target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="#u2e40a5fe-f948-5a2a-bc8f-1b9c74885f96">Part 1 teaches you the basics to get you up and running on Facebook. This information is more than enough for you to discover Facebook's value. Part 2 teaches you about using Facebook — the sorts of things millions of people log in and do every day. Part 3 explains how to find friends and all the ways you can interact with them. Part 4 explores some of the special ways you might find yourself using Facebook. Finally, Part 5 explores the creative, diverse, touching, and even frustrating ways people have welcomed Facebook into their lives.
Here are some of the things you can do with this book:
Find out how to represent yourself online. Facebook lets you create a profile (called a timeline) that you can share with friends, coworkers, and people you have yet to meet.
Connect and share with people you know. Whether you're seeking close friends or long-lost ones, family members, business contacts, teammates, businesses, or celebrities, Facebook keeps you connected. Never say, “Goodbye” again … unless you want to.
Discover how the online tools of Facebook can help enhance your relationships offline. Photo sharing, group organization, event planning, and messaging tools all enable you to maintain an active social life in the real world.
Take Facebook with you when you’re not at your computer. Facebook’s mobile tools are designed to make it easy to use Facebook wherever you are.
Bring your Facebook connections to the rest of the web. Many websites, games, apps, and services on the Internet can work with your Facebook information to deliver you a better experience.
Promote a business, a fundraiser, or yourself to the people who can bring you success. Engaging with people on Facebook can help ensure that your message is heard.
Foolish Assumptions
In this book, we make the following assumptions:
You’re at least 13 years of age.
You have some access to the Internet, an email address, and a web browser that is not Internet Explorer (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and so on are all good).
There are people in your life with whom you communicate.
We state our opinions throughout this book. Although we've worked for Facebook in the past, the opinions expressed here represent our own perspectives, not that of Facebook. We were avid Facebook users long before either one of us worked for Facebook.
Icons Used in This Book
What’s a Dummies book without icons pointing you in the direction of great information that’s sure to help you along your way? In this section, we briefly describe each icon used in this book.
Beyond the Book
In addition to what you’re reading right now, this product also comes with a free access-anywhere cheat sheet that helps you build your friends list, communicate with your friends in the many ways available on Facebook, and stay on top of important Facebook dates, such as friends’ birthdays and events. To get the cheat sheet, simply go to www.dummies.com and enter Facebook For Dummies Cheat Sheet in the search box.
Where to Go from Here
Now that we're properly introduced, let’s get started with Facebook. If you're a new user, we recommend starting with Part 1, where we explain the different ways people use Facebook, how to set up an account, and how to navigate around the site. If you already have those basics down, you can head over to Part 2, which walks you through the Facebook features you'll likely interact with every day — News Feed, timelines, privacy, and using Facebook on your mobile phone.
If you're feeling a little isolated on Facebook, Part 3 is where you should start. The information there will help you find friends, connect to other people through groups, and use Facebook Messenger to stay in touch. In Part 4, we dive deeper into some of the features that help enhance your Facebook experience such as photos, games, Pages, and fundraising for causes. And in Part 5, our many accumulated years of Facebook experience can answer some of your FAQs and provide tips and tricks for using Facebook in different ways.
Part 1
Getting Started
IN THIS PART …
What you can and can’t do on Facebook
Signing up and getting confirmed
Looking around and navigating Facebook
Chapter 1
The Many Faces of Facebook
IN THIS CHAPTER
