Thank you for joining today’s class! We explored the basics of Facebook, including how it works and how you can make the most of its features to stay connected with others.

Key Takeaways and Next Steps

The Purpose of Facebook

Facebook is a social platform designed to help you stay in touch with family, reconnect with old friends, and meet new people with shared interests through groups and pages.

Key Features

Your Facebook feed shows posts from friends, groups, pages, and ads. You can interact by liking, commenting, or sharing posts. You can also create your own posts and stories. Stories disappear after 24 hours, while posts stay on your timeline.

Learn About Friend Connections

You can send and accept friend requests to build your network. Friends can see your restricted posts, and you can manage your friend list at any time. You can also "follow" pages to see updates from businesses or public figures.

Control Your Feed

Facebook uses an algorithm to show posts it thinks you’ll like based on your activity. You can also view your feed in chronological order and filter it to show only posts from friends, favorite friends, groups, or pages.

Practice Safe Sharing

When creating posts, you can control who sees them—whether everyone (public), just friends, or specific people. You can also tag friends to make sure they see your post.

Additional Notes:

The News Feed is on the Home page and is "about your friends". It is where you can see, comment on, share and like their posts.
Facebook Stories are primarily photos and videos that disappear in 24 hrs
When you create a post you can select the appropriate audience
You can manage the posts put in your New Feed by engaging with posts or hiding posts

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