Facebook

Those who have grown up with technology will be familiar with the concept of Facebook. To put it simply, it is a social media and networking service. Users can set up a free profile to share their thoughts, photos, and different things in their lives, and connect with friends online. This platform is broadly used by young people because they feel that they can express themselves online and communicate with friends. 

Facebook Sign Up

Creating a new Facebook account is relatively simple.

Step 1: Go to https://www.facebook.com/.

Step 2: Fill in required fields:

1. Your first and surname 
2. Your mobile number or email address 
3. Your password
4. Your birthday
5. Your gender 

Step 3: Click Sign Up.

Step 4: Facebook will send a verification code to the entered email or phone number.

Step 5:

To confirm your email address, click Connect to "Your email service" and log into your account. Facebook will automatically verify your account after you logged in. Then, click OK.

Facebook will send a verification code through SMS to your mobile device in order to verify your phone number. Enter the code and then click Continue.

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Facebook Sign In

Step 1: Go to https://www.facebook.com/.

Step 2: Type your email address or phone number.

Step 3: Type your password.

Step 4: Click Log In.

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Facebook Features

1. News Feed

When users first logged into Facebook, they were shown a version of their profile that they could change. This changed on September 6, 2006, when a new feature called "News Feed" was added to the home page. This is the home page, which is where most Facebook users will spend most of their time. On the homepage, you can post your status updates, share a photo or video, and see posts from your friends, groups, and pages. Posts can be shown to everyone or only to friends or people on a list. News Feed also shows changes to profiles, upcoming events, birthdays, and other new information. Users can change their News Feeds so that they show the Most Recent Updates, Top Stories, or the most popular posts. Your News Feed is a collection of all the status updates, photos, and videos from friends, family, and news sources that you have connected to on Facebook.

The ticker and chat bar are in the right sidebar. Ticker, the one in the top right corner that is highlighted, can be thought of as a mini-News Feed, where the most recent things your friends have done will be shown and changed in real-time. Below the ticker is the chat bar, which shows all of your online friends. By clicking on their names, you can start a private conversation, called a message, with them.

2. Friends

Sending a friend request is the only way to add someone as a friend. When the other person accepts the friend request, the two people are now friends on Facebook. Friends can look at each other's updates, like and comment on them, and post on each other's timelines. Users can also choose to say "No" to the requests or hide them by clicking "Not Now." If a user deletes a friend request, it will still be gone even if the sender sends it again. The Not Now feature won't delete the request, but it will hide it so that the person who sent it can look at it again at a later time. Users could also "unfriend" some of their friends or block another user from their account. You won't see status updates or other posts from people you've already blocked or unfriended, and vice versa. If you stop being friends with someone or block them, they won't know about it.

3. Timeline

Wall was replaced by Timeline as the profile layout on December 15, 2011. The timeline is a virtual location where your profile, posts, and status updates are displayed and grouped. The content is organized by the period of time during which it was uploaded or developed. Users are able to add events that may occur prior to joining Facebook, as well as hide or delete posts. Your profile information will be displayed beneath your profile photo, containing all the information you have submitted to Facebook, such as your occupation, schools attended, home location, phone number, etc. Obviously, you have complete control over what you wish to share and what visitors to your profile see.

4. Like

The like icon may be the second most recognizable Facebook icon after the company's logo. The act of "liking" is a means of providing positive feedback and establishing connections with things you care about. Users can "like" nearly all information, including status updates, comments, images, and life events. Facebook considers the number of likes a post received as one of the elements to select which stories appear in the Top Stories section of the News Feed. The amount of likes on a page is also indicative of its popularity among Facebook users.

In January 2016, Facebook rolled out its new "Reaction" buttons, which allow users to express their emotions in addition to "Likes" such as "Love," "Haha," "Wow," "Sad," and "Angry."

5. Messages

Since the beginning of Facebook, people have been able to send messages to each other. Users can send a message to several friends at once or to groups of friends. When you click on someone's name in the chat bar, a chat box will appear at the bottom next to the sidebar. Each box is a conversation with another user or a group of users. In addition, users can send files, pictures, and a variety of emojis and stickers to show how they feel to the other person. You can use Facebook Messages outside of Facebook as a mix of instant messages, text messages, and emails.

6. Notifications

In Facebook's "Notifications" section, users can see how other people have interacted with them, such as by liking a post or comment, commenting on the same post that they have already commented on, etc. Users can also get notifications about friend requests and messages in addition to normal notifications. The Friends and Messages icon shows where these notifications can be found. One can also sign up other account users to get updates about any changes they make to their profiles, posts, or updates. When a user gets a notification, a red counter will show up on the notification icon. If you click on the icon for notifications, the most recent ones will show up.

Fun fact: The icon for Notifications changes based on where you log in.

7. Groups

Individual users can start a group, which lets its members share links, media, events, and comments about these things. Groups are used to working together, talking, planning events, and doing many other things. Clubs, companies, and other groups use them a lot to keep in touch with and manage their members.

In terms of how private they are, there are three types of groups:

1. Open: The public can see the group, its member list, and everything it does, but only members can talk to each other.
2. Closed: The public can only see the group and the people in it. Posts, updates, and activities can only be seen by members.
3. Secret: The public can't see anything about the group, including the group itself. People can only join these groups if they are invited by a member.