Facebook for Beginners

Helpful tips and tricks to remember:

• Fill out as much or as little information as you want. Don’t want to share your birthdate? Just make one up. You can be 29 again! For greater privacy, use a special email created just for Facebook.
• Use a picture of your dog, your favorite book, or your favorite vacation spot!
• Privacy settings – learn them, use them!  Click on the down arrow next to “Account” in the upper right corner, then use the Account and Privacy Settings. Here, you can decide who sees your information, how much they see. You can narrow it down to just one person that you don’t want seeing your updates, or make entire groups. You can control who posts to your page, or who tags you in photos or videos.
• Too many friends overwhelming you when you first log in? Sick of seeing the same junk from a certain someone?  Create lists and use them well!  When you’re logged into Facebook, click on the upper left Facebook image, click on Friends,  then “Create Lists”.
• Got a friend request that you don’t want to answer to? Is it your boss? Is it a long-lost ex? A clingy acquaintance? When you get the request, do NOTHING. If you click on ignore, the person will be know you’ve declined because they will be able to send you another friend request. If you do nothing, you can feign confusion and pretend you missed it. Forever.

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