I recently created a new Facebook account for a friend. They were having issues with the whole process of creating a new account: filling out the form, entering the Captcha security code, logging to your e-mail, activating the account via a link code, logging back to your Facebook, going through the process of adding/skipping suggested friends, and finally getting around to adjusting the privacy settings (
because we all should now know that you can't rely on the default settings).
My account and another friend's account have the same privacy settings while the newly created account remains with the default privacy settings. Here's what I found after I've added myself and my friend to this new account as a Friend:
- Using the Facebook app on the iPhone, the new account is able to view my friend's albums and photos.
- If you don't ignore the friend request from your own account, your posts and comments are visible in the new account's News Feed. I'm still trying to figure this one out. My posts and comments are hidden while my friend's are not.
- After you ignore the friend request, the new account is still suggesting friends from your own account.
If you need to see for yourself,
create a new Facebook account using another email address. There are free e-mail accounts you can use from
Google,
Hotmail or
Yahoo. Login to Facebook and add yourself to this new account. Click the Facebook logo to access the
News Feed.
This is what you should see in your new Facebook account.
If you can see your posts without approving the friend request by this new account, then you have some work to do.
Please let me know if you've come across similar scenarios or found an answer; I'm still figuring all of these out.
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