What It Means to Be Friends on Facebook

<h1 style="margin-top: 0.25rem; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; ">n many ways, a <i>Facebook Friend</i> is the same as a real-life friend. These are the people you hang out with, keep in touch with, care about, and want to publicly acknowledge as friends. These aren't people you met on Facebook. Rather, they're the people you call on the phone; stop and catch up with if you cross paths; or invite over for parties, dinners, and general social gatherings.</span><br></h1> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">In real life, there are lots of shades of friendship — think of the differences between acquaintances, a friend from work, an activity buddy, and best friends. Facebook gives you a few tools for negotiating these levels of friendship. But by default, most friendships are lumped into a blanket category of "friend."</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Here are the basics of what it means to be friends with someone on Facebook, though you'll notice that each of them comes with a few caveats on how it can be adjusted by either person in the friendship.</p> <ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"> <b>They can see all the stuff on your Timeline (like your posts and other information) that you have set to be visible to Friends.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Remember, this is what happens by default. You can actually control which friends can see which posts more specifically by learning about your privacy options, and about Friend Lists.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"> <b>They see new posts you create in their News Feeds on their Home pages.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"><b></b>Again, the information your friends see in their News Feed depends on the audience you've chosen to share each post with. It may also depend on your friends' News Feed settings.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"><b>You can see their posts and other information on their Timelines.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> <b></b>This, of course, depends on their own privacy settings, but in general, you'll be able to see more as a friend than you did before you became friends.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"> <b>You see new posts from them in your News Feed on your Home page.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"><b></b>This depends on your friend's sharing settings, but more importantly, you can control whose posts you see in your News Feed through managing your own News Feed settings and preferences.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"><b>You'll be listed as friends on one another's Timeline.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> This is a small detail, but it's important in understanding the difference between becoming friends with someone and simply subscribing to someone's posts. Lots of people, especially public figures or people who have a business, allow you to subscribe to their posts without becoming friends. In these cases, you see their posts on your Home page, but they won't see your posts unless they choose to subscribe to you.</p> </li></ul>

What It Means to Be Friends on Facebook

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What It Means to Be Friends on Facebook

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></h1> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">In many ways, a <i>Facebook Friend</i> is the same as a real-life friend. These are the people you hang out with, keep in touch with, care about, and want to publicly acknowledge as friends. These aren't people you met on Facebook. Rather, they're the people you call on the phone; stop and catch up with if you cross paths; or invite over for parties, dinners, and general social gatherings.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">In real life, there are lots of shades of friendship — think of the differences between acquaintances, a friend from work, an activity buddy, and best friends. Facebook gives you a few tools for negotiating these levels of friendship. But by default, most friendships are lumped into a blanket category of "friend."</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Here are the basics of what it means to be friends with someone on Facebook, though you'll notice that each of them comes with a few caveats on how it can be adjusted by either person in the friendship.</p> <ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"> <b>They can see all the stuff on your Timeline (like your posts and other information) that you have set to be visible to Friends.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Remember, this is what happens by default. You can actually control which friends can see which posts more specifically by learning about your privacy options, and about Friend Lists.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"> <b>They see new posts you create in their News Feeds on their Home pages.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"><b></b>Again, the information your friends see in their News Feed depends on the audience you've chosen to share each post with. It may also depend on your friends' News Feed settings.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"><b>You can see their posts and other information on their Timelines.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> <b></b>This, of course, depends on their own privacy settings, but in general, you'll be able to see more as a friend than you did before you became friends.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"> <b>You see new posts from them in your News Feed on your Home page.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"><b></b>This depends on your friend's sharing settings, but more importantly, you can control whose posts you see in your News Feed through managing your own News Feed settings and preferences.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"><b>You'll be listed as friends on one another's Timeline.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> This is a small detail, but it's important in understanding the difference between becoming friends with someone and simply subscribing to someone's posts. Lots of people, especially public figures or people who have a business, allow you to subscribe to their posts without becoming friends. In these cases, you see their posts on your Home page, but they won't see your posts unless they choose to subscribe to you.</p> </li></ul>

