Facebook For Dummies, 8th Edition

Chapter 16

Ten Ways to Make the Most of Your Facebook Content

IN THIS CHAPTER

Reminiscing with Memories and Year in Review

Enhancing your photos, posts, and messages

Celebrating friendships with friend-a-versaries

We spend a lot of time in this book emphasizing how easy things are to do or explaining the simplest way to do things. Want to update your status? Click, type, post. Want to post a picture from your phone? Tap, select, post. Using Facebook is meant to be easy and seamless when you want it to be. This chapter, however, is about going beyond the basics. We suggest ways to customize your content or to take stock of your history on Facebook and bask in the nostalgia. Ultimately, these tips will help your posts stand out in a sea of News Feed stories.

Remembering the Past

Quick, what were you doing a year ago? Not, like, in general. But exactly 365 days ago. Were you having a good day or a bad one? Did you go to the grocery store or catch a movie? If you’ve been using Facebook for over a year and, like most people, use it every day, you can find out by revisiting your Memories. Head to the left sidebar on your Home page and click Memories to see every post you made “on this ...