Facebook for Grown-Ups

Table of Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 14
How This Book Is Organized......Page 15
Conventions Used in This Book......Page 16
Get Ready to Facebook......Page 17
Part I: Getting Started with Facebook—and Social Networking......Page 18
What Social Networking Is and How It Works......Page 20
Say Hello to Facebook......Page 25
Things You Can—and Can’t—Do on Facebook......Page 27
Why Grown-Ups Use Facebook......Page 30
Social Networking Do’s and Don’ts......Page 32
Before You Sign Up......Page 36
Creating a Facebook Account......Page 37
Find Friends and Complete Your Profile......Page 38
Filling Out Your Profile......Page 42
What’s What and What’s Where on Facebook......Page 50
Navigating the Facebook Toolbar......Page 55
Searching Facebook......Page 57
Signing Off......Page 59
Part II: Facebook for Friends and Family......Page 62
How Facebook Helps You Reconnect......Page 64
Why Friends Are Important......Page 66
Making Friends with People You’re Already in Contact With......Page 67
Searching for Long Lost Friends......Page 71
Accepting Friend Requests......Page 74
Exploring Facebook’s Friend Suggestions......Page 75
Finding Friends of Friends......Page 76
Catching Up with the Facebook News Feed......Page 80
Getting to and Getting to Know Your Friends’ Profile Pages......Page 89
Reading the Wall—and Leaving Your Own Comments......Page 92
Viewing Your Friends’ Personal Information......Page 93
Looking at Photos......Page 94
Viewing Other Tabs......Page 95
Making Your Children Your Friends......Page 98
What to Do If Your Kids Hide from You on Facebook......Page 99
Using Facebook to See What Your Kids Are Up To......Page 102
Using Facebook to Contact Your Grown Kids......Page 103
Creating Friends Lists......Page 106
Editing Your Lists......Page 108
Displaying Status Updates from List Members......Page 110
Getting Rid of Unwanted Friends......Page 111
Blocking Unwanted Users......Page 112
Part III: Keeping in Touch with Facebook......Page 116
What Is a Status Update?......Page 118
Where to Update Your Status......Page 120
How to Update Your Status......Page 121
Determining Who Sees Your Status Updates......Page 127
Deciding What to Write About......Page 131
Employing “Facebook Grammar”......Page 134
Understanding Facebook’s Private Messages......Page 138
It’s Just Like Email—Except It Isn’t......Page 139
Reading and Replying to Messages......Page 140
Deleting Messages......Page 142
Sending a New Message......Page 143
Adding Attachments to a Message......Page 144
What’s Chat—and Who Uses It?......Page 150
Who’s Online to Chat With?......Page 152
Doing the Chat Thing......Page 154
Managing Your Chat Settings......Page 156
Part IV: Sharing Your Life on Facebook......Page 158
What’s Good—and What’s Bad—About Sharing Photos on Facebook......Page 160
Creating a Photo Album......Page 164
Uploading New Photos......Page 165
Editing, Moving, and Deleting Photos......Page 167
Tagging People in Your Photos......Page 168
Sharing Photos with Others......Page 170
Managing Your Photos and Albums......Page 171
Viewing Other People’s Photos......Page 173
The Ins and Outs of Sharing Videos on Facebook......Page 180
Uploading Your Videos......Page 182
Editing Video Information......Page 187
Sharing Uploaded Videos......Page 188
Posting YouTube Videos......Page 190
Watching Your Friends’ Videos......Page 193
Why You Might Like Events......Page 198
Searching for and Attending Events......Page 199
RSVP’ing to Events......Page 201
Creating New Events......Page 205
Celebrating Birthdays......Page 207
Part V: Doing More with Facebook......Page 210
What Can You Personalize on Your Profile Page—and Why Would You Want To?......Page 212
Choosing What Posts to Display on Your Wall......Page 213
Changing Other Wall Settings......Page 214
Changing Your Profile Picture......Page 216
Customizing the Tabs on Your Profile Page......Page 218
Managing Sidebar Boxes......Page 219
Editing Your Profile Information......Page 221
Understanding Fan Pages......Page 226
Finding Fan Pages......Page 229
Creating Your Own Fan Page......Page 230
Understanding Facebook Groups......Page 234
Finding and Joining Groups......Page 237
Viewing Your Groups—and Your Friends’ Groups......Page 238
Participating in a Group......Page 239
Creating Your Own Group......Page 241
Understanding Facebook Networks......Page 248
Joining Your Work Network......Page 249
Networking Professionally......Page 250
Job Hunting on Facebook......Page 252
Understanding Facebook Applications......Page 256
Discovering Applications and Games......Page 259
Using an Application or Game......Page 260
Viewing and Managing Your Applications—and Those Your Friends Are Using......Page 262
Apps for Grown-Ups......Page 265
Connecting from Your iPhone......Page 270
Connecting from Other Smartphones......Page 280
Connecting via Text Message......Page 282
Understanding the Facebook Marketplace......Page 286
Shopping for Something to Buy......Page 288
Selling Your Own Stuff......Page 294
Part VI: Basic Facebook Housekeeping Chores......Page 300
Understanding Facebook Privacy......Page 302
Changing Facebook’s Privacy Settings......Page 304
Hiding Your Information from Other Websites......Page 308
Removing Unwanted Fan Pages......Page 310
What to Keep Private—and What to Share......Page 311
Changing Account Settings......Page 316
Controlling When and How Facebook Contacts You......Page 319
Leaving Facebook......Page 320
C......Page 326
D......Page 327
F......Page 328
I......Page 330
M......Page 331
O–P......Page 332
S......Page 334
U–V......Page 335
W–Z......Page 336