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Category Archives: Facebook
534.FB-Using Facebook on Mobile Devices
This is from Episode 68 of “What Does This Button Do?”
478.FB-Friends Privacy mobile settings
This is a follow up to video #398 about how important it is to make your friends list private. 398 uses the computer interface. Now you can also set it on a mobile device, either Android or iPhone.
411.FB-Facebook on iPhone: Turn off Video Autoplay *FREE
Using Facebook app on an iPhone – how to turn off (or on) the Setting for Autoplay of videos in your newsfeed.
410.FB-Facebook on Android – Stop Video Autoplay
This short video shows you how to turn off (or on) the setting that makes videos play automatically when you are looking at your Facebook newsfeed using the Facebook App on an Android device.
2022 update: After tapping the 3-line menu, the gear icon is Settings, then tap on Media to see the settings.
398.FB-Keeping Friends Private
The most common way scams get spread on Facebook is when the scammers can get hold of your friend list. This quick video shows you how to keep them from seeing your Friend list.
214.FB-old-Friend Lists
Friend Lists are Facebook’s way of giving you separate groups (or circles) to communicate with. You can choose to only view content from one list OR you can choose to publish just to one list. This Show-Me video explains Friend Lists and shows you how to make and use them.
7/1/2013 Note: There is no longer a Lists section at the left side, but there is a Friends section – click on More, and you’ll see the Lists screen.
200.FB-Facebook Privacy
Who can see your information on Facebook? This video has been updated to reflect changes made to Facebook privacy in September 2011. Now, you use the Inline Audience Selector for each time you post information in Facebook. This video will show you how.
211.FB-old-Top Stories, More Stories and the Ticker
As our news feeds grow and grow, facebook is devising ways to sort things out. Changes in September 2011 divided content into 3 levels – roughly based on importance: 1)Top Stories 2)Other Stories and 3)The Ticker … everything happening *right now* This show-me video gives you an orientation to this divided news feed.
191.FB-What is Facebook: Your Personalized Online Newspaper *FREE
Facebook’s home page is like your own custom Newspaper. You build it yourself by following friends and ‘Liking’ businesses and other pages. Whatever your friends or your favorite businesses post on their walls will show up on your ‘News Feed.’ The following video will show you.