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Steps to Sign Up for a Facebook Account

  1. Visit http://www.facebook.com (you should be able to use most any browser, Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc.).
  2. