Comments on: Want to Friend Me on Facebook? Please Use My Public Page or LinkedIn Instead

By: Raielene

Raielene — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:00:40 +0000

Ok, that’s what I decided to do (thanks for the quick reply!!). It took some work, but I created a list called “Business” and then went through my Privacy Settings and basically went through everything I don’t really want to share (most status posts, all photos, etc. Photos were the worst… I had to go back through and edit the settings on each and every album!) and set them so only friends with the exception of “Business” can see. I still need to test this somehow to make sure it looks and acts how I want it to (and my current profile picture will always show… but then that shows to everyone at least at thumbnail size), but this just might work for me… and hopefully any clients who try to add me will just assume I’m not on there much or take the hint that they’re a business relationship and not be offended.

What I’d really like now is a way to promote my Facebook page on my regular account… a nice big, bold link from my Info page would be awesome…

By: Tamar Weinberg

Tamar Weinberg — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:21:06 +0000

Hi Raielene — why not take advantage of Lists and block specific people from participating in certain activities on Facebook? You’ll see the “Create a List” at the top right hand corner of this page and you can put all those folks there.

Cheers!

By: Raielene

Raielene — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:14:34 +0000

Hi Tamar! I’m a freelance designer and recently have had a bunch of my clients want to add me as their friend on Facebook. I’m with you though that Facebook is for *friends*, not people I’ve worked with and have no other relationship with. I love to share photos of my kids or play the occasional FB game in the middle of the day, and just don’t want to share all that with people I’m supposed to be working for.

But what do I do when these people I’ve chatted and worked with for weeks or months now ask me to be friends on Facebook? I have a business page set up but to deny their request and send them the link instead by email seems like an insult.

What I’d really love is settings within Facebook to take that request and add them to a business version of your profile. But I guess that’s the 2nd persona everyone’s talking about… :\

Anyone got any advice or personal experience?

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By: Tamar Weinberg

Tamar Weinberg — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:46:08 +0000

Hi Michael, sorry for the delay – I thought I replied to a bunch of comments but didn’t.

I have NO idea what the solution to this is. I know Facebook isn’t it. It’s a personal network to me. I won’t use it professionally — I mean, I do, but it’s just not the answer and I hear you.

LinkedIn is way too professional (except it’s abused in so many ways) so yeah, I hear you, it’s not the answer either.

But with what I’ve got, this is how I make do. Is it the best? Maybe. Probably not. The alternatives aren’t known to me yet and probably haven’t been created!

By: Michael Moran

Michael Moran — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:15:56 +0000

You make some good points. I have a similar problem on a smaller scale.

LinkedIn isn’t the answer, I don’t think. I feel like it would be too much for some one like me to create a ‘Fan’ page.. I think you can just about get away with it!

I try to manage a full FB profile for IRL friends and a limited profile for people I meet online: Social Media contacts etc.

It’s still not the answer…

Anyay – the graphs are great!

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By: Tola

Tola — Wed, 12 May 2010 11:06:51 +0000

Wow! This was a very insightful post. I loved the time you took out to actually sit down and analyse facebook connection and your honesty. A lot of people have the wrong concept of facebook, or rather, people use facebook for different reasons. Some people just want to have a large list of ‘friends’ while others are just in it for the network and others like you (and me) are more into it for the friends that are too far away to see everyday or call.

Really good stuff… wish I had found this post earlier!

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