What It Means to Be Friends on Facebook

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How to Find Classmates and Co-Workers on Facebook

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></h1> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Facebook's Friend Finder works by looking for large groups of people you might want to become friends with. A common assumption is that you'll want to become friends with people you've gone to school with and worked with over the years. To find these people, follow these steps:</p> <ol style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Click the Friends icon in the big blue bar on top.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">The Friend Requests menu appears.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> At the top of the menu, click the Find Friends link.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">The Friend Finder page appears.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Click Other Tools (usually found at the bottom of the list of options).</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">A menu of possibilities based on information you've filled out on your Timeline appears.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Click any of the Find Coworkers From or Find Classmates From links.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> All these links go to the same place, which is a page for browsing people on Facebook.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Use the check boxes on the left side of the page to look for people from your various jobs or schools.</p> <img alt="image0.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/05/390205.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align:bottom;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;max-width:100%;min-height:auto!important" width="165"><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Selecting a check box displays people from that school or company. You can also look for people from your hometown, current city, or workplace by entering a mutual friend's name.</p></li></ol><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> When you select more than one check box, it actually shows you <i>fewer</i>people because now Facebook is looking for people who both worked at Mom's Pizza <i>and</i> went to Hamilton High School. To find more people, select only one check box at a time.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You can actually browse for people in cities, companies, and colleges other than the ones you've listed on your Timeline. Look for the empty boxes that say Add Another, and type the school, city, or company where you think you know people.</p>

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How to Find Classmates and Co-Workers on Facebook

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></h1> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Facebook's Friend Finder works by looking for large groups of people you might want to become friends with. A common assumption is that you'll want to become friends with people you've gone to school with and worked with over the years. To find these people, follow these steps:</p> <ol style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Click the Friends icon in the big blue bar on top.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">The Friend Requests menu appears.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> At the top of the menu, click the Find Friends link.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">The Friend Finder page appears.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Click Other Tools (usually found at the bottom of the list of options).</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">A menu of possibilities based on information you've filled out on your Timeline appears.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Click any of the Find Coworkers From or Find Classmates From links.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> All these links go to the same place, which is a page for browsing people on Facebook.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Use the check boxes on the left side of the page to look for people from your various jobs or schools.</p> <img alt="image0.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/05/390205.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align:bottom;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;max-width:100%;min-height:auto!important" width="165"><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Selecting a check box displays people from that school or company. You can also look for people from your hometown, current city, or workplace by entering a mutual friend's name.</p></li></ol><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> When you select more than one check box, it actually shows you <i>fewer</i>people because now Facebook is looking for people who both worked at Mom's Pizza <i>and</i> went to Hamilton High School. To find more people, select only one check box at a time.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You can actually browse for people in cities, companies, and colleges other than the ones you've listed on your Timeline. Look for the empty boxes that say Add Another, and type the school, city, or company where you think you know people.</p>

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How to Send a Friend Request on Facebook

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></h1> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Now that you have entered into the social world of Facebook, it's time to send some friend requests, and maybe even accept some pending ones. If you're new to Facebook, you probably have a list of people who are awaiting your friend request. Remember that as you type, Facebook tries to autocomplete what you're looking for, meaning search results will appear below the Search box as you type.</p> <img alt="image0.jpg" height="236" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/96/390196.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align:bottom;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);max-width:100%;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-height:auto!important" width="535"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> When you see the person you think you want to add, click on her face; this takes you to her Timeline. At the bottom-right corner of her cover photo is an Add Friend button. To add this person as a friend, all you need to do is click the Add Friend button. Clicking this button sends a Friend Request. When she accepts, you'll become friends.</p> <img alt="image1.jpg" height="130" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/97/390197.image1.jpg" style="vertical-align:bottom;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);max-width:100%;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-height:auto!important" width="535"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> You won't be friends with someone until she confirms your Friend Request. After she confirms, you're notified by a red flag appearing above the notifications icon in the blue bar on top.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> So what does your potential friend see after you send a request? That depends on what you allow them to see.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> You can always go back and change your privacy control settings as necessary, but consider what info you want your new friends to see about you before you send them a friend request.</p>

