Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 3
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 3
Part 1: Getting Started 5
Chapter 1: The Many Faces of Facebook 7
So What Is Facebook, Exactly? 8
Discovering What You Can Do on Facebook 10
Connecting with friends 10
Discovering what's going on with your friends 11
Establishing a timeline 11
Communicating with Facebook friends 12
Sharing your thoughts 12
Sharing your pictures and videos 13
Planning events 14
Joining and creating groups 14
Using Facebook around the Internet 14
Promoting a business 15
Fundraising for a cause 15
Keeping in Mind What You Can't Do on Facebook 16
You can't lie 17
You can't be 12 or younger 17
You can't troll, spam, or harass 17
You can't upload illegal content 18
Realizing How Facebook Is Different from Other Social Sites 18
Finding Out How You Can Use Facebook 19
Getting information 19
Keeping up with long-distance friends 19
Moving to a new city 20
Getting a job 20
Throwing a reunion 20
Finding a happily ever after 21
Entertaining yourself and playing games 21
Communicating in times of trouble 21
Chapter 2: Adding Your Face 23
Signing Up for Facebook 23
Checking Your Inbox 25
Confirmation 25
Email outreach 25
Getting Started 26
Step 1: Adding a profile picture 26
Step 2: Finding your friends 28
Step 3: Getting to know your privacy settings 29
Introducing Your New Home Page 29
Adding More Friends 31
Filling out Your Profile Information 32
Chapter 3: Finding Your Way Around 35
Checking Out the Top Bar 36
Search 40
Viewing Stories and News Feed 41
Stories 41
News Feed 41
The Left Sidebar 42
The top section 42
Your shortcuts 44
The littlest links 46
Right On 46
Sponsored 47
Your Pages 47
Birthdays 47
Contacts 47
Part 2: Day-to-Day Facebook 49
Chapter 4: Reading News Feed and Posting 51
Your Daily News Feed 52
Anatomy of a News Feed post 53
Common actions and content 54
Checking out stories 59
Viewing stories 60
Interacting with Your News Feed 61
Liking 61
Reacting 62
Liking (or following) Pages 62
Commenting 63
Sharing 66
Saving 67
Adjusting News Feed 68
Hiding posts and people 68
News Feed preferences 70
Sharing Your Own News 71
Status updates 72
Figuring out what to say 73
Beyond the basic status update 74
Creating a story 78
Controlling who sees your posts 80
Chapter 5: Timeline: The Story of You 83
Making a First Impression 84
Changing your cover photo 85
Editing your profile picture 86
Adding a frame to your profile picture 88
Adding a bio 89
Telling Your Story 90
Creating posts 90
Creating life events 93
Editing posts 95
Checking out your intro and more 96
Telling the World about Yourself 98
Adding work and education info 99
Adding the places you've lived 101
Adding contact and basic info 102
Adding family and relationships 103
Adding details about yourself 105
Adding life events 105
Viewing Timeline Tabs 105
Your Friends and Your Timeline 106
Chapter 6: Understanding Privacy and Safety 109
Knowing Your Audience 110
Changing Privacy as You Post 113
Understanding Your Timeline Privacy 114
Getting a Privacy Checkup 115
Who Can See What You Share topic 116
How to Keep Your Account Secure topic 117
How People Can Find You on Facebook topic 118
Your Data Settings on Facebook topic 119
Your Ad Preferences on Facebook topic 119
Navigating the Settings Page 120
General section 121
Security and Login section 122
Your Facebook Information section 124
Privacy section 127
Face Recognition section 129
Profile and Tagging section 129
Public Posts section 131
Blocking section 133
Location section 136
Language and Region section 137
Stories section 138
Notifications section 138
Mobile section 140
Apps and Websites section 140
Instant Games section 141
Business Integrations section 142
Ads section 142
Advertisers section 142
Ad Topics section 143
Ad Settings section 143
Ads Payments section 145
Facebook Pay section 145
Support Inbox section 145
Videos section 146
Understanding Privacy Shortcuts 146
Checking out Facebook's privacy tools 149
Remembering that it takes a village to raise a Facebook 152
Peeking Behind the Scenes 153
Protecting minors 154
Preventing spam and viruses 154
Preventing phishing 154
One Final Call to Use Your Common Sense 155
Chapter 7: Facebook on the Go 157
The Facebook App 158
Layout and navigation 158
News Feed 164
Reacting to Posts 165
Commenting on posts 166
Post and News Feed options 166
Posting from the App 168
Photo Posts 170
Taking photos and creating videos to share 175
Creating Facebook stories 177
Viewing and interacting with stories 180
Checking Out Timelines 181
Using Groups 185
Viewing an event 185
Facebook Messenger 186
Navigating Messenger 187
Viewing and sending messages 188
Video calls 190
The Facebook Family of Mobile Apps 190
Instagram 190
WhatsApp 191
Messenger Kids 191
Facebook Local 191
Facebook on Your Mobile Browser 191
Mobile Home 192
Mobile timelines 193
Mobile inbox 194
Facebook Texts 194
Mobile settings 196
Mobile notifications 196
Part 3: Connecting with Friends 197
Chapter 8: Finding Facebook Friends 199
What Is a Facebook Friend? 200
Adding Friends 201
Sending friend requests 201
Accepting friend requests 202
Choosing your friends wisely 203
Finding Your Friends on Facebook 203
Checking out people you may know 203
Browsing friends' friends 204
Using the search box 205
Managing How You Interact with Friends 207
News Feed preferences 207
Following 208
Unfriending 209
Chapter 9: Just between You and Me: Facebook Messenger 211
Sending a Message 212
