's just a matter of time (they all know each other). Not sure what Carrie's settings are at. Without coming out & asking, is there a way to find out? Rilie is correct; block Joe & he's done with seeing anything you post period. That's posed a problem for me. I have tried and can't find a way to make it work unless he's a Friend. IOW, I got into Account>Privacy Settings>Customize. First option is "Posts by Me". I can edit that to where it's "Friends Only Except..." and then I type in name(s). Friends names will work, but I just tried it, typed in Joe (not my Friend) and it didn't keep that setting, it just disappeared. If there is another way, I'm all ears! :) Same thing if I want to do a custom edit for maybe one post. It only takes Friends names as exclusions. Wait, just found something. I was in Account>Privacy Settings and see "Block Lists" at bottom center of page. I experimented entering "John Smith" . (I don't know a John Smith, so no harm done.) It let me block & unblock him, so it's doesn't have to be a Friend or permanent block. However, this is what is blocks: "Once you block someone, that person can no longer be your friend on Facebook or interact with you (except within applications and games you both use)." I don't use apps or games, so it sounds like even if I put Joe's name on the block list, tho he can't interact with me, he could probably still see my posts left on Mary's wall. Since I'm stepping out of my own territory when on her wall. :/ Natal, I have become a bit disillusioned. There are pitfalls. My now single best friend from H.S. closed her account due to a creeper who wouldn't leave her alone. I treasure my family, but sometimes what younger ones post (teen to early 20's) makes my jaw drop. TMI to an extreme. Don't want to know about the younger (early 20's) distant relative who had an affair with a 'bad boy' type, broke up her marriage, lost custody of her toddler, now in a custody battle. (Common sense would dictate in a custody battle, don't post certain things.) Ironically after all that the bad boy's possessiveness showed even on FB, she broke that off. She lost a lot for a fling. I just don't want to know that stuff (why anyone would think the world would either is beyond me). Another thing (just a rant). My FB times are very early a.m. before work, or evening 'down' time. Ideal for chatting with family overseas due to time difference. I work at home, nearly all of it on PC. Recently a sibling's spouse & I were chatting, they said winter has been super busy. I agreed, mentioned how many hours I've put in lately too. Their response was condescending and came with a smile similar to one they'd use trying to catch their kid in a lie; "are you suuure...? " *smacks forehead* Of course I'm sure. And I take breaks, who doesn't?! My 'work' days can go 12, 14 hours when I'm on a roll. So I bop online, rest my brain, get a brief change of scenery. Certainly don't need to justify that to them. Didn't pursue it, but was ticked & insulted. Because their response came from them seeing my FB activity. They aren't even on FB, so they are seeing through one of their kids I'm close to & Friends with. That's a little too weird for my liking. Love the 'real time' staying in touch, but reading above, it sounds crazy. Have some family that refuse to do FB. Think maybe they're the smart ones.

I, of course, had heard a lot of references to Facebook. They all pertained to how great it was to reconnect with friends and family. I didn't know there were "hidden" mysteries that came with it. So I joined up, and right away found some relatives that would be good to hear from. I began to realize I was also gaining "friends" I never heard of. I have no idea who most of those friends are. As I said before, I think Facebook should come with a tutorial. A lot of the terms are not self-explanatory. I googled and learned a few tid-bits here and there. One was the use of the Hide button, but that only works on the Home page, not the page of a Friend. So there is no way to my knowledge to remove something from another's page. Seems like there should be, it is MY Facebook. Anyway, I have gone in and removed every name except my nieces and nephews. I left X, because I don't have the heart to delete him. I know that if he did do the quiz, and doesn't want to admit it after seeing the result, that he had no idea what would have come of taking the quiz. And that the "F" word would be blasted on that page in BIG red letters on a black background. Facebook should be ashamed. I didn't join Facebook looking for games to play or quizzes to take. My purpose was to locate and reconnect with family. For that I think Facebook will be fine. It is much better than emailing. If anything similar happens again, I will give it up completely. Thanks for helping me through this. Sue

I may be way to controversial here but there must be alot of people that want that option of "only me" or fb would not offer that option. Here is one incident in which I used the "only me" option. I have a pic that my granddaughter sent to me via fb message of her and her mother..It is absolutely beautiful, and she wanted to keep it private until she and her mom could have it framed for her dad to give it to him as a gift. She ask me to keep it private so I put it in my picture and put it under the "only me." When it was mentioned above that others could see the pictures even though the only me had been chosen I contacted my DGD and she confirmed that she could not see the picture on my account. Whew!!