Lesson 8. Communicating Through Facebook

In this lesson, you learn how to use Facebook tools to communicate with your friends, coworkers, family, and so on. You’ll learn how to send private messages using the Facebook inbox, share links and notes, and chat live.

How to Communicate on Facebook

You can’t have a social networking site without avenues to communicate, and Facebook has plenty. You’ve already learned how to express yourself on your timeline page by posting a story. This particular form of communication is generated by you for the purpose of letting people know what you’re up to. When they pop by your page, they see your activities and any status updates you posted. They can also see your stories out on the Home page in the news feed ...

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