Carolyn Abram worked for Facebook when the site was in its infancy and helped it develop through its largest period of growth. She is also a published fiction writer. Amy Karasavas helped launch app directories, developers' resources, and user testing tools for Facebook. Today she works as a freelance writer and marketing strategist.
Introduction 1 About Facebook for Dummies 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 3 Part 1: Getting Started with Facebook 5 Chapter 1: The Many Faces of Facebook 7 So What Is Facebook, Exactly? 8 Discovering What You Can Do on Facebook 10 Keeping in Mind What You Can't Do on Facebook 15 Realizing How Facebook Is Different from Other Social Sites 17 How You Can Use Facebook 18 Chapter 2: Adding Your Own Face to Facebook 23 Signing Up for Facebook 23 Getting Started 25 What to Expect in Your Inbox 29 Your New Home Page 31 Adding More Friends 32 Filling out Your Profile Information 33 Chapter 3: Finding Your Way Around Facebook 35 Checking Out the Blue Bar on Top 36 Search 39 The Left-side Menu 40 Viewing News Feed 45 Right On 46 The Littlest Links 47 Part 2: Day-To-Day Facebook 49 Chapter 4: The Daily Facebook: News Feed and Posting 51 Your Daily News Feed 52 Trending 58 Interacting with News Feed 59 Adjusting News Feed 67 Sharing Your Own News 71 Chapter 5: Timeline: The Story of You 83 Scrolling Through Time 84 First Impressions 85 Telling Your Story 91 All About Me 100 Your Friends and Your Timeline 109 Chapter 6: Privacy and Safety on Facebook 111 Know Your Audience 112 Privacy on the Go 115 Privacy Shortcuts 117 Privacy Settings 119 Timeline Privacy 136 Privacy Tools 139 Remembering That It Takes a Village to Raise a Facebook 142 Peeking Behind the Scenes 143 One Final Call to Use Your Common Sense 145 Chapter 7: Facebook on the Go 147 The Facebook App 148 Facebook Messenger 178 The Facebook Family of Mobile Apps 184 Facebook on Your Mobile Browser 185 Facebook Texts 188 Part 3: Connecting with Friends on Facebook 191 Chapter 8: Finding Facebook Friends 193 What Is a Facebook Friend? 194 Adding Friends 195 Finding Your Friends on Facebook 198 Managing How You Interact with Friends 204 Chapter 9: Just between You and Me: Facebook Messages 213 Sending a Message 214 Message Options 220 The Chat Menu 224 Messenger Inbox 227 Messaging on the Go 232 Chapter 10: Sharing with Facebook Groups 233 Evaluating a Group 234 Sharing with a Group 237 Creating Your Own Groups 244 Group Dynamics 247 Being a group administrator 249 Part 4: What to Do on Facebook 257 Chapter 11: Filling Facebook with Photos and Videos 259 Viewing Photos from Friends 260 Adding Photos to Facebook 264 Editing and Tagging Photos 273 Working with Video 279 Discovering Privacy 282 Chapter 12: Buying, Selling, and Fundraising 285 Getting the Most Out of Marketplace 286 Belonging to Buy/Sell Groups 292 Fundraising for Causes 296 Chapter 13: Scheduling Your Life with Events 303 You're Invited! 303 Public Events 306 Viewing Events 306 Creating Your Own Events 307 Managing Your Event 310 Chapter 14: Creating a Page for Promotion 313 Getting to Know Pages 314 Creating a Facebook Page 317 Sharing as a Page 323 Using Facebook as Your Page 330 Managing a Page 331 Insights: Finding Out Who Is Using Your Page 344 Chapter 15: Using Facebook with Games, Websites, and Apps 347 What Apps Need 348 Games on Facebook 350 Using Facebook Outside of Facebook 355 Mobile Apps and Facebook 358 Managing Your Games, Websites, and Apps 359 Part 5: The Part of Tens 365 Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Make the Most of Your Facebook Content 367 Remember the Past 367 Scrapbook Your Baby Photos 368 Say Thanks 369 Give Your Photos Some Flair 369 Review the Last Year (or Years) 369 Make your status stand out 370 Add Tags 370 Go Live 370 Use Stickers or GIFs in Your Messages 371 Friend-a-versaries 371 Chapter 17: Ten Ways Facebook Uniquely Impacts Lives 373 Keeping in Touch with Far-Away Friends 373 Preparing to Head Off to School 374 Going on Not-So-Blind Dates 374 Meeting People in Your New City or Town 375 Reconnecting with Old Friends 375 K