How to Send a Friend Request on Facebook

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What It Means to Be Friends on Facebook

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></h1> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">In many ways, a <i>Facebook Friend</i> is the same as a real-life friend. These are the people you hang out with, keep in touch with, care about, and want to publicly acknowledge as friends. These aren't people you met on Facebook. Rather, they're the people you call on the phone; stop and catch up with if you cross paths; or invite over for parties, dinners, and general social gatherings.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">In real life, there are lots of shades of friendship — think of the differences between acquaintances, a friend from work, an activity buddy, and best friends. Facebook gives you a few tools for negotiating these levels of friendship. But by default, most friendships are lumped into a blanket category of "friend."</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Here are the basics of what it means to be friends with someone on Facebook, though you'll notice that each of them comes with a few caveats on how it can be adjusted by either person in the friendship.</p> <ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"> <b>They can see all the stuff on your Timeline (like your posts and other information) that you have set to be visible to Friends.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Remember, this is what happens by default. You can actually control which friends can see which posts more specifically by learning about your privacy options, and about Friend Lists.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"> <b>They see new posts you create in their News Feeds on their Home pages.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"><b></b>Again, the information your friends see in their News Feed depends on the audience you've chosen to share each post with. It may also depend on your friends' News Feed settings.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"><b>You can see their posts and other information on their Timelines.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> <b></b>This, of course, depends on their own privacy settings, but in general, you'll be able to see more as a friend than you did before you became friends.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"> <b>You see new posts from them in your News Feed on your Home page.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"><b></b>This depends on your friend's sharing settings, but more importantly, you can control whose posts you see in your News Feed through managing your own News Feed settings and preferences.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"><b>You'll be listed as friends on one another's Timeline.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> This is a small detail, but it's important in understanding the difference between becoming friends with someone and simply subscribing to someone's posts. Lots of people, especially public figures or people who have a business, allow you to subscribe to their posts without becoming friends. In these cases, you see their posts on your Home page, but they won't see your posts unless they choose to subscribe to you.</p> </li></ul>

What It Means to Be Friends on Facebook

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How to Send a Friend Request on Facebook

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></h1> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Now that you have entered into the social world of Facebook, it's time to send some friend requests, and maybe even accept some pending ones. If you're new to Facebook, you probably have a list of people who are awaiting your friend request. Remember that as you type, Facebook tries to autocomplete what you're looking for, meaning search results will appear below the Search box as you type.</p> <img alt="image0.jpg" height="236" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/96/390196.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align:bottom;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);max-width:100%;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-height:auto!important" width="535"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> When you see the person you think you want to add, click on her face; this takes you to her Timeline. At the bottom-right corner of her cover photo is an Add Friend button. To add this person as a friend, all you need to do is click the Add Friend button. Clicking this button sends a Friend Request. When she accepts, you'll become friends.</p> <img alt="image1.jpg" height="130" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/97/390197.image1.jpg" style="vertical-align:bottom;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);max-width:100%;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-height:auto!important" width="535"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> You won't be friends with someone until she confirms your Friend Request. After she confirms, you're notified by a red flag appearing above the notifications icon in the blue bar on top.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> So what does your potential friend see after you send a request? That depends on what you allow them to see.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> You can always go back and change your privacy control settings as necessary, but consider what info you want your new friends to see about you before you send them a friend request.</p>

How to Send a Friend Request on Facebook

Now that you have entered into the social world of Facebook, it's time to send some friend requests, and maybe even accept some pend...

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What It Means to Be Friends on Facebook

