9 Excellent Facebook Pages You Should 'Like'

Facebook isn't just for your high school friends and celebs promoting their next movie.
Even though Facebook profiles seem to be split into two groups — brands trying to advertise and people trying to socialize — there's a third type of account on Facebook that deserves some attention.

In fact, some of our favorite accounts on Facebook are projects and ideas that utilize the social media giant to spread the word. Whether they're making us laugh, empowering us or teaching us new things, these nine public social media pages provide an excellent break from all those baby pictures and engagement announcements.

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  1. A Girl's Guide to Taking Over the World

  Move over, Spice Girls. This Facebook page aggregates news and content from all over the web about women's rights and women who are kicking serious butt (what's up, Malala?).

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  2. Humans of New York

  Based on the blog from Brandon Stanton, Humans of New York features the portraits and stories of the colorful inhabitants of New York City.

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  3. Post Secret

  Have a guilty conscience or a hidden desire? You can get it off your chest on the Post Secret Facebook page, which anonymously posts the secrets of thousands of followers all over the world.

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  4. God

  This religious parody page has gathered over one million followers and -- it seems -- just as many haters. The controversial page answers follower's questions, grants blessings to those doing good in the world and generally gives an uplifting message with just a touch of smartass.

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  5. Pusheen

  You may know him as the cat in the Facebook emoticons, but Pusheen has been delighting followers with adorable comics for over a year now.

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  6. Shit My Dad Says

  We've all got that relative who says hilariously inappropriate things. Justin Halpern posts his dad's to Facebook, to the tune of 1.4 million likes.

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  7. Texts From Last Night

  It started as a website, but TFLN has now spread to social media. Followers can submit their own drunken texts to be posted on the page or turned into a shareable image, so even if you don't remember what you did last night, 1.7 million other people can remind you.

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  8. George Takei

  Another aggregator, George Takei's Facebook page is less about self-promotion and more about funny, timely memes and photos from around the web.

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  9. I Fucking Love Science

  With a whopping 7 million likes, I Fucking Love Science not only shares the latest from the scientific world, it also makes your Biology teacher really proud of you.

How to See When Someone Unfriends You on Facebook

Would you like to know when someone "unfriends" you on Facebook? There's not a native way to see this information, and unless you keep a very close eye on your friend list, it's likely when your friend count goes down, you aren't sure who went missing.
We have found a simple script that works with Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari that notifies you when someone on Facebook unfriends you, alerts you when someone you're friends with deactivates their profile, and helps keep track of your friend requests.

If you're interested in adding this functionality to your Facebook account, then take a look through the gallery for more information. We've tried and tested it for Chrome and Firefox and recommend giving it a go.

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  1. Unfriend Finder

  Unfriend Finder by Edouard Gatouillat is a script that can show who "unfriends" you on Facebook.
  Here, we're using the Chrome version, although it's also available for other browsers.
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  2. Settings

  Once you've installed the tool, you have the option to change the settings to decide what kind of alerts you want to see.
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  3. Menu

  You will see a new item under your "Favorites" menu on your homepage: "Unfriends." This is where you access the tool.
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  4. Alerts

  Now, when someone "unfriends" you on Facebook, you will be alerted to the fact.
  You can also access the info via the "Unfriends" tab on your homepage.
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  5. Pending Requests

  As well as letting you know about people unfriending you, the app tracks your pending friend requests.
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Facebook Tweaks Privacy: You Can No Longer Hide From Search

Facebook tweaked its privacy settings Thursday and will no longer allow users to completely hide from others searching for them on the site. In other words, with few exceptions, we're all now searchable on Facebook.
The company is officially retiring the “Who can look up your Timeline by name?” setting over the next few weeks, completing a process the social network started last December when it first announced it would slowly eliminate the feature.

For many users who were no longer using the “Who can look up your Timeline by name?” feature, Thursday's change should have no impact on how others can search and view their profile. Those users still utilizing the setting will see a message from Facebook on their homepage acknowledging the update.
With the setting completely eliminated, all Facebook users (minus minors and those who have blocked you) will be searchable through the site's Graph Search tool. That doesn't, however, mean that their content and page will be visible to those who come across it. Only posts that users have shared publicly will be available to those outside of their network.
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The best way to control what people can find about you is to choose the audience of the individual things you share

The best way to control what people can find about you is to choose the audience of the individual things you share," explained Facebook on the company's blog. When users post something to their timeline, they can choose who will be able to see it: Friends, Public, Only Me, and a Custom setting where users can exclude individuals or groups. Users who are sharing something publicly will be met with a pop up that reminds them they are sharing with everybody.

Users can also go to their activity log in settings to delete or hide posts, or change who can see previously shared posts on their Timeline.
To do this, just go to Settings in the upper right hand corner of the home screen, then click "Privacy Settings" and select "Review all posts and things you're tagged in" link.

What are your thoughts on Facebook's privacy settings update? Is it simple enough for you to restrict your content on the social network? Let us know in the comments.