Facebook 101 Version 2.0 李銳華 Clement Yui-Wah Lee This tutorial by Yui-Wah Lee 李銳華 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License The latest version of this set of slides is available atYui-Wah Lee 李銳華Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License 怎樣在「俾面相簿」「 拋頭露面」 ?

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 2 Motivations An efficient and non-intrusive way to stay in touch with my friends You may be able to meet (or reconnect) with friends that you may not be able to meet otherwise A tool for serious stuff (social causes, station- audience relationship, school-parent relationship, etc) A way to stay young

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 3 What are the main things to do? – Part 1 As simple as … oAdd friends (more about this later) Part 1: To stay in the loop 1.Check your Home Check if there are any Requests Check the News Feed from your friends Check your friends’ Status Updates 2.Check your Inbox Not answering messages is impolite … 3.Check your Profile Your public image to your circle of friends You can customize the layout

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 4 HOME

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 5 Friend request: Confirm or Ignore

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 6 Message waiting

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 7 A new incoming message Click here to come To the Message page

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 8 Your profile

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 9 A glossary of facebook terms (Group A) Profile Picture: choose a good one! Status: an one-liner that you can edit as often as you wish Networks: Regional: you can join at most one Employer, School, etc: verified by address News-Feed / LiveFeed: Wall: imagine a wall in a dorm room Info: info about you (more about privacy later) Photos: more about photo laters

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 10 What are the main things to do? -- Part 2 Part 2: To interact with your friends Commenting on your friends’ items (whenever you see a “Comment” link) Status / Photos / Notes / Links / etc Chatting with your friends Writing on their Wall – imagine a wall in a dorm’s room Use Wall-to-Wall to see the wall posts as a thread Sending Message to your friends Note: Comment and Wall post are public. More about privacy later.

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 11 Your friend’s status Your friend’s comment on your item Notifications Check out the “Comment” link

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 12 Notifications

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 13 Clicking on “Online friends” to see who are online. click on a name to start chatting

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 14 Chat

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 15 Use Wall-to-Wall to see the wall posts as a thread

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 16 Use Wall-to-Wall to see the wall posts as a thread

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 17 Initiate a new message Click here to come To the Message page

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 18 What are the main things to do? -- Part 3 Part 3: Express yourself Updating your status Sharing Links Upload Photos You can use the built-in upload function or use Picasa and Picasa uploader (3 rd -party) Writing your Notes Tagging Photos Upload Video

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 19 Your profile

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 20 My posted item as seen by my friends Comment made on my Posted item

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 21 Adding photos using the built-in tool

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 22 Picasa2 is a photo management app from Google For facebook, there is a picasa uploader After you installed the uploader, you will see this button in your Picasa. You can upload many picture with just one click

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 23 Step 1 Step 2a Step 2b Step 3

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 24 What are the main things to do? -- Part 4 Part 4: Applications Some features in facebook are implemented by Applications Some applications are made by facebook Photos Videos Groups Some are made by 3 rd -Party Applications

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 25 Applications menu Note the “more” link Applications menu

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 26 Applications menu expanded Applications menu expanded

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 27 What are the things that you can safely ignored? 3 rd -Party Applications: most of them are not that useful, except FunWall Entourage (My Chinese Name) (Super Wall) (Picasa) Also, potentially it is more risky to use 3 rd - party applications

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 28 What are the things that you can safely ignored? (Cont’d) 3 rd -Party Applications that are not very useful (IMHO)  Love Ice Cream  Top Friends  What’s Your best Quality  Friends for Sale  …

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 29 Part 0: How to find your friends Direct invite (requires address) Friends -> Invite Friends Find friends from your current friends’ list of friends From someone else’s profile you can find their Friends (list) From Friends -> Find Friends Import Addresses (from Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, Gmail, MSN, etc – requires your username/password)

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 30 Step 1: Friends->Invite Friends Step 2a: type in address Step 2b: type a personal message (personally I think it is a good idea to always do this step) Step 3: invite

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 31 Step 0: Go to your friend’s profile (by clicking on their name, and facebook will take you to a page like this) Step 1a: Check if any of their friends are also your friend Step 1b: Click on “See all” to see a full list

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 32 If you find some friends, you can click on the link “Add as Friend” to add them By the way, for people who are ALREADY your friend the “Add as Friend” link will not be there

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 33 Effective facebooking Reciprocal Principle: the more you comment on other people items, the more people will comment on yours Observe the News Feed and Status Update on your Home: Some actions have more effects than others. E.g. Status: A one-line diary! (I keep a local copy too) Commenting has much effect Writing a Group Post has relatively smaller effect (more on Group later)

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 34 How about your privacy? (IMHO) Do not show these on your Profile Full birthday Telephone number Street address Edit my profile -> Basic Information -> Birthday -> “Don’t show my b’day” Edit my profile -> Contact Information -> Mobile Phone -> (the lock icon) -> “No one” or “Only Friends”

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 35 Step 1: Edit My profile Sept 2: Edit Information (to the right) Step 3: open the section “Basic Info” Step 4 Step 5

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 36 Step 1: Edit My profile Sept 2: Edit Information (to the right) Step 3: open the section “Contact Info” Step 4 Step 5

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 37 How about your privacy? (Cont’d) General Strategies (IMHO) More restrictive in the beginning, relax as you understand more (I prefer this) More friends -- Little Info (I prefer this) A lot of friends / No private info on profile Few friends -- Lots of Info (I don’t prefer this) Close friends only / More private info on profile I would say most of the default settings are okay, but please feel free to review them

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 38 E.g. Who can see your photos Settings: Everyone My Networks and Friends Friends of Friends Only Friends Customize …

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 39 Step 1: Settings-> Application Settings Step 2: “Edit Settings” for an app Step 3: Make your choice Step 4

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 40 Wall posting vs message: the privacy aspect Type/privacyPrivate Public (your friends) Wall PostsX CommentsX ChatX MessagesX

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 41 Facebook vs the Web Facebook: Some access control: you can control who see your items (photos, notes, status) It encourages interaction between friends (comments, notifications, etc) Web: No access control: fully public Limited interaction

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 42 Facebook for serious stuff Facebook Groups Groups can be open or close or secret E.g. SaveRTHK E.g. CUHK Computer Science A powerful tool is called Message All Members (use with care)

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facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 45 How to fight facebook addiction? Facebook addiction (facebookaholic) The pitfall: “Let me just spend two more minutes in facebook … ” The solution: “Stop immediately!” Another solution: Set aside a daily timeslot Yet another solution: First thing first

facebook 101: leeyuiwah.blogspot.com 46 Questions and Answers This set of slides is available on