Wed. Apr 08, 2009 | 12:24 PM
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Don't be a hater on FB!

If you're like us over here at "Team Tyra" we are constantly updating our Facebook profiles and "friending" old faces. Facebook is awesome, but there can always be a little too much of a good thing. We are broadcasting every detail about our lives 24/7 online now and it seems like there is no such thing as privacy.

Here are a few etiquette rules we think everyone should follow when using Facebook.

  • Only tag a photo of a friend with their permission.
  • Only make friend requests of people you actually know -- not complete strangers
  • Relationship status changes must be mutual
  • Do not write inappropriate stuff on your friend's walls
  • Don't over "poke"
  • Do not leave your Facebook page up in communal places

NEXT: Facebook & Twittering, Plus the Latest "ANTM" Castoff
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ITS VERY SIMPLE TYRA!!!!!!!! A poke means "hi", "hello", "I see you", "notice me". And thats what a poke means and thats all lol
Posted by Jarrylf 04/08/09 9:37 AM
 
Hi Tyra, I love your show very much!!! I do thing this Wednesday,about THE FACEBOOK was very helpful!!!! Hope ttys...Love Elisa
Posted by Elisa Palermo 04/08/09 9:33 AM
 
Facebook Marriage Break Up! My husband told me in January that he wanted a divorce. A divorce that I do not want, but we talked and agreed that it would be a slow process, and that we would kind of limit who knew since we did not want to tell our younger children until there was a physical separation. We did tell his parents and our teen. A few weeks later, I come in to be asked if his mother had talked to me. I was clueless, but apparently he had removed his status as married on Facebook, and his mother had seen it and called him on it! He says "accidentally" and he had put it back. A week or two later, I log on, and there it is again, big as day, his relationship status has changed, and I am getting messages about it! I sent him a nasty message about it, and went ahead and changed my status, and called the last people he wanted to know, my parents. When he asked why I would do that I simply reminded him that my Aunt is one of my friends, and since he was so determined that the world know he is leaving his wife, then my parents should hear it from me!
Posted by KP 04/08/09 9:32 AM
 
Hey Tyra i love your show!!! Ok so a poke is like something you send someone to like say hi or something else i like them!! My family sends them to me all the time i think their cute!! Is like a flair or a bumper sticker! Ok trya love u bye!!
Posted by Stephanie 04/08/09 9:29 AM
 
Ok so in my opinion poking can have several meanings: 1) im bored so let me poke somebody 2) I wanna be annoyin to a friend so let me poke u 3) I like you but im too scared to just say that so let me act like a 5th grader and poke u 4) I wanna say hey but I don't really feel like sending u a message or posting a comment on your wall so imma be lazy and just poke u So this much sums it up! LOL
Posted by Yaya (ATL) 04/08/09 9:26 AM
 
A Poke is when the person is kinda showing you love and just poking you really quick so they dont have to message you. I only save people I know on facebook
Posted by Shaquana Alexandria VA 04/08/09 9:19 AM
 
On the show, you asked about Poking on facebook. Poking is just like what the guy from youtube said. It's really dumb. It's just people who don't know you that well or they're just bored online and they decide to either poke you or everyone in their friend's list. It is just another way to say "hi, whats going on?". The difference between messaging and poking is that when you poke someone you're pretty much saying hi whats up but in messages you can say anything like hi or i had a bad day or even apologize and etc. but poking is generally only used for saying hi.
Posted by Sophia 04/08/09 9:06 AM
 
HEY!!!TYRA!!! well s you know I LOOOOOOVE YOUR SHOW!!! and i always watch it. I can't wait to see your movie on friday, WOOOHOOO!!! and by the way, the definition of "poke" i think it's like saying "HI" or something but i think it's rally annoying, i just ignore those kind of stuff.... LOVE YA!!!!!
Posted by hilina 04/08/09 8:55 AM
 
MONTREAL, CANADA::::I am a huge fan!....as far as facebook is concerned....I tend to get annoyed with people who don't even know you send a friend request. I also noticed that some users use facebook to insult people they don't even know! Keep up the great work!
Posted by Nadia Baksh 04/08/09 8:40 AM
 
Hi there! Love your show and was just watching the Facebook episode this morning. I know a lot of other people have already talked about poking before me, but here's a scenerio that might make it a bit easier to understand: You went to school with Bill. You and Bill haven't seen or talked to one another in 20 years, but you used to be close and you're wondering if Bill would like to rekindle the friendship. You poke Bill, and he gets a notification that you poked him which means, basically, "Hey I'm thinking about you but have absolutely nothing to say to you even after 20 years." If Bill wants to share anything with you (like maybe he's now a billionaire that hasn't stopped thinking about you for the past 20 years and wants to take you away to his private island), the ball is in his court. If he doesn't, then screw Bill... you've got better things to do:)
Posted by Christine 04/08/09 8:35 AM
 
Hello Tyra me and my girlfriends went to your show yesturday (4/7/09) so much fun, even thow the ramp was a little scary LOL we got picked out of line by one of your staff to ask questions to the advice squad it was such a cool experience. Thank you for everything even the gift bag! Cant wait to come again w/ my girlfriends. oxoxo
Posted by Maigan 04/08/09 8:17 AM
 
Ontario, Canada here!! The poke feature is like Facebook flirting! BUT I think the official term for it according to facebook is "a poke is a way to interact with your friends on Facebook. When we created the poke, we thought it would be cool to have a feature without any specific purpose. People interpret the poke in many different ways, and we encourage you to come up with your own meanings."
Posted by Britney 04/08/09 7:37 AM
 
Tyra, i like your show and the fact that your program has some really random stuff i enjoy watching. About facebook etiquette rule #2, i dont think there is anything wrong with sending friend requests to strangers. I am not a big facebook fan, i hardly use mine, but similarly for myspace, i think the idea would be to also meet new friends, and that is how you do that. if you see a stranger that seems interesting to you, you send a friend request. They either add you or they dont, simple. i understand it can be extremely annoying, becuase i have that problem sometimes too, but alot of my online friends, i have never seen them, it just gives us more to talk about...you just have to know how much information you want to give out to a "potential" psycho...lol
Posted by danielle 04/08/09 7:32 AM
 
Hey Tyra, you were asking about poking. It's down the right hand column of the page. It's different than sending a message because you can't say anything, it just comes up as you have received a poke from So-and-So, poke back or ignore? I physically poke my friends sometimes so that's how i think of this, an electronic way to poke people.
Posted by Denise 04/08/09 7:25 AM
 
hi tyra, ok...about the facebook poking.... someone usually pokes you when they want to look at your profile. like if they aren't on your friendlist, and want to view your profile, they just "poke" you, and if you poke back, they can then view your profile without you adding them. if you don't poke back, then they can't look at it. so yeah...if you get poked by someone you don't know....don't poke back! hope i was some help :)
Posted by sarah 04/08/09 7:24 AM



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