Facebook For Dummies E-Book

Carolyn Abram

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 539

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

A new edition of the bestselling how-to Facebook title Facebook is constantly changing and evolving, replacing old features and introducing new ones. This new edition of the bestselling guide quickly and easily gets you up and running on all the site has to offer. Packed with straightforward guidance that demystifies the nuts and bolts of this popular social media site, Facebook For Dummies covers everything from finding friends and planning events to uploading photos and videos--and so much more. Facebook is here to stay. For its billions of worldwide users, it's become a central meeting place for people from all corners of the earth to connect and share. If you're the type to share snippets of your life through photos and writing or just find joy in reading and seeing what your family and friends are up to, there's something for everyone on Facebook. Providing coverage of the latest changes to the site, this go-to guide cuts through the confusion and offers plain-English guidance on using Facebook to its fullest so you can deepen your connections, stay social, and just have fun! * Get up to speed on Facebook's standalone messaging app * Grasp Facebook's growing connection to e-commerce * Find the scoop on cross-over posts and sharing through other sites * Make sense of photo-sharing capabilities, such as 360-degree photo viewing Whether you're a newbie or an old hat looking to make sense of the latest features, this friendly guide reveals the many faces of Facebook in a language you can understand.

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Table of Contents

Cover

Introduction

About Facebook For Dummies

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Part 1: Getting Started with Facebook

Chapter 1: The Many Faces of Facebook

So … What Is Facebook, Exactly?

Discovering What You Can Do on Facebook

Keeping in Mind What You Can’t Do on Facebook

Realizing How Facebook Is Different from Other Social Sites

How You Can Use Facebook

Chapter 2: Adding Your Own Face to Facebook

Signing Up for Facebook

Getting Started

What to Expect in Your Inbox

Your New Home Page

Adding More Friends

Filling out Your Profile Information

Chapter 3: Finding Your Way Around Facebook

Checking Out the Blue Bar on Top

Search

The Left Sidebar

Viewing News Feed

Right On

The Littlest Links

Part 2: Day-to-Day Facebook

Chapter 4: The Daily Facebook: News Feed and Posting

Your Daily News … Feed

Ticker

Interacting with News Feed

Adjusting News Feed

Sharing Your Own News

Chapter 5: Timeline: The Story of You

Scrolling Through Time

First Impressions

Telling Your Story

All About Me

Your Friends and Your Timeline

Chapter 6: Privacy and Safety on Facebook

Know Your Audience

Privacy on the Go

Privacy Shortcuts

Privacy Settings

Timeline Privacy

Privacy Tools

Remembering That It Takes a Village to Raise a Facebook

Peeking Behind the Scenes

One Final Call to Use Your Common Sense

Chapter 7: Facebook on the Go

The Facebook App

Facebook Messenger

The Facebook Family of Mobile Apps

Facebook on Your Mobile Browser

Facebook Texts

Part 3: Connecting with Friends on Facebook

Chapter 8: Finding Facebook Friends

What Is a Facebook Friend?

Adding Friends

Finding Your Friends on Facebook

Managing How You Interact with Friends

Chapter 9: Just between You and Me: Facebook Messages

Sending a Message

Message Options

Inbox

The Chat Menu

Messaging on the Go

Chapter 10: Sharing with Facebook Groups

Evaluating a Group

Sharing with a Group

Creating Your Own Groups

Group Dynamics

Part 4: What to Do on Facebook

Chapter 11: Filling Facebook with Photos and Videos

Viewing Photos from Friends

Adding Photos to Facebook

Editing and Tagging Photos

Working with Video

Discovering Privacy

Chapter 12: Scheduling Your Life with Events

You’re Invited!

Public Events

Viewing Events

Creating Your Own Events

Managing Your Event

Chapter 13: Creating a Page for Promotion

Getting to Know Pages

Creating a Facebook Page

Sharing as a Page

Using Facebook as Your Page

Managing a Page

Insights: Finding Out Who Is Using Your Page

Chapter 14: Using Facebook with Games, Websites, and Apps

What Apps Need

Games on Facebook

Using Facebook Outside of Facebook

Mobile Apps and Facebook

Managing Your Games, Websites, and Apps

Part 5: The Part of Tens

Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Make the Most of Your Facebook Content

Remember the Past

Scrapbook Your Baby Photos

Say Thanks

Give Your Photos Some Flair

Review the Last Year (or Years)

Track Your Feelings

Add Tags

Riff with Friends

Use Stickers or GIFs in Your Messages

Friend-a-versaries

Chapter 16: Ten Ways Facebook Uniquely Impacts Lives

Keeping in Touch with Summer Friends

Preparing to Head Off to School

Going on Not-So-Blind Dates

Meeting People in Your New City or Town

Reconnecting with Old Friends

Keeping Up with the ’Rents … or the Kids

Facebook Networking

Facebook for Good

Goin' to the Chapel

Hey, Facebook Me!

Chapter 17: Ten Frequently Asked Questions

Do People Know When I Look at Their Timelines?

I Friended Too Many People and Now I Don’t Like Sharing Stuff — What Can I Do?

What’s with the New Facebook — Can I Change It Back?

I Have a Problem with My Account — Can You Help Me?

What Do I Do with Friend Requests I Don’t Want to Accept?

Why Can’t I Find My Friend?

Will Facebook Start Charging Me to Use the Site?

How Do I Convince My Friends to Join Facebook?

What If I Don’t Want Everyone Knowing My Business?

