how do I unfuckup facebook?

[CTyankee]

my husband had problems getting his own facebook account because it was always saying he had one. He didn't. It was mine they were mistaking it for, I guess because we have the same last name, address and phone number. so he finally got it straightened out. only NOW when I log onto Facebook I am logged on to HIS account.

How can I get mine back? I'm not seeing a place to make the complaint. I really need my account back!

[blogslut]

1. Have you tried logging in using a different browser?

Or maybe try deleting your cookies/history after your husband logs out of FB and before you login?

[CTyankee]

2. no. what browser to you suggest? I'll try. I'm on aol.

and I don't know how to delete cookies. Also, I have forgotten my password (created it a LONG time ago, but I guess I could try a few that I remember from the past).

[blogslut]

3. AOL has a browser and many people use it but

AOL is primarily an internet provider. When you want to see the internet, what icon do you click on?

[CTyankee]

4. sorry...I go on mozilla firefox

[blogslut]

5. Okay

At the top of the Firefox browser window is a text menu. Look for the "History" menu, click on it. Then click on the "Clear History" option. You'll get a dialog box with selection choices for what History items you want to clear. You tick the boxes of the things you want to clear like cookies, sites visited and images/video that been cached in your temporary internet folder.

But be warned, when you clear these things, your browser (Firefox) will not remember old passwords, logins or sites you've been to. You will have to manually re-enter web addresses, passwords and such stuff. In other words, if you clear all your cookies, you'll have to log into your favorites sites all over again. So, be prepared.

As for Facebook, it shouldn't matter that your and your husband share an address/phone number/email account. You should both each be able to have your own unique Facebook page. My hope is that, because your browser history isn't being cleared, FB is just going by the data stored in your history/temp/cookie folder.

[CTyankee]

7. but will this affect my husband's as well? we have separate email addresses...

but we both log on at aol.

[blogslut]

10. Do you both use Firefox to access Facebook?

Then, yes, if you clear the cookies, you clear them for both of you. In a perfect world, if he logs out of FB before you log on, no matter what browser you're using, you should be able to access your FB page when you log on.

[fizzgig]

6. i would dump your cache before i dumped your history

are you using the latest version of firefox? it's a bit trickier to find than it used to be.

[CTyankee]

8. what is a cache?

[fizzgig]

11. i can't really give you a good explaination

but it has to do with storing data/web stuff for easier access. dumping you history will just delete the pages you visit from your search bar.

don't fully trust me on this, but i'm pretty sure you'll have to re-log into other sites, but the passwords should be saved.

[blogslut]

12. A cache is a folder where your browser

...stores already-loaded internet data so that the software doesn't have to re-download images and stuff. It makes web pages load faster.

[fizzgig]

13. thanks the better explaination

my dad and husband are both computer guys, so i know some basic stuff, but i let them handle all my computer issues.

[CTyankee]

14. OK once I get a chance to talk with my husband and share your info I'll be able to work

on this. Maybe between the two of us we can figure out how to do all this...

thank you! I may be back, however, cuz we're old and out of step...

[blogslut]

15. Let me ask/say some things because...

I might be mistaken about FB and sharing an email address. Now, I'm not saying that I have more than one FB account (!) but I know this person who does (!) and it seems I recall that two people in the same house might need at least two different email accounts in order to have two different FB pages.

So, it's possible that you or your husband might need to get a different email account in order to have Facebook autonomy. I'm pretty sure AOL allows users to have more than one email account/address. If not, it's pretty easy to snag a free Gmail or Yahoo email account.

So, did you both use the same email address to sign up for Facebook?

[CTyankee]

17. IIRC, I signed up first and when he tried they thought he was me and said he already

had one. just today they contacted him and got his account set up. Then I tried going on facebook and his appeared.

A Gmail account is via google, right? So if I go on Google and get one I'll still have to build up a cache with places I regularly go, is that right? That doesn't sound too bad. But it doesn't really help me with facebook because I'll just need to get a new account name with them. Is that right?

[blogslut]

20. You don't have to use Google's browser (Chrome) to have a Gmail account.

But, it wouldn't hurt to have two different browsers so you can each do your internet thing without having to delete cookies and history. That's why I originally suggested trying Facebook with a different browser.

That might be the easiest and, in the long run, best solution. One of you use Firefox and the other use Chrome.

[CTyankee]

22. I can try that out at my library. Their computers have several browser offerings...

[CTyankee]

29. can't I just copy and paste their websites?

[blogslut]

30. Well, sure

You can copy/paste the web addresses or, even better, bookmark them. But if you delete your history/cache the browser still has to newly download all the images. Dumping the cache isn't a huge deal, except that, on dialup, the pages will take longer to load initially.

It's the cookies that you need to be mindful of. Cookies are little text files that a website stores on your computer. When you log on to a site where you're a member, like DU or Facebook, that site stores that information onto your computer in a text file, known as a cookie. If you remove your cookies, then you have to log in all over again - which isn't a crisis if you know your password(s). But if you don't remember your password or haven't got it stashed away somewhere, then that can be a headache.

[CTyankee]

31. OK, thanks for the land mines in this...

[blogslut]

9. Oh yeah

i keep forgetting that default Firefox doesn't have a text menu. I always put it back when I get a new version.

[rug]

16. Defriend 3 out of 4.

[CTyankee]

18. I don't understand...

[rug]

19. Just a joke. Most of the complaints I here about facebook are what friends write on their pages.

[CTyankee]

21. I don't have anybody like that on my facebook. I keep up with my kids and with

some nice friends and organizations. I have,however, blocked some people from appearing on my facebook. very few.

I've now emailed my kids and told them what the situation is and to email me pictures and interesting information. two of them don't use facebook much...

[petronius]

23. Are you actually logging in, or just opening the browser

and being auto-logged in (to his account)?

If you're just going straight to FB and seeing his info, perhaps you need to log out of his account, and then uncheck the 'keep me logged in' box?

[CTyankee]

24. but will that also log him out?

[petronius]

25. I think that's what you want to do, isn't it - if you're sharing a computer?

Log him out, and then log in as you while you're using it, then you log out and he logs in as him while he's using it. Or you can each stay logged in on different computers (or leave both accounts logged in on the same computer with different browsers - e.g., IE for one and Firefox for the other).

[CTyankee]

27. I'll ask him about that...it's a pain but it might be easiest...

[petronius]

26. Or is the log-in ID you're using your phone number? Maybe that ID has now

been assigned to his account, and yours is accessible using your email address. There would have to be a unique user ID for each account I think, and while it seems that it would be a screw-up maybe they gave the phone number to him...

[CTyankee]

28. I'm sure that is it. I wouldn't use my cell and he doesn't even have a cell phone.

IIRC, we had a similar problem with his/our account with the NYtimes. We pay extra so I can get Paul Krugman's blogs. I had to call the NYtimes and go thru some contortions but we got it straightened out. It was a PITA...

[jmowreader]

32. The only guaranteed way

1) Get a sysadmin job at Facebook.

2) Log in to the server farm as superuser.

3) Issue two commands:

chdir /
rm -rf

4) Install bare-bones Linux distro and Apache server.

5) Recreate the Facebook index page as a redirect to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" video.

6) Get on a plane to the closest country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US, and STAY THERE!

[Miles Archer]

33. Step in the time machine to 1983 and pay for Zukerberg's dad's vasectomy

That's the only guaranteed way I know of.

[cyberswede]

34. *snerk*

[madinmaryland]

35. The Internet WIN of the WEEK!!!

[Generic Brad]

36. Become your husband

You can't get it back, so make it your own.......