Searching For Someone On Facebook

[naomi24]

My husband is searching for someone on Facebook but it’s a common name and it’s thrown up a very long list. Is it possible to refine searches in some way? Area, age, school, university, work … anything?

[mushroom25]

refining the search depends on what your target has added to their profile. you could try the name, and suffix with where they live, where they're from, where they work...... but if there's no information like that in the profile, then it won't show.

[Buenchico]

There are filters down the left-hand side of the search results which might help but they seem to be far from perfect.

Sometimes a Google search can find someone on Facebook more easily than Facebook's own search facility can. For example search
"Facebook" "David Parsons" "Sheffield University"
or
"Facebook" "Linda Brown" "Southampton"
[NB: Don't omit the double quotation marks. They're important!]

[Atheist]

I think you can search on FB by typing the name, followed by anything else you know such as location, age, college etc. Worth a try.

[wolf63]

Try searching on google - put in any relevant information. Don't put in too much info - you will end up with too many results.

I find that it comes up with results and finds people that FB doesn't.

[MissTerious]

I put my sons name on Google and he came out the top of the list together with address and lots of details. He wasn't amused. He doesn't use social media!

[FatticusInch]

I know of very few make friends or colleagues who use Facebook.
I’d try Instagram or even Strava.

[FatticusInch]

*male not make

[MissTerious]

I think Facebook is a female thing. I use it rarely these days. Mainly to look at new family photos as my family are scattered now all over the UK and Australia.

[Smowball]

Good question tbh,but no I don’t know an answer….

[naomi24]

Thanks for all your answers. Much appreciated. He'll try again later.

[Canary42]

/// I think Facebook is a female thing. ///

I think misconceptions about FB is a female thing :-) :-) :-)

[naomi24]

I think it's a girlie thing - lots of gossip and showing off from what I can understand of it - although men can be 'girlie' in that sense too. My husband only uses it because the sports club he chairs has a closed group on there. I don't have an account but asked him to search for an old friend I'm quite worried about - hence this question,