Does Facebook Have a Feature That Lets Me Lock Myself Out for a Few Hours?

Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Parents of Teens on Facebook

Talk to Teens about General Internet Safety

Beware of Strangers

Teach Teens How to Report Abuse

Teach Teens How to Block People

Learn to Use Privacy Settings

Talk about Posts and Consequences

Remember the Golden Rule

Respect Teens’ Boundaries

Don’t Send Friend Requests to Teens’ Friends

Make Space for Your Own Social Life, and Your Family Life, on Facebook

About the Author

Advertisement Page

Connect with Dummies

End User License Agreement

Guide

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Introduction

Facebook connects you with the people you know and care about. It enables you to communicate, stay up-to-date, and keep in touch with friends and family anywhere. It facilitates your relationships online to help enhance them in person. Specifically, Facebook connects you with the people you know around content that is important to you. Whether you’re the type to take photos or look at them, or write about your life, or read about your friends’ lives, Facebook is designed to enable you to succeed. Maybe you like to share websites and news, play games, plan events, organize groups of people, or promote your business. Whatever you prefer, Facebook has you covered.

Facebook offers you control. Communication and information sharing are powerful only when you can do what you want within your comfort zone. Nearly every piece of information and means of connecting on Facebook come with full privacy controls, allowing you to share and communicate exactly how — and with whom — you desire.

Facebook welcomes everyone: students and professionals; grandchildren (as long as they're at least age 13), parents, and grandparents; busy people; socialites; celebrities; distant friends; and roommates. No matter who you are, using Facebook can add value to your life.

About Facebook For Dummies

Part 1 of this book teaches you all the basics to get you up and running on Facebook. This information is more than enough for you to discover Facebook's value. Part 2 teaches you about the basics of using Facebook — the sorts of things millions of people log in and do every day. Part 3 explains how to find friends and all the ways you can interact with them. Part 4 explores some of the special ways you might find yourself using Facebook once you’re up and running. Finally, Part 5 explores the creative, diverse, touching, and even frustrating ways people have welcomed Facebook into their lives.

Here are some of the things you can do with this book:

Find out how to represent yourself online.

Facebook lets you create a profile (called a Timeline) that you can share with friends, co-workers, and people-you-have-yet-to-meet.

Connect and share with people you know.

Whether you're seeking close friends or long-lost ones, family members, business contacts, teammates, businesses, or celebrities, Facebook keeps you connected. Never say, “Goodbye” again … unless you want to.

Discover how the online tools of Facebook can help enhance your relationships offline.

Photo sharing, group organization, event planning, and messaging tools all enable you to maintain an active social life in the real world.

Take Facebook with you when you’re not at your computer.

Facebook’s mobile tools are designed to make it easy to use Facebook wherever you are.

Bring your connections off Facebook and on to the rest of the web.

Many websites, games, apps, and services on the Internet can work with your Facebook information to deliver you a better experience.

Promote a business, cause, or yourself to the people who can bring you success.

Engaging with people on Facebook can help ensure that your message is heard.

Foolish Assumptions

In this book, I make the following assumptions:

You’re at least 13 years of age.

You have some access to the Internet, an email address, and a web browser that is not Internet Explorer 6 (Internet Explorer 7, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and so on are all good).

There are people in your life with whom you communicate.

You can read the language in which this sentence is printed.

Facebook pages and features — such as the Facebook Groups or the Settings page — are called out with capital letters. Brackets like <this> denote generic text that will be different on your screen, such as looking at <Your Name>.

I often state my opinions throughout this book. Though I have worked for Facebook in the past, the opinions expressed here represent only my perspective, not that of Facebook. I am an avid Facebook user and became one long before I worked for Facebook.

Icons Used in This Book

What’s a For Dummies book without icons pointing you in the direction of great information that’s sure to help you along your way? In this section, I briefly describe each icon I use in this book.

The Tip icon points out helpful information that is likely to improve your experience.

The Remember icon marks an interesting and useful fact — something that you may want to use later.

The Warning icon highlights lurking danger. With this icon, I'm telling you to pay attention and proceed with caution.

Beyond the Book

In addition to what you’re reading right now, this product also comes with a free access-anywhere Cheat Sheet that helps you build your Friends List; communicate with your friends in the many ways available on Facebook; and stay on top of important Facebook dates, such as friends’ birthdays and events. To get this Cheat Sheet, simply go to www.dummies.com and search for “Facebook For Dummies Cheat Sheet” in the Search box.

Part 1

Getting Started with Facebook

IN THIS PART …

What you can and can’t do on Facebook

Signing up and getting confirmed

Looking around and navigating to different parts of Facebook

Chapter 1

The Many Faces of Facebook

IN THIS CHAPTER

Discovering Facebook

Knowing what you can and can’t do on Facebook

Finding out how Facebook is different from other social sites

Seeing how different people use Facebook … differently

Think about the people you interacted with throughout the past day. In the morning, you may have gone to get the paper and chatted with a neighbor. You may have asked your kids what time they’d be home and negotiated with your partner about whose turn it is to cook dinner. Perhaps you spent the day at the office, chatting, joking, and (heaven forbid) getting things done with your co-workers. In the midst of it all, you may have sent an email to all the people in your book club, asking them what book should be next, and what date works for the most people. Maybe while you sat on the bus you read the newspaper, or called your mom to wish her a happy birthday, or searched on your phone for a good restaurant to go to for drinks with friends. This is your world, as it revolves around you.