Random person commenting on a post or a picture that you've posted? It may be a case, since FB changed the settings to your privacy that certain things you had before aren't what they are now.
Do this. Right now. Even if you think you know how you have your privacy toggles toggled, you should give it another look.
Check your current basic privacy settings
When you log into Facebook, in the top right hand corner there are two different ways you can assess your privacy settings. If you push the lock icon, you open a drop-down menu that shows “Privacy Shortcuts.” From here, you can make a few key changes to your settings.
Who can see your future posts?
In this section you can limit exactly who sees your updates. That may be a little too restrictive, but at the very least click on the Custom button in that section and make sure your posts are being posted Publicly (unless you want them to be.) You can also place your Facebook Friends in lists and restrict your posts to those lists. But this option affects all your future posts and it may be better to restrict updates to certain lists on a post-by-post basis instead of all your updates.
Review all your posts and things you’re tagged in
This is a great way to make sure that wild bachelorette party didn’t make it onto Facebook, whether that was last weekend or years ago. Since others can tag you in updates and photos, and these will show up in your timeline when your boss or others are browsing it, it’s a good idea to review what others have tagged you in. You can always remove the tags if you find something you’d rather not be shown to all.
Limit the audience for old posts on your Timeline
It is important to change the settings for your old posts. This requires a separate action beyond limiting who can see your future posts. You have to click on the box that says “Limit Past Posts” to change the audience from public to just your friends or another options. This is important because your posts from before the Timeline function was rolled out will be public unless you go to this section and limit them. You can limit them all in one go with the click of a button, or you can manually go through and change the privacy settings. I recommend just limiting them all, since going through past posts will take hours (or, if you were a heavy Facebook user in its early days, weeks).
There are other ways to privatize your Facebook account, review all the settings within the Privacy Settings shortcut to see what suits your needs
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