Online Life: Facebook and Twitter Michelle Vonderhaar Technology Training Coordinator 6/18/22
Online Life: Facebook and Twitter
Michelle VonderhaarTechnology Training Coordinator
April 11, 2023
Social Networking?
Social media is a category of sites that is based on user participation and user-generated content. They include:
o social networking sites like LinkedIn or Facebook or Google+o Social News sites like Digg or Reddito Other sites that are centered on user interaction like Twitter.
searchenginewatch.com/define
Let’s Start with Facebook?
Define Facebook
hallman.nccommunities.org/glossary
Facebook is a social networking website or a gathering spot, to connect with your friends and with your friends friends.
Facebook hits 1 BILLION
So let’s look at a TYPICAL Facebook
user’s page, shall we…
Meet Ms.Typical
Your Timeline
Your Timeline
Post
status
updates
Upload photos or video
The News Feed
The Facebook News Feed
feature broadcasts changes
in members' pages to all
Facebook users identified in
their personal network of
friends.
Other Fun FeaturesFacebook Chat: Chat with your Facebook Friends that are online when you are.
Games to Play: Everyone should try Candy Crush Saga or Angry Birds!
Fan Pages, Community pages and Facebook Events: You can even RSVP to the event through FB!
Your Friends•Average user has 130
friends on the site•Average user sends 8
friend requests per month
Search for both people that are currently real life friends and people you have not seen in a while.
The Never-ending Search for Friends
Your Profile: What others can see
Your Privacy Settings
Sign Up for Facebook
www.facebook.com
Use your primary email to join Facebook so you receive email notifications.
Do use your real name.
The idea behind these
sites is for friends to
stay in touch and
reconnect.
What About Twitter
• What is it?• Who is using it?• How do I get
involved?
What IS Twitter?
An information network.
Twitter is a real-time information network that connects you to the latest stories, ideas, opinions and news about what you find interesting. Simply find the accounts you find most compelling and follow the conversations.
https://twitter.com/about
Who Uses Twitter?• 15% of adults online use Twitter
o Celebrities o Authorso News sources
Oprah’s Twitter Feed
Nelson DeMille (find YOUR favorite author)
Up to the MINUTE news
Home
Tweet? What do I say?• What’s on your mind?• What are you doing?• Where are you going?• Is there something you’d like to share?• What do you need to know…immediately?• But…you only have 140 characters!
Anatomy of a Tweet
@Mention
ReTweet, Links, Hashtags!
Direct Message• A private message between two people who
follow one another
Why is it so confusing? Twitter is about conversation
• Sometimes you only see half of the conversation• Sometimes you start in the middle of a
conversation• Remember: Only 140 characters
TwitterIt’s like Instant Messaging the whole world at once
Facebook and Twitter Help
• All Facebook – www.allfacebook.com: an “unofficial” Facebook blog that provides
• Facebook Help – www.facebook.com/help
• The Facebook Guide by Mashables – http://mashable.com/guidebook/facebook
• The Twitter Guide by Mashables – http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/
• Twitter Help – https://support.twitter.com/