How to be on Facebook safely

You always wanted to be on Facebook to find old friends or stay in touch with family? Well, you can. You will need an email account to create a Facebook account. Do not use your work email. You can create a free yahoo or hotmail or gmail and use it. Once you have created your Facebook account at www.facebook.com, go to the privacy settings under your profile and limit what people can see about you. If you set to only share your information to your friends, then only those you have accepted as your friend will be able to see your information. If someone sends you a request to be their friend, check them out and make sure it is someone you know or want to share your information with. You can always ignore their request to be friends. When you upload your pictures, make sure you flag them as only to be seen by your friends. Only put limited information about yourself. Always remember, that once your information is on the Web/Internet, it is there forever.