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Facebook
AN OVERVIEW FOR
THE RESIDENTS OF
BELLEWOOD RETIREMENT LIVING
Don Thompson
Senior Computing Services
What is this thing called Facebook?
A way to…
 Stay in touch with family and friends
 Share photos and thoughts
 Organize real social events
 Learn about upcoming events
 Be the target of focused advertising
Think of it this way…
Your Facebook Information Here!
But sometimes we forget
A Short History
$2B Rev
Egyptian baby
named Facebook
Social Network, Oct 2010
Turns cash flow + in June 2010
Passes Google in visits, March 2010
Sets up International HQ in Dublin, Oct 2008
Microsoft takes 1.6% stake for $240M in Oct 2007
Opens to everyone 13 years and older, Sept 2006
High School version of Facebook launches in Sept 2005
Facebook.com domain purchased for $200K; company name changes
Sean Parker becomes President in June 2004; HQ moves to Palo Alto.
Lawsuit filed against Zuckerberg by classmates and is not fully settled until 2008
Zuckerberg* founds thefacebook.com at Harvard in February 2004
Facemash has 450 visitors and 22,000 photo views in the first 4 hours of operation
Mark Zuckerberg hacks into Harvard’s private dorm ID picture database and starts Facemash
*soon joined by Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum, and Chris Hughes
Revenue Growth
A Real Facebook Profile
Setting Up a Facebook profile, Step 1
Go to www.facebook.com
Setting Up a Facebook profile, Step 2
Prove that you are human
Setting Up a Facebook profile, Step 3
This is for your protection
Setting Up a Facebook profile, Step 4
Skip this step. Set up your security and privacy first!
Account Settings
Click on Account Settings under the Account tab
Account Settings – Security First
Click on “change” on the Account Security line
Set up Secure Connection and Notifications
I recommend these two settings
Create Privacy Settings: Sharing
Privacy Settings: Connecting
Create Privacy Settings: Connecting
These are my personal settings. You’ll want to choose your own.
Privacy Settings: Apps and Websites
Privacy Settings: Apps and Websites
Privacy Settings: Apps and Websites
See what the general public (via search engines) can see about you
Privacy Settings: Block Lists
If you need to block a person or application
Privacy Settings: Block Lists
Privacy and Friends Lists
 You may create
special named lists of
friends
 You may then use
these to limit access
to information
 Example: I have a
list called
Woodinville Friends.
These are the only
people who are
allowed to see any
Check-ins I might do.
Privacy: Learning More
To get more information about Facebook privacy
Setting Up Your Profile
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Profile Information
Now For the Fun Stuff…
 Uploading photos and creating albums
 Keeping up on events at Bellewood
 Using Chat
 Using Groups
 Creating Events
Uploading Photos Step 1 -- Prepare
 Get prepared
 Know where your photos are in your computer’s file system
 Pick out photos related to a single topic and note their names
 Alternatively, copy the photos you want to upload and put
them all in a new folder
 Log on to Facebook
Uploading Photos Step 2 – Log on
Log on to Facebook, go to your Profile, and then click on Photos
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Uploading Photos Step 3 – Begin Upload
Click on Upload Photos to begin
Uploading Photos Step 4 – Begin Select
Click on “Select Photos” button
Uploading Photos Step 5 – Select
Select all photos, holding CTRL key down, and then click “Open”
Uploading Photos Step 6 – Create Album
Name your album and identify location if desired, then Create Album
Uploading Photos Step 7 – Tagging
Optional: Identify people in photos (or skip this step)
Where Are We?
 Uploading photos and creating albums
 Keeping up on events at Bellewood
 Using Chat
 Using Groups
 Creating Events
Events at Bellewood on Facebook
 Log on to Facebook
 Search for Bellewood
 Go there!
Events at Bellewood on Facebook
Select the “Events” filter
Where Are We?
 Uploading photos and creating albums
 Keeping up on events at Bellewood
 Using Chat
 Using Groups
 Creating Events
Chatting with Friends
 Facebook Chat is a form of instant messaging
 As long as you are chatting with a single Facebook friend, your
conversation is private (unlike posting a message to a friend’s Wall,
for example).
