Facebook is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues. The site, which is available in 37 different languages, includes public features such as:
- Marketplace - allows members to post, read and respond to classified ads.
- Groups - allows members who have common interests to find each other and interact.
- Events - allows members to publicize an event, invite guests and track who plans to attend.
- Pages - allows members to create and promote a public page built around a specific topic.
- Presence technology - allows members to see which contacts are online and chat.
BECOME POPULOR ON FACEBOOK:
There are alot of ways to become populor on facebook :
- MAKING COMMUNITY PAGES
- ADVERTISE ON FACEBOOK
- MAKE FANS
- MAKE GROUPS
- SHARE YOUR VIDEOS
- PARTICIPATE IN MANY OPORTUNITIES
- MAKE YOUR FAN PAGE
- IMPROVE YOUR PROFILE
- Join a network including your school or college network.
REQUIREMENTS:
- YOU MUST HAVE SOME SORT OF TALENT
- YOU NEED TO BE SOCIAL
- YOU MUST HAVE A HUGE GROUP OF FRIENDS
Within each member's personal profile, there are several key networking components. The most popular is arguably the Wall, which is essentially a virtual bulletin board. Messages left on a member's Wall can be text, video or photos. Another popular component is the virtual Photo Album. Photos can be uploaded from the desktop or directly from a smartphone camera. There is no limitation on quantity, but Facebook staff will remove inappropriate or copyrighted images. An interactive album feature allows the member's contacts (who are called generically called "friends") to comment on each other's photos and identify (tag) people in the photos. Another popular profile component is status updates, a micro blogging feature that allows members to broadcast short Twitter-like announcements to their friends. All interactions are published in a news feed, which is distributed in real-time to the member's friends.
Tip
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Examples
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Some pictures don’t belong on Facebook
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- You or others consuming drugs or alcohol
- Nudity or other inappropriate images
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Control who you tag and who tags you
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- Tag all friends so they know when a photo has been uploaded of them
- Change settings in order to pre-approve all tags of yourself
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Don’t give out any personal information
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- Address
- Phone number
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Anything you say could get back to the person it was said about
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- Family members
- Bosses or coworkers
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Don’t air your dirty laundry
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- Bashing your ex for past due child support
- Sharing details about a spat with a friend
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Consider avoiding features that give away your location, for safety reasons
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- Accepting invitations to events
- Tagging locations in photos
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Customize your security settings
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- Only friends can see photos
- Limit the access of those you don’t know as well
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Use your settings to limit the things that prompt Facebook to email you
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- Receiving a friend request
- Being tagged in a photo
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Like organizations or businesses to stay informed about news or discounts
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- Special offers
- Events near you
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Use other social sites to update Facebook as well
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- Twitter
- Instagram
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Chat only when you want to
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- Have some friends always see you as offline
- Turn off chat to send messages to your inbox
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Export your Facebook contacts to other devices
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- Smartphone
- Home computer
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Change settings to control what goes in your news feed
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- Games you play
- Articles you read
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Use Groups to keep in touch with select friends
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- Clubs or organizations
- Neighborhood associations
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