I just figure everything I post on FB is for public consumption. Its a fun way to see pictures of family & friends who don't have time to write up an LJ post, but are okay with a five word update every hour.
Making sense of FacebookeyjaApril 1 2009, 21:19:23 UTC
I'm not a big user of Facebook. It dissatisfies me on several levels, and I don't play on it much, but I have now seen several versions of it (I originally joined when it was still limited to college students, left, then came back after I started dating Will...not exactly sure why, but I did), so hopefully I can help a little.
Top bar
There is a blue bar at the very top. This is similar to the bar on the top of the Livejournal home page. It takes you to the main places in Facebook: Home, Profile, Friends, Inbox.
HomeThis has several columns. The center column is the star. What this shows is the 'news feed' for your contacts/friends. This lists things they have done (who they friend, if they make a note, etc), and their status updates. The status is that box that asks, "What on you're mind?" There you type what you're up to, what you're thinking -- something a few lines long. (If you're familiar with the concept behind Twitter, I believe it's similar
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List of all your friends. When you start getting several friends, it's helpful to make little groups to help separate them out -- easy for quick finds. This is also a way to look at just your friends status updates. There's also a useful tab that allows you to look at just your friends' phone numbers (if their available).
Inbox
The Facebook mailing system.
Search box
You can search Facebook for friends (just type in their name), also you can search other aspects (people, pages, groups, events, applications, web). You can also refine the network you search in (all, your networks, other networks). You can also search via school name and by that email thing.
It sucked to start on FB. It's not intuitive, and there's very little getting-you-started support. Plus, if you had a stressful school experience, you get all of that at once too. I recommend that you not associate with your high school until you know your way around FB. My honey, on the other hand, still plays poker with people from grade school, and was much less stressed about the HS thing
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Oh, and other people will start tagging you in photos. You can disassociate the tags, but know that employers will be able to see you in garb and ask what the heck the "midevil" thing is that you were tagged in (yeah, someone spelled it that way recently and tagged several people).
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I just figure everything I post on FB is for public consumption. Its a fun way to see pictures of family & friends who don't have time to write up an LJ post, but are okay with a five word update every hour.
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Facebook is where you post a picture and ask your friends to tell you whether it makes your butt look fat.
At least, that's how someone explained it to me.
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Top bar
There is a blue bar at the very top. This is similar to the bar on the top of the Livejournal home page. It takes you to the main places in Facebook: Home, Profile, Friends, Inbox.
HomeThis has several columns. The center column is the star. What this shows is the 'news feed' for your contacts/friends. This lists things they have done (who they friend, if they make a note, etc), and their status updates. The status is that box that asks, "What on you're mind?" There you type what you're up to, what you're thinking -- something a few lines long. (If you're familiar with the concept behind Twitter, I believe it's similar ( ... )
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List of all your friends. When you start getting several friends, it's helpful to make little groups to help separate them out -- easy for quick finds. This is also a way to look at just your friends status updates. There's also a useful tab that allows you to look at just your friends' phone numbers (if their available).
Inbox
The Facebook mailing system.
Search box
You can search Facebook for friends (just type in their name), also you can search other aspects (people, pages, groups, events, applications, web). You can also refine the network you search in (all, your networks, other networks). You can also search via school name and by that email thing.
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