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646.GP-Google Photos Share to Facebook
How-to share photos to Facebook on Android, iPhone, and computer.
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This is from Episode 68 of “What Does This Button Do?”
#133. Facebook Privacy What Does This Button Do?
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- Tip of the Day: Multiple users on Android devices
- Beginner’s Lesson: Facebook privacy, what you need to know
- App: Files Go by Google
Test your Smartphone Smarts #10
Here is the tenth in our series of Review Questions from our “What Does This Button Do?” show. These can’t be graded, but if you want to see the discussion of our answers to these questions, you can click the link provided. The link will take you to the time in the specific episode where we start the discussion of review questions. Since we have produced 97 episodes so far, this “Test Your Smartphone Smarts” will be an ongoing series of posts here.
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Episode #38: Mobile Device Choices #38 Show Notes
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Episode #39: Sharing Pictures with Facebook #39 Show Notes
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Episode #41: Google Hangouts #41 Show Notes
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Episode #42: Getting Started with Google Photos #42 Show Notes
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#91 Facebook Tips – What Does This Button Do?
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- Tip o Week: Editing Pictures with Google Photos
- Beginner’s Lesson: Facebook Tips
- App o week: Duo
Facebook Live Streaming
Have you tried Facebook’s new Live Streaming feature yet? It is so incredibly easy! Instead of just posting a photo of your vacation day, you just use your phone’s Facebook app and tap the button that means “Live Streaming.” Instantly, you’re able to talk to your friends and they’ll see the beautiful mountain behind you and the stream running by your feet. This only works on a phone – not a computer. Then, you just start a post like normal, but then tap the option for Live Video. You’ll need to give the video a name, then tap “Go Live.”
SMILE!
As soon as you end the LIVE streaming portion, the video is saved in place on your Timeline. Here is one we did on our Geeks On Tour facebook page that shows a Virtual Reality event we attended.
And, here’s one on our personal timeline that shows us on our kayaks, out in the ocean – about to go scuba diving.
Facebook Newsfeed: Most Recent vs. Top Stories
Did you know that you’re not seeing everything you’ve asked for in Facebook? And, you are seeing some promotional posts that you didn’t ask for. You can get inundated if you saw everything, so Facebook watches what you click on and what you “like.” From that information they decide what are the Top Stories for you. It’s a good thing really, but sometimes you want to have control. There are several ways you can specify what you want to see:
- OK … Top Stories: This is the default. If you are looking at your Home Newsfeed, you are seeing Top Stories. Facebook figures out what news it thinks is important to you, including friends and liked company and group pages. With Top Stories view you also see a lot of sponsored posts … Ads.
- Better? … Most Recent: To set your feed to Most Recent on a computer, just click
on the dropdown arrow next to “NewsFeed” in the left sidebar. On a smartphone Facebook App you need to use the 3-line menu and find the option for “Feeds” then tap on Most Recent. If you set your NewsFeed to show you Most Recent, then Facebook does not apply the Top Stories filter. It just gets all your friends’ posts and your liked pages and shows them all to you in strict chronological order. Many people tell me how much they prefer this view. Personally, I think it is too much. I think filtering some of it out is a good thing. You also still get ads in this view.
- Best! … Close Friends: For every friend you have the option to categorize them
as “Close Friend.” Then you can view your newsfeed for only Close Friends. This limits your view to only posts by Close Friends – no Ads!!. But, also no posts from groups or pages – just Friends.
To add friends to your Close Friends list on a computer, you can go to their Timeline, click on the Friends button and click Close Friends.
On a phone you go to their Timeline, tap on Friends, tap Edit Friend List and then Close Friends.
Reverting to Top Stories
No matter what type of Newsfeed you specify, realize that Top Stories is the default, and it will always return to that view. It is worthwhile then, to teach Facebook what is important to you. There are two main ways to do this:
- Mark the friends whose posts you want to “See First” by visiting their Timelines and clicking the box labeled “Following” and select See First.
- Unfollow friends whose posts you don’t want to see. Since this does not Unfriend them, you can visit their Timeline manually to see their posts when you want, or re-follow them when the political season is over!
- Mark posts that you don’t want to see. In the upper right corner of every post is a drop-down arrow with your options:
The more you mark the people and things you Do and Don’t want to see, the better your “Top Stories” feed will be.
To learn more about Facebook, as well as Twitter, LinkedIn, and more … See our What Does This Button Do? Episode #78: Social Media with Abby Stokes.
And, while you’re at it, be sure to mark your friend list as visible to only you so they can’t be copied and spammed. Here’s a tutorial video for members: 398. Facebook – Keeping Friends Private
#68 Facebook App. What Does This Button Do?
Show Notes for Members below
This episode covers:
- Tip o Week: Typing Special Characters
- Beginner’s Lesson: Facebook on Mobile Devices
- App of the Week: Virtual reality Goggles