 You may privately chat with several people, individually, but at the
same time through separate chat boxes.
 You may also set up a Group Chat involving several people in the
same conversation (see Groups later)
 Let’s look at Chat on a live screen…
Where Are We?
 Uploading photos and creating albums
 Keeping up on events at Bellewood
 Using Chat
 Using Groups
 Creating Events
What Are Facebook Groups?
 Groups provide a closed space for small groups of people to communicate
about shared interests. Groups can be created by anyone.
 Privacy: In addition to an “open” setting, more privacy settings are
available for groups. In “secret” and “closed” groups, posts are only visible
to group members.
 Audience: Group members must be approved or added by other
members. The most useful groups tend to be the ones you create with small
groups of people you know. A Family group is a good example.
 Communication: In groups, members receive notifications by default
when any member posts in the group. Group members can participate in
chats, upload photos to shared albums, collaborate on group docs, and
invite all members to group events.
How to Set Up a New Group, Step 1
On your Home screen, click on “Create Group”
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How to Set Up a New Group, Step 2
Give your Group a name and then add Members
How to Set Up a New Group, Step 3
Choose the desired degree of openness (Open, Closed, Secret), then click Create
Using a Group
Example: a group of mine called “Family”
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Where Are We?
 Uploading photos and creating albums
 Keeping up on events at Bellewood
 Using Chat
 Using Groups
 Creating Events
What is an Event?
 Events are descriptions of, and invitations to, real
social occasions
 Events may be public or private
 Invitees may be Facebook members or non-members
How to Create an Event, Step 1
On your Home screen, click on “Events”
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How to Create an Event, Step 2
Click on “Create an Event”
How to Create an Event, Step 3
Fill in Date, Time, and all other necessary information; then click “Select Guests”
How to Create an Event, Step 4
Check the boxes next to each person you want to invite; then click Save and Close.
How to Create an Event, Step 5
When you are done, you will see your event invitation (see example below)
Getting More Help
 Once on Facebook, use the Help Center
 Use the great online resource at
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/facebook101
 Contact me via the SCS website at
www.seniorcomputingservices.com
Questions?
for your kind attention today!
Don Thompson
Senior Computing Services
References
 Excellent Facebook tutorials:
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www.gcflearnfree.org/facebook101
The unofficial resource for all things Facebook
www.allfacebook.com/
Facebook business background
www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/facebook
General technology business analysis
http://asiliconvalleyinsider.com
Shared docs on Facebook (a promising new add-on)
http://docs.com/
Help from Don
www.seniorcomputingservices.com
A Postscript on Digital Privacy
The question of privacy vs. “publicness” is a hotly debated one, laced with philosophical and political
content. Proponents of strong publicness argue that the benefits of information-sharing outweigh the risks
of disclosure. The example often given on this side of the argument is that of digital patient records in the
medical field. Here, patients choose who to share their records with (various healthcare providers, social
workers, family, lawyers, etc.) and those records then form a shared database that follows the patient
wherever he or she goes, and allows instant access to crucial information at any time and in any place.
People arguing the opposite side of the privacy question tend to stress the potential loss of individualism –
the loss of our ability to have private lives or at least private components of our lives. They also argue that,
while we may think we have choices about what we reveal online, we may not always understand the
potential future ramifications of those revelations or the extent to which they might propagate.
Two people currently arguing these positions publically (through books, blogs and interviews) are Jeff Jarvis
and Andrew Keen. See http://www.mediabistro.com/digitalprivacyforum/speakers.asp. Jarvis argues for
the value of “publicness,” which is a term he coined. He is a journalism lecturer at the City University of
New York and author of “Public Parts.” He uses the example of the public revelation of his prostate cancer
and the benefits he gained from that. Keen, on the other hand, is a broadcaster, writer, and entrepreneur,
and author of “Digital Vertigo, an Anti-social Manifesto” who feels that privacy is more important than
publicness and that we shouldn’t be seduced by the idea that we ought to live our lives in public.