Sending a group message 213
Sending a link 214
Sending a photo 214
Sending a sticker 214
Sending a GIF 215
Sending an emoji 215
Sending payment 216
Sending an attachment 217
Sending an instant emoji 217
Starting a video or voice call 217
Managing Messages 218
Checking Out the Chat List 221
Navigating Messenger 222
Message requests 224
Conversations in the inbox 225
Messenger settings 226
Getting into Rooms 226
Messaging on the Go Using the Messenger App 228
Messenger Kids 229
Chapter 10: Sharing with Facebook Groups 231
Evaluating a Group 232
Sharing with a Group 235
Using the share box 235
Creating events 238
Using files and docs 239
Reading and commenting on posts 242
Group Dynamics 243
Controlling notifications 243
Searching a group 244
Adding friends to a group 245
Creating Your Own Groups 245
Adding detail to your group 247
Deciding a group type 248
Being a Group Administrator 248
Scheduling posts 249
Pinning announcements 249
Managing a group 250
Adjusting group settings 252
Interpreting insights 253
Editing members 253
Reporting offensive groups and posts 255
Part 4: Getting the Most from Facebook 257
Chapter 11: Filling Facebook with Photos and Videos 259
Viewing Photos from Friends 259
Photos in News Feed 260
Photo viewer 261
The album view 262
Viewing photos on your mobile device 263
Viewing tagged photos and videos of yourself 264
Adding Photos to Facebook 265
Uploading photos 265
Creating an album 271
Editing and Tagging Photos 274
Editing albums 274
Editing a photo 275
Automatic albums 278
Working with Video 278
Viewing videos 279
Adding a video from your computer 280
Adding a video from the Facebook app 280
Live video 281
Discovering Privacy 282
Photo and video privacy 282
Privacy settings for photos and videos of yourself 283
Chapter 12: Buying, Selling, and Fundraising 285
Getting the Most Out of Marketplace 286
Browsing and buying in Marketplace 286
Live shopping 289
Selling your stuff on Marketplace 290
Posting jobs on Marketplace 292
Marketplace inbox 294
Using Marketplace on your phone 294
Belonging to Buy/Sell Groups 297
Browsing and buying in a Buy/Sell group 297
Selling items in a Buy/Sell group 298
Using Buy/Sell groups on your phone 299
Fundraising for Causes 300
Donating to a fundraiser 300
Facebook Pay 301
Creating your own fundraiser 302
Promoting and managing your fundraiser 304
Chapter 13: Scheduling Your Life with Events 307
You're Invited! 307
Public Events 310
Viewing Events 311
Creating an Event 312
Inviting guests 314
Managing Your Event 315
Editing your event's info 315
Canceling the event 316
Messaging your event's guests 316
Removing guests 317
Chapter 14: Creating a Page for Promotion 319
Getting to Know Pages 320
Anatomy of a Page 320
Connecting and interacting with Pages 322
Creating a Facebook Page 324
Do I need a Page? 324
Creating your Page 325
Getting started 326
Sharing as a Page 329
The share box 330
Creating specialty posts 334
Using Facebook as Your Page 336
Liking, commenting on, and sharing posts 336
Liking other Pages 337
Managing a Page 338
News Feed 338
Inbox 339
Business App Store 342
Resources & Tools 342
Manage Jobs 342
Notifications 342
Insights: Finding out who is using your Page 343
Publishing tools 345
Ad Center 346
Page Quality 346
Edit Page Info 346
Page settings 347
Chapter 15: Using Facebook with Games, Websites, and Apps 355
Understanding What Apps Need 356
The basics 356
The slightly less basics 357
Permission to act 358
Games on Facebook 358
Playing instant games on Facebook 358
Playing web games on Facebook 360
Inviting and notifying 361
Posting 361
Watching game videos 362
Viewing your gaming activity 363
Keeping your games close 363
Using Facebook Outside Facebook 364
Mobile Apps and Facebook 366
Managing Your Games, Websites, and Apps 367
Adjusting your app permissions 369
Making additional app settings 369
Learning more 369
Removing apps 369
Adjusting your preferences 370
Controlling what you see from friends 371
Reporting offensive apps 371
Part 5: The Part of Tens 373
Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Make the Most of Your Facebook Content 375
Remembering the Past 375
Scrapbooking Baby Photos (Mobile Only) 376
Framing Your Profile Picture 377
Adding Dimension 377
Giving Your Photos Some Flair 378
Reviewing the Last Year (or Years) 379
Making Your Status Stand Out 379
Tagging It All 380
Using Stickers or GIFs in Your Messages 380
Friend-a-versaries 381
Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Be Politically Active on Facebook 383
Familiarize Yourself with the Voting Information Center 383
Share Your Voting Status 384
Spend Time in the Town Hall 385
Join Relevant Groups 386
Fundraise for a Cause 386
Organize a Digital Grassroots Campaign 386
Fact-Check Your Sources 387
Beware of Click-Bait 387
Don't Feed the Trolls 388
Mute What Drives You Crazy 388
Chapter 18: Ten Frequently Asked Questions 389
Do People Know When I Look at Their Timelines? 390
I Friended Too Many People and Now I Don't Like Sharing Stuff - What Can I Do? 390
Facebook Looks Different - Can I Change It Back? 391
I Have a Problem with My Account - Can You Help Me? 392
What Do I Do with Friend Requests I Don't Want to Accept? 392
Why Can't I Find My Friend? 393
Will Facebook Start Charging Me to Use the Site? 394
How Do I Convince My Friends to Join? 394
What If I Don't Want Everyone Knowing My Business? 395
Does Facebook Have a Feature That Lets Me Lock Myself Out for a Few Hours? 396
Index 397