Facebook
 

This may sound silly but I'm on Facebook and I have a person that wants to friend me. I would like to friend her but there are two people that I'm friends with that I don't want her to know and to see their posts to me. Is there a way I can add her but she won't see their posts? Thanks

Sounds like a high school problem.

I don't think so. What you can do is communicate with her through Private messeges of FB, but you will have to tell her why probably.

What I have found with Facebook is what may be true today may not be true tomorrow. You cannot trust them to keep your posts private even if you change your settings. It's best not to post anything on there that you don't want the world to see.

This person never got over her high school insecurities and we are in our 60's go figure, I'll just email her instead of Facebook and not friend her. Thanks.

Unless the 3 people in question are also friends with each other, and you, they won't see each other's status updates and posts to your wall, however, if any friend posts to your status update, all you friends can see everyone's posts. Your setting must be set to "friends only". Having said.....I wouldn't trust it, if it's truly a problem.

Actually there are 3 settings for the person you want to friend. If you do friend her, mark her an acquaintance, then when you post mark your post to "friends but not acquaintances". On Facebook NEVER post to public.

Whomever said it is a high school thing, yup. I have a crazy dance teacher stalker I never met and do not know.Facebook refuses to take down a page she has created bashing my business. There are some real nut jobs on there so be careful.

DO NOT post ANYTHING that you do not want the world to know. Nothing is truly secure on the Internet......I don't care what anyone believes....might be secure for the moment, but not tomorrow.

I had an acquaintance from high school locate me. She sent me a friend request and she kept pestering me about coming to visit and staying with me here. I barely knew her. Ended up defriending her. She still could contact me via e-mail through facebook. I ended up blocking her. It was a long ordeal. Now I only friend those who I know VERY well regardless if I knew them from high school.

Why, facebook. It only causes trouble.

If you are all writing things that you're afraid the others may see, you should not be writing them. Just creates hard feelings and not worth it.

Along with this...it always amazes me what people post on FB (and TOTV)....personal information such as phone #'s and e-mail addresses etc. You can PM folks if you need to contact them. I never, never post anything on FB that I don't want the "world" to know!

I have to disagree. I find it a wonderful tool to keep up with people who you are interested in, but seldom see. Recently went to a funeral and saw several facebook friends who I don't regularly see, and I knew much of what was going on in their lives and vice versa. I am obviously not a privacy freak (see my avatar - that's my wife and I, and my screen name - that's my name!) so the anonymity issue does not concern me.

I have found Facebook to be a great way to keep up with loved ones far away. Just like this forum, it is all how you use it.

I completely agree Pammy, I love FB. I have reconnected with people who I thought I had lost and love checking out my friends pictures especially of their kids. Now that we are in FL I find it a very special way to keep in touch with all my dear friends in MA. I have also gotten to know more about my nephews and niece which to me is priceless.