How to Use Facebook?

Facebook has evolved significantly since the first time I registered for an account in the year 2008. In 2008, Facebook was still called "The Facebook", and my bio read, "Check out my MySpace and it's way more impressive than Facebook."

It's no surprise that Facebook has been evolving at a breakneck speed since my middle school days and will continue to evolve quickly for the duration of its existence.

If you're looking for an overview of how to utilize Facebook to market your company or to create an account on your own read this thorough guide on how to use Facebook, the most well-known social media site around the globe.

Profile

Your Facebook account is where all of your data will reside. Your photo, name of your home town, work place information, education background, etc. can be included on your profile. Your profile can be made as private or as public as you'd like by deactivating the information you do not want to be publicly available. People are using Facebook for ads purpose too so if you get disable your accounts, you can buy facebook accounts from different resources.

Newsfeed

This is that all post from your buddies will be displayed. Also, you'll see updates from businesses' pages that you've enjoyed. Your posts will be featured in the news feed where your friends will be able to see them.

Timeline

Sometimes, it's confused with a newsfeed it's your personal account of the posts you've shared as well as posts that you've engaged with. While you're not likely to view updates from friends' statuses here, there's one exception : if they've been tagged in a post or photo, it will be displayed in your timeline. Your friends will be able to view your timeline in default in the event that they search your name, unless you've altered preferences for privacy to prevent them from doing opposite.

Algorithm

The algorithm is a complex concept. In essence, the algorithm is a set of calculations that Facebook's servers perform each second in order to decide which content you'd like to see or interact with and move on to the next. The algorithm considers dwell time (how long you spend looking at the content) and engagement pages, page likes, posts as well as other factors to determine what kind of content you'd want to view. With time the algorithm becomes better in determining what kind of information to display to you.

Status/Post

Both terms are commonly used interchangeably, however "post" can be the word Facebook uses to describe what that you publish to your newsfeed. Videos, text, images and even location are some of the kinds of posts that you can post on the newsfeed for friends to view.

Friends

They are people to whom you've made a request to and they've agreed or who have made an invitation and you've agreed to. In contrast to other social networks that let people follow you but not follow the person back, Facebook's friend system requires you and the person to be friends. An account on Facebook that is personal to an individual can't be more than 5,000 friends (and it's not recommended to create an duplicate account on Facebook to circumvent the limit).

Followers

Facebook provides a follower option also. When you add friends and follow them, they automatically follow you (and the follow them too). Facebook's method of adding the new friend to your newsfeed, and making sure that you read their posts (at least for a short time, unless you cease to interact in conversation with them). If someone has more than the 5,000 followers on their personal Facebook accounts, users may choose to follow them in order to keep informed with their updates. Remember that, even though Facebook automatically tracks your friends on behalf of you however, you can remove them from your list without unfriending them. This removes the individuals post from your feed. If you choose to do this, you'll have to go through your friends' profiles by name and boost their timelines in order to keep up with their most recent updates.

Groups

Users on Facebook who share similar interests might be able to establish an account using the site. The term "group" refers to a collective that is comprised of people who interact with one another on the various topics set by the group's administrators as well as other members. Users can only join groups. Pages are not members of Facebook groups. Administrators can have a range of permissions that they can grant or disallow to allow an ability to group in a certain manner.

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