From Tips and Steps
Facebook is a very popular social-networking website that allows anyone to sign up for their account. Unlike other social-networking sites, Facebook caters to individual networks so that a person can connect with others in his/her college, high school, company, or geographical area. Here's how to create a new Facebook account.
Steps
- Go to Facebook.
- Fill out the registration form displayed; all of the fields must be completed in order to continue.
- Confirm your email by clicking the confirmation link within the email that is automatically sent to the address you provided.
- Accept some friend requests if people have previously invited you to Facebook.
- Find some of your friends by providing your password to your email or your AIM username and password. This is completely optional and can be skipped if you feel uncomfortable in giving your password. However, feel free to change your pass after you give it to them.
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- Fill out some of your profile info such as what company you work for and where you went to school. Again, this is completely optional.
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- Enter the city you live in to try to join the network for that city. You can also skip this step, but joining a network can help you find your friends. After completing this step, you will be taken to your Facebook homepage. Your homepage displays your news feed, status (right), and added applications (left). Later, it will also display other useful links, such as friends' upcoming birthdays, notifications, invitations, etc.
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Tips
- It's a good idea to change your profile settings to prevent people you haven't confirmed as friends from accessing your profile. The link to privacy settings is at the top right and bottom right of the page.
Warnings
- Be careful when providing personal details, even when you're giving them to your friends.
- Don't upload any pictures that you'll regret later. Anyone can save them and share them with people you dislike or do not know.
Things You'll Need
- A computer with an Internet connection
- Friends who are also on Facebook
- A valid email
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