This document provides an overview of how to use Facebook to share content and connect with others. It explains that Facebook allows over 800 million people to connect and share on the site for free. It outlines how to share status updates, photos, links and other content on your profile page and with connections. It also describes how to control privacy settings to select who can see your content. Additionally, it discusses how to search for people and view their profiles to connect with others on Facebook.

1. Facebook
101:
Sharing
content
and
finding
connec5ons
Brian
Hsi
CTTAB
Board
Member
Get
Online
Week
2011

2. Use
HTTPS
whenever
you
can
to
log
into
Facebook
Facebook
is
a
free
site
that
enables
more
than
800
million
people
to
connect
and
share
with
others

3. The
“home
page”
gives
you
an
overview
of
what
your
connec5ons
are
doing
and
lets
you
interact
with
their
content

4. SHARING
CONTENT

5. You
can
also
update
your
own
“status”
to
share
with
others
from
the
home
page

6. Clicking
on
Update
Status
brings
up
a
box
for
you
to
enter
in
text
or
paste
a
link.
You
can
alterna5vely
add
a
photo
or
ask
a
ques5on
by
selec5ng
those
links

7. Note
the
default
audience
for
your
update.
Here,
you
see
that
my
default
is
set
to
“custom.”
If
you
have
not
changed
any
seUngs,
the
default
is
public

8. Selec5ng
the
audience
will
let
you
further
refine
with
whom
content
is
shared

9. Sharing
content
can
also
take
place
on
an
individual
item

10. Hovering
over
the
Share
link
describes
what
will
happen

11. Clicking
on
share
will
bring
up
a
text
box
and
the
op5on
to
share
this
out
to
others

12. Privacy
seUngs
can
be
accessed
in
the
upper
right
corner
of
your
screen

13. Default
seUngs
shown
here

14. Selec5ng
Custom
will
give
you
more
control
over
how
you
share

15. Lists
also
help
you
determine
who
can
see
your
content,
and
what
content
you
want
to
see

16. Selec5ng
lists
will
bring
up
“smart”
lists
created
by
Facebook,
based
on
informa5on
in
your
profile

17. Selec5ng
a
list
will
give
you
the
ability
to
determine
who
should
be
in
that
list

18. AXer
determining
who
is
in
the
list,
you
will
now
be
able
to
see
their
content
that
is
shared
with
you

19. If
you
share
content
in
this
list
view,
it
defaults
to
only
sharing
content
to
the
people
in
this
list

20. CONNECTING
WITH
OTHERS

21. Search
for
people
in
the
Search
box
at
the
top
of
the
page

22. Selec5ng
a
person
will
bring
up
their
profile*
*Note*
Facebook
announced
upcoming
changes
to
Profiles
so
the
profile
for
an
individual
will
look
very
different.
More
details
at
h[ps://www.facebook.com/about/5meline

23. If
you
view
your
own
profile
by
clicking
on
your
name,
you
can
see
how
others
see
your
profile