{"id":6319,"date":"2026-02-02T15:21:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/?page_id=6319"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:23:26","slug":"change-these-11-facebook-settings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/advisorator-guides\/change-these-11-facebook-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Change these 11 Facebook settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<div class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-metadata ngl-metadata\" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;text-align:center;font-size:12px\" data-padding=\"10px,10px,20px,20px\" data-margin=\"0px,0px\">\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-pic\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f90913d341018d607d40669240a3cf67eafc9b5137813ab1d0762959403220c?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" class=\"avatar avatar-32 photo\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-author\">Jared Newman<\/div>\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-sep\">|<\/div>\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-date\" data-date-format=\"F j, Y\">February 2, 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fbscreenangle.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook website screenshot\" class=\"wp-image-3820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fbscreenangle.jpg 900w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fbscreenangle-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fbscreenangle-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fbscreenangle-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fbscreenangle-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fbscreenangle-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fbscreenangle-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fbscreenangle-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Whether you love spending time on Facebook or merely do so out of obligation, there are lots of ways to make the experience more tolerable.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been spending a bit more time on the site lately, having been roped into a handful of Facebook Groups that I need to keep tabs on. As such, I\u2019ve also dug into Facebook\u2019s labyrinthine settings menu, looking for ways to protect privacy, lock down profile access, and generally make the site feel less obnoxious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f0f0f0;padding: 20px 20px\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Hold up!<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This article is for <a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/subscribe-to-advisorator\/\">Advisorator&#8217;s paying members<\/a> only. 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