Carolyn Abram - Facebook For Dummies

Facebook® For Dummies®, 8th Edition

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2021934616

ISBN: 978-1-119-78210-0; ISBN (ePDF): 978-1-119-78211-7; ISBN (ePub): 978-1-119-78213-1

1 Cover

2 Title Page

3 Copyright

4 Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

5 Part 1: Getting Started 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 Finding Out How You Can Use Facebook Chapter 2: Adding Your Face Signing Up for Facebook Checking Your Inbox Getting Started Introducing Your New Home Page Adding More Friends Filling out Your Profile Information Chapter 3: Finding Your Way Around Checking Out the Top Bar Search Viewing Stories and News Feed The Left Sidebar Right On

6 Part 2: Day-to-Day Facebook Chapter 4: Reading News Feed and Posting Your Daily News … Feed Interacting with Your News Feed Adjusting News Feed Sharing Your Own News Chapter 5: Timeline: The Story of You Making a First Impression Telling Your Story Telling the World about Yourself Viewing Timeline Tabs Your Friends and Your Timeline Chapter 6: Understanding Privacy and Safety Knowing Your Audience Changing Privacy as You Post Understanding Your Timeline Privacy Getting a Privacy Checkup Navigating the Settings Page Understanding Privacy Shortcuts Peeking Behind the Scenes One Final Call to Use Your Common Sense Chapter 7: Facebook on the Go The Facebook App Reacting to Posts Posting from the App Photo Posts Checking Out Timelines Using Groups Facebook Messenger The Facebook Family of Mobile Apps Facebook on Your Mobile Browser Facebook Texts

7 Part 3: Connecting with Friends 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 Messenger Sending a Message Managing Messages Checking Out the Chat List Navigating Messenger Getting into Rooms Messaging on the Go Using the Messenger App Messenger Kids Chapter 10: Sharing with Facebook Groups Evaluating a Group Sharing with a Group Group Dynamics Creating Your Own Groups Being a Group Administrator

8 Part 4: Getting the Most from 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: Buying, Selling, and Fundraising Getting the Most Out of Marketplace Belonging to Buy/Sell Groups Fundraising for Causes Chapter 13: Scheduling Your Life with Events You’re Invited! Public Events Viewing Events Creating an Event Managing Your Event Chapter 14: 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 Chapter 15: Using Facebook with Games, Websites, and Apps Understanding What Apps Need Games on Facebook Using Facebook Outside Facebook Mobile Apps and Facebook Managing Your Games, Websites, and Apps

9 Part 5: The Part of Tens Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Make the Most of Your Facebook Content Remembering the Past Scrapbooking Baby Photos (Mobile Only) Framing Your Profile Picture Adding Dimension Giving Your Photos Some Flair Reviewing the Last Year (or Years) Making Your Status Stand Out Tagging It All Using Stickers or GIFs in Your Messages Friend-a-versaries Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Be Politically Active on Facebook Familiarize Yourself with the Voting Information Center Share Your Voting Status Spend Time in the Town Hall Join Relevant Groups Fundraise for a Cause Organize a Digital Grassroots Campaign Fact-Check Your Sources Beware of Click-Bait Don’t Feed the Trolls Mute What Drives You Crazy Chapter 18: 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? Facebook Looks Different — 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? 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?