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Facebook for Grown-Ups: Use Facebook to Reconnect with Old Friends, Family, and Co-Workers, 2nd Edition
- By Michael R. Miller
- Published Dec 16, 2011 by Que.
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- Copyright 2012
- Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
- Edition: 2nd
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- ISBN-10: 0-13-287770-8
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-287770-1
Facebook started out as a social network for high school and college kids. But now grown-ups like you are getting connected, too — even if you use Facebook much differently than your kids do. If you’re a grown-up looking to join the Facebook bandwagon, Facebook for Grown-Ups is just the guide you need. You’ll learn how to use Facebook to reconnect with old friends and family members and keep them up-to-date on what’s happening in your life.
Facebook for Grown-Ups shows you how to open a Facebook account, find new friends, post status updates, and share family photos and videos. You’ll learn how to become a fan of your favorite performers, join a business network, and create your own topic-specific groups. And if you’re worried about privacy, Facebook for Grown-Ups shows you how to keep your personal information from becoming public knowledge. You’ll even learn how to keep track of what your kids are doing on Facebook — without them knowing it.
This revised and updated edition shows you how to best use Facebook's new Timeline profile page. You'll learn how to customize your Timeline, edit and highlight events, and add your own personal cover image.
Sample Content
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
How This Book Is Organized................................................ 2
Conventions Used in This Book........................................... 3
Get Ready to Facebook........................................................ 4
Part I: Getting Started with Facebook
1 Welcome to Facebook—It’s Not Just for Kids Anymore
What Social Networking Is and How It Works..................... 8
What Is a Social Network?................................................. 8
Why Do People Use Social Networks?.............................. 8
What Other Stuff Does a Social Network Do?................. 10
Who Uses Social Networks?............................................ 11
How Did Social Networks Develop?................................ 11
Say Hello to Facebook........................................................ 12
Things You Can—and Can’t—Do on Facebook................ 15
Things to Do..................................................................... 15
Things Not to Do.............................................................. 16
Why Grown-Ups Use Facebook......................................... 17
2 Signing Up and Getting Started
Before You Sign Up............................................................. 21
Creating a Facebook Account............................................ 22
Find Friends and Complete Your Profile............................ 23
Filling Out Your Profile........................................................ 26
Selecting Privacy Level....................................................... 28
3 Getting Around the Facebook Site
What’s What and What’s Where on Facebook.................. 31
Signing In.......................................................................... 31
Welcome to the Home Page............................................ 32
Profile Pages..................................................................... 36
Navigating the Facebook Toolbar...................................... 37
Searching Facebook........................................................... 38
Signing Off........................................................................... 41
Part II: Facebook for Friends and Family
4 How to Find Old Friends—and Make New Ones
How Facebook Helps You Reconnect............................... 43
Why Friends Are Important................................................. 45
Finding Friends with Connections...................................... 46
Finding Friends via Email.................................................... 47
Searching for Long-Lost Friends........................................ 49
Accepting Friend Requests................................................ 51
Finding Friends of Friends.................................................. 52
5 Visiting Friends and Family on Facebook
Catching Up with the Facebook News Feed..................... 55
Viewing the News Feed.................................................... 55
Fine-Tuning Your Top Stories.......................................... 58
Hiding Friends and Posts You Don’t Like........................ 59
Displaying More—or Fewer—Updates from a Friend...... 60
Hiding Updates from Applications and Games................ 60
Commenting on Friends’ Posts........................................ 61
Liking What You See........................................................ 62
Sharing a Posted Attachment.......................................... 62
Subscribing to People Who Aren’t Your Friends............... 63
Getting to and Getting to Know Your Friends’ Profile Pages.... 64
Displaying a Profile Page.................................................. 64
Navigating a Profile Page................................................. 65
6 Keeping Tabs on Your Kids
Making Your Children Your Friends................................... 71
What to Do If Your Kids Hide from You on Facebook...... 72
Viewing Updates Without Being a Friend......................... 72
Subscribing to Your Child’s Updates............................... 72
Creating a Surreptitious Identity....................................... 73
Using Facebook to See What Your Kids Are Up To......... 75
Using Facebook to Contact Your Grown Kids.................. 76
7 Organizing Groups of Friends
Working with Friends Lists................................................. 79
Viewing Your Lists............................................................ 80
Understanding Facebook’s Smart Lists........................... 81
Creating a New Friends List............................................. 82
Adding Friends to a List................................................... 82
Reading Posts from a List................................................ 84
Posting to a List................................................................ 84
Getting Rid of Unwanted Friends....................................... 85
Blocking Unwanted Users.................................................. 85
Part III: Keeping in Touch with Facebook
8 Updating Your Friends on What You’re Doing
What Is a Status Update?................................................... 89
Where to Update Your Status............................................. 91
How to Update Your Status................................................ 92
Posting a Simple Text Update.......................................... 92
Attaching a Photo or Video.............................................. 93
Attaching a Link to Another Web Page............................ 95
Asking a Question............................................................. 95
Tagging a Friend in a Post............................................... 96
Deciding What to Write About............................................ 97
Employing “Facebook Grammar”..................................... 100
9 Exchanging Private Messages
Understanding Facebook’s Messages System............... 105
Using Facebook’s Email System...................................... 106
Understanding Facebook’s Email................................... 106
Claiming Your Email Address......................................... 107
Reading Your Messages................................................... 108
Sending a Private Message or Email............................... 110
10 Chatting with Family and Friends—Live
What’s Chat—and Who Uses It?...................................... 113
Understanding Instant Messaging.................................. 113
Welcome to Facebook Chat........................................... 114
Who’s Chatting with Whom?.......................................... 115
Chatting in Facebook........................................................ 116
Seeing Who’s Online...................................................... 116
Starting a Chat Session.................................................. 117
Managing Your Chat Settings........................................ 118
Getting Real Face Time with Video Chat......................... 119
Understanding Video Chat............................................. 120
Launching a Video Chat................................................. 121
Integrating Facebook with Skype..................................... 122
Part IV: Sharing Your Life on Facebook
11 Sharing Family Pictures
Understanding Photo Sharing on Facebook................... 125
Facebook Photo Sharing: The Old Way......................... 126
Facebook Photo Sharing: The New Way....................... 127
How Facebook Photo Sharing Works............................ 127
Uploading Photos to Facebook........................................ 128
Uploading to a New Photo Album.................................. 128
Uploading to an Existing Photo Album.......................... 131
Tagging Friends in Your Photos....................................... 132
Understanding Facebook’s Face Recognition
Feature.......................................................................... 132
Tagging a Friend’s Face................................................. 133
Managing Your Photos and Albums................................ 134
Editing a Photo’s Description......................................... 134
Tagging Friends.............................................................. 135
Deleting a Photo............................................................. 137
Adding a Description to a Photo Album......................... 137
Deleting a Photo Album.................................................. 137
Sharing Photos with Others.............................................. 138
Viewing Other People’s Photos........................................ 139
Viewing Photos and Photo Albums................................ 139
Adding Your Comments................................................. 141
Tagging Yourself in a Photo........................................... 141
Sharing a Photo.............................................................. 141
Downloading a Photo..................................................... 142
Printing a Photo.............................................................. 142
12 Sharing Home Movies
The Ins and Outs of Sharing Videos on Facebook.......... 145
Shooting Videos for Facebook....................................... 145
What to Upload............................................................... 146
Editing Your Videos........................................................ 147
Uploading Your Videos..................................................... 147
Recording a Webcam Video............................................. 149
Editing Video Information............................................... 151
Sharing Uploaded Videos............................................... 152
Posting YouTube Videos................................................... 154
Watching Your Friends’ Videos........................................ 156
Watching a Video in the News Feed.............................. 156
Watching a Video on Its Own Page................................ 158
13 Sharing Birthdays and Events 161
Why You Might Like Events.............................................. 161
Searching for and Attending Events................................ 162
RSVP’ing to Events........................................................... 164
RSVP’ing from the Event Page....................................... 164
RSVP’ing from a Status Update..................................... 166
RSVP’ing from an Email Invitation.................................. 166
Creating New Events......................................................... 167
Viewing Your Events......................................................... 169
Celebrating Birthdays....................................................... 170
Part V: Managing and Protecting Your Facebook Account
14 Managing Your Facebook Account
Changing Account Settings.............................................. 173
General........................................................................... 173
Security........................................................................... 176
Notifications.................................................................... 177
Applications.................................................................... 178
Mobile............................................................................. 180
Payments........................................................................ 180
Facebook Ads................................................................. 181
Leaving Facebook............................................................. 182
Deactivating Versus Deleting.......................................... 182
Deactivating Your Account............................................. 183
Deleting Your Account.................................................... 184
15 Keeping Some Things Private: Managing Facebook’s Privacy Settings
Understanding Facebook Privacy.................................... 189
Controlling Your Default Privacy...................................... 191
Setting Custom Sharing Options...................................... 192
Controlling How You Connect.......................................... 193
Controlling How Tags Work.............................................. 194
Controlling What Gets Shared with Apps and
Other Websites................................................................ 195
Limiting Who Can See Old Posts..................................... 197
Managing Your Block Lists............................................... 197
16 What to Say—and What Not to Say—Online
How Private Is Your Information on Facebook?.............. 201
Keeping Private Information Private............................... 202
How Facebook Uses Your Personal Information........... 202
Is It Safe to Use Facebook?............................................. 203
What to Keep Private—and What to Share..................... 205
How Much Personal Information Should You Share?..... 207
Sharing Information with Other Sites............................... 207
Facebook Do’s and Don’ts............................................... 208
Do These Things............................................................. 208
Don’t Do These Things................................................... 210
Part VI: Doing More with Facebook
17 Personalizing Your Profile Page
What Can You Personalize on Your Profile Page—
and Why Would You Want To?....................................... 213
Changing Your Profile Picture.......................................... 214
Adding a Cover to Your Page........................................... 216
Hiding, Deleting, and Featuring Status Updates............. 217
Viewing and Editing Your Activity Log............................. 218
Updating Your Profile Information.................................... 219
18 Liking Public Pages 223
Understanding Pages........................................................ 223
What Is a Facebook Page?............................................ 224
Visiting a Facebook Page................................................. 227
Creating Your Own Facebook Page................................. 228
Creating a New Page...................................................... 228
Customizing Your Page.................................................. 230
Selecting Page Elements................................................ 233
19 Networking for Business—and for Jobs
Understanding Facebook Networks................................. 235
Joining Your Work Network.............................................. 236
Networking Professionally................................................ 237
Finding Other Business Professionals on Facebook..... 237
Managing Your Professional Contacts........................... 238
Networking via Facebook Groups.................................. 238
Job Hunting on Facebook................................................ 239
Reworking Your Profile................................................... 239
Becoming a Fan of Potential Employers........................ 240
Asking for a Job.............................................................. 240
20 Finding Fun Games and Applications
Understanding Facebook Applications............................243
Discovering Applications and Games.............................. 245
Using an Application or Game.......................................... 246
Viewing, Managing, and Deleting Your Applications...... 247
Apps for Grown-Ups......................................................... 248
21 Buying and Selling in the Facebook Marketplace
Understanding the Facebook Marketplace..................... 253
Shopping for Something to Buy....................................... 255
Browsing the Marketplace.............................................. 255
Searching the Marketplace............................................. 258
Viewing an Item Listing................................................... 258
Sharing and Commenting on a Listing........................... 259
Contacting a Seller—and Buying Something................. 260
Selling Your Own Stuff...................................................... 261
Listing an Item for Sale................................................... 261
Ending Your Listing........................................................ 262
22 Using Facebook on the Go
Connecting from Your iPhone.......................................... 265
Viewing the News Feed.................................................. 266
Posting a Status Update................................................ 268
Posting a Picture............................................................ 270
Checking In..................................................................... 273
Navigating Other Functions............................................ 273
Viewing Friends’ Profiles................................................ 275
Checking Messages....................................................... 276
Chatting with Friends...................................................... 277
Connecting from Other Mobile Phones........................... 278
Connecting via Text Message.......................................... 279
23 Exploring Twitter, LinkedIn, and Other Social Networks
Examining Other Social Networks.................................... 283
Google+.......................................................................... 284
LinkedIn.......................................................................... 285
MySpace......................................................................... 286
Twitter............................................................................. 287
Using Third-Party Tools to Consolidate Multiple
Social Networks............................................................... 288
24 Connecting Facebook to Other Sites and Services
Liking and Sharing Pages................................................. 291
Connecting Other Sites to Facebook............................... 293
A Getting the Most Out of Facebook—for Grown-Ups