Here we take a look at the opportunities that exist to find people you want as friends.
Since Facebook is a social network it's all about having friends..
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It's hard to be social without having someone to be social with.)
If you have no friends, there is simply not much to do. Most users hide their pages for other than friends and you are not able to post on other people's pages if you are not friends with them. (However, there are many groups about different subjects that often is open and companies and artist for example almost always open their pages for everyone so you can "like" them and be "friend" with them..)
If you're just getting started with Facebook, it is easiest to use the "Friends" link in the top menu to find other people.
There you can invite friends by entering their email address and write a message. The person you invite will receive an email and can add you as a friend (if they do not have Facebook, they are prompted to get a facebook account). You can then share information with each other.
Of course, it can also happen that you will be refused to be friends with the person you are inviting. It can for example be because you have not put up a profile picture of yourself and that you may be using an email address that his friend did not recognize. Thus it can be good to write a little more detailed about who you are in the message being sent.
Another way to find friends on Facebook is the "find friends" that you find in the menu.
Here, there are several choices. The first is to let Facebook go through your email contacts.
Personally, I would probably be a bit careful with that feature. Even if they guarantee that they will not send any messages without your approval and that they promise not to store any account information you should be careful not to give out information like that crisscross.
Facebook also suggests people who they think you might have any connection to. They match your information in your profile to other users, such as people who attended the same school at the same time. Do you already have a few friends, it can also be friends of your friends that pop up as suggestions.
You can also free text search by name or email address to find friends and there are also functions to find old school friends by entering the school and the time you studied at school. Facebook then try to match you with others who studied there during the same time.
This feature also allows you to search for businesses (the link is a bit misleading because it only mentions high school).
When you search, you get a list of all the matches of the search, and you can choose who you want to be friends with.
You can allow Facebook to import your contacts from Windows Live and your Buddy list so you can easily invite them to be your friend.
When it comes to inviting friends it is of course up to each individual to decide how to act, but most do not invite friends who they are not really somehow familiar to. Other invites everyone to get as many friends as possible. They believe it is high status of having many friends on Facebook.
Some haveover 1000 friends (but you can of course consider how well they really know all ..)
If you have 10 friends or less people may think you are a little lonely. But don't bother. Better to have one good friend than 100 shallow ones. And not everyone have the time to spend all days on facebook. For most of us our "real life" is enough..
As a parent, it may be a good idea to talk to your children if they use Facebook and urge them not to accept friends request from people they do not know.
As mentioned earlier, eEven if you have no friends, you can actually participate on Facebook by becoming a member of a group.
The groups gather members on Facebook who have the same interest.
In step 5 you can read more about groups on facebook »
Fed up with facebook and tired of socializing in the virtual world?
Then you may want to delete facebook!
Want some advice in how to behave on facebook?
Here are some advices and explanations if you have trouble to log in to facebook.