The Finer Points of Facebook
10-Part Series
Molly McDonald runs us through the Finer Points of Facebook. She demonstrates everything from untagging yourself from unflattering photos
,super charging your privacy settings
, creating your ownFacebook family page, adding a Facebook badge to your site or blog
and even hiding parts of your profile
from certain people, like your boss, your co-workers... or your Mom
. In this 10-part series, Molly runs down tips that will make you a Facebook power user
in no time.
Latest Episode:
#10 / Share Facebook info on your site or blog
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episode guide
#1
/ June 29, 2009 / 2:04 min.
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 thesocial networking site
. Here, you cansee what your network has been up to
since you last logged in. See thelatest updates from your Facebook network
, and see thelatest pictures
.
#2
/ June 30, 2009 / 1:49 min.
The Facebook news feed
brings all of thelatest Facebook happenings
in an easy to digest format. Find out which of your friends havechanged their Facebook relationship status
, see who'srecently posted photos
, who's saying what to whom and more. It's all right here.
#3
/ July 1, 2009 / 2:04 min.
Many Facebook users
accept thedefault Facebook settings
. However, you cancustomize 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 isweb 2.0
, after all. You can alsocreate your own Facebook filters
to see updates from, for example, family or colleagues.
#4
/ July 2, 2009 / 1:45 min.
With a little effort, you can be the most popular person on Facebook
by just putting some thought into yourFacebook status updates
. Bysharing photos, videos and URLs
, you'll quickly see your status update "Likes" skyrocket. Give it a try!
#5
/ July 3, 2009 / 1:48 min.
If you have a lot of Facebook friends, your home page may be overrun with all their status updates
. Using these simple tips, you canhide 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 tohide Facebook updates
from people you'd rather not hear so much from.
#6
/ July 6, 2009 / 2:13 min.
Facebook allows you to share as much or as little detail about yourself
as you like. Most of us are careful and don'tupload 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 easilyuntag Facebook photos
so your Facebook friends won't likely see. You can also choose toset all Facebook photos of you to private
.
#7
/ July 7, 2009 / 3:25 min.
Facebook has a great way for you to keep in touch with your family
. Family Groups allows you toshare photos, stories, and even create family events
where everyone can accesses and see them. By creating aFacebook Group for your family
you'll make sure that everyone shares in all the family fun.
#8
/ July 8, 2009 / 2:27 min.
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 thecomplete Facebook profile
.
#9
/ July 9, 2009 / 2:59 min.
You may worry about how much information you and your friends share on Facebook
. But did you know you cancompletely 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'tdelete your Facebook account
without contacting Facebook staff, you can deactivate it if you want or need to.
#10
/ July 10, 2009 / 1:43 min.
Facebook makes it easy to share your Facebook profile on your site or blog
. Molly McDonald demonstrates how to useFacebook widgets
to give your blog readers or site visitors your latest updates from Facebook.
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