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Facebook for Grown-Ups
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Facebook for Grown-Ups

by Michael Miller
September 2010
Beginner content levelBeginner
336 pages
7h
English
Que
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Chapter 2. Signing Up and Getting Started

If you’ve gotten this far in the book I assume you think Facebook sounds like a pretty good deal. Now you just have to sign up to start using the site. What does that entail?

Before You Sign Up

Here are two nice things about using Facebook: It’s easy and it’s free. That’s right, even though you have to create an account, it’s a free account; you never pay Facebook anything to use the site. That’s because Facebook, like most websites these days, is totally advertiser supported. So you’ll see some ads after you get on the site, but won’t be out a single penny.

What do you need to sign up? Not much, really. You need a working email address, a first and last name, and a birthdate. You’ll also need to know ...

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