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Facebook For Dummies, 7th Edition
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Facebook For Dummies, 7th Edition

by Carolyn Abram, Amy Karasavas
March 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
432 pages
11h 24m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 2

Adding Your Own Face to Facebook

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Signing up and getting started

check Adding information about yourself

check Finding friends

check Getting confirmed and managing emails

Chapter 1 covers why you might want to join Facebook. In this chapter, I get you signed up and ready to go on Facebook. Keep a couple of things in mind when you sign up. First, Facebook becomes exponentially more useful and more fun when you start adding friends. Without friends, it can feel kind of dull. Second, your friends may take a few days to respond to your Friend Requests, so be patient. Even if your first time on Facebook isn’t as exciting as you hope, be sure to come back and try again over the following weeks. Third, you can have only one account on Facebook. Facebook links accounts to email addresses or phone numbers, and your email address (or number) can be linked to only one account. This system enforces a world where people are who they say they are on Facebook.

Signing Up for Facebook

Officially, all you need to join Facebook is a valid email address or phone number. When I say valid email, ...

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