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></h1> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">In many ways, a <i>Facebook Friend</i> is the same as a real-life friend. These are the people you hang out with, keep in touch with, care about, and want to publicly acknowledge as friends. These aren't people you met on Facebook. Rather, they're the people you call on the phone; stop and catch up with if you cross paths; or invite over for parties, dinners, and general social gatherings.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">In real life, there are lots of shades of friendship — think of the differences between acquaintances, a friend from work, an activity buddy, and best friends. Facebook gives you a few tools for negotiating these levels of friendship. But by default, most friendships are lumped into a blanket category of "friend."</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Here are the basics of what it means to be friends with someone on Facebook, though you'll notice that each of them comes with a few caveats on how it can be adjusted by either person in the friendship.</p> <ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"> <b>They can see all the stuff on your Timeline (like your posts and other information) that you have set to be visible to Friends.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Remember, this is what happens by default. You can actually control which friends can see which posts more specifically by learning about your privacy options, and about Friend Lists.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"> <b>They see new posts you create in their News Feeds on their Home pages.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"><b></b>Again, the information your friends see in their News Feed depends on the audience you've chosen to share each post with. It may also depend on your friends' News Feed settings.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"><b>You can see their posts and other information on their Timelines.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> <b></b>This, of course, depends on their own privacy settings, but in general, you'll be able to see more as a friend than you did before you became friends.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"> <b>You see new posts from them in your News Feed on your Home page.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"><b></b>This depends on your friend's sharing settings, but more importantly, you can control whose posts you see in your News Feed through managing your own News Feed settings and preferences.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"><b>You'll be listed as friends on one another's Timeline.</b></p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> This is a small detail, but it's important in understanding the difference between becoming friends with someone and simply subscribing to someone's posts. Lots of people, especially public figures or people who have a business, allow you to subscribe to their posts without becoming friends. In these cases, you see their posts on your Home page, but they won't see your posts unless they choose to subscribe to you.</p> </li></ul>

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How to Import an Address Book into Facebook

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></h1> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Instead of creating a whole new address book for Facebook contacts, you can import an existing address book. If you're someone who uses a<i>desktop e-mail client</i> — a program on your local computer that manages your e-mail (such as Microsoft Outlook or Entourage), create a file of your contacts and import it so that Facebook can check it for friend matches.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The way to create your contact file depends on which e-mail client you use. Here's how to get the right instructions:</p> <ol style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> From the Friend Finder, select the Other Tools option.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">It's at the bottom of the list of Friend Finder options.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Click Upload Contact File, the first blue link.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> If you're using a Mac, you may see a blue button named Find my Mac Address Book Contacts. In addition, both Mac and PC users should see a blue Upload Contacts button below a gray Choose File button.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> At this point, unless you've already done so, you need to create a contact file. If you don't know how to do that, click the How to Create a Contact File link above the gray Choose File button. A list of different e-mail programs appears with instructions for most desktop e-mail programs, as well as a few websites.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Click Choose File.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> A window appears allowing you to select the file from your computer's hard drive.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Select a file and click Open.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">The upload begins automatically. After your contacts are compared with Facebook's records, you'll be taken to Step 2 of the Friend Finder, Add Friends.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Decide whether to</p><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px"><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> <i>Add everyone as a friend.</i>Make sure the Select All Friends check box is selected, and click the Add Friends button.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> <i>Not friend anyone.</i> Make sure the Select All Friends check box is deselected, and click the Skip button.</p></li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> <i>Add specific people as friends.</i> Click the faces or select the boxes to the left of the names of the people you want to be friends with. Make sure the people you want to add have selected boxes next to their names and the people you don't want to add have deselected boxes next to their names. After you select all the people you want, click Add Friends.</p> </li></ul><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Everyone you select receives a Friend Request from you.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> After you click either Add as Friends or Skip, you land on the Invite Friends portion of Friend Finder. Here you find a list of contact names and e-mail addresses. These e-mails or phone numbers are those that don't have matches on Facebook.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">(Optional) Invite people to join Facebook and become your friends.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Similar to adding friends, you can</p><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px"><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"><i>Invite all these contacts.</i>Make sure the Select All/None box is selected and click Send Invites.</p> </li><li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"><i>Invite none of these contacts.</i>Make sure the Select All/None box is deselected, and click Skip.</p></li> <li><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"><i>Invite some of these contacts.</i> Select the Invite Some Friends option, and then use the check boxes to the left of their e-mail addresses to choose which ones you want to invite to join Facebook. Checked box = invite sent; unchecked box = no invite sent.</p> </li></ul><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">After you make your selections, click Send Invites or Invite to Join. If you don't want to send any invitations, click Skip.</p> </li></ol>

How to Import an Address Book into Facebook

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