The

home page

is the first thing you'll see when you log into Facebook. Fortunately, it's also arguably the most useful feature of the

social networking site

. Here, you can

see what your network has been up to

since you last logged in. See the

latest updates from your Facebook network

, and see the

latest pictures

.

The

Facebook news feed

brings all of the

latest Facebook happenings

in an easy to digest format. Find out which of your friends have

changed their Facebook relationship status

, see who's

recently posted photos

, who's saying what to whom and more. It's all right here.

Many

Facebook users

accept the

default Facebook settings

. However, you can

customize your Facebook news feed

to show what you want to see by default. Just drag and drop to re-order. You can choose to see photos first, see notes, status updates and more. This is

web 2.0

, after all. You can also

create your own Facebook filters

to see updates from, for example, family or colleagues.

With a little effort, you can

be the most popular person on Facebook

by just putting some thought into your

Facebook status updates

. By

sharing photos, videos and URLs

, you'll quickly see your status update "Likes" skyrocket. Give it a try!

If you have a lot of Facebook friends, your

home page may be overrun with all their status updates

. Using these simple tips, you can

hide a Facebook user's updates

so you're not bothered by them. Perhaps you're seeing way to many status updates from a chronic "oversharer," or perhaps a certain someone is unintentionally update spamming. Whatever the case, it's easy to

hide Facebook updates

from people you'd rather not hear so much from.

Facebook allows you to

share as much or as little detail about yourself

as you like. Most of us are careful and don't

upload questionable, racy or potentially embarrassing photos to Facebook

. However, we can't count on our Facebook friends to show the same discretion. If a friend uploads a photo you're in but would rather not be associated with, you can easily

untag Facebook photos

so your Facebook friends won't likely see. You can also choose to

set all Facebook photos of you to private

.

Facebook has a great way for you to

keep in touch with your family

. Family Groups allows you to

share photos, stories, and even create family events

where everyone can accesses and see them. By creating a

Facebook Group for your family

you'll make sure that everyone shares in all the family fun.

Filling out your

profile on Facebook

gives your Facebook friends an idea of what you're into. Movies, music, books, even religions and political leanings and much, much more is all fair game in the

complete Facebook profile

.

You may worry about

how much information you and your friends share on Facebook

. But did you know you can

completely customize Facebook privacy settings

? You can make it so that certain users can only see certain items,

block your boss from seeing your wall or photos

or videos, keep your friends from seeing private exchanges with your significant other and much more. While you can't

delete your Facebook account

without contacting Facebook staff, you can deactivate it if you want or need to.

Facebook makes it easy to

share your Facebook profile on your site or blog

. Molly McDonald demonstrates how to use

Facebook widgets

to give your blog readers or site visitors your latest updates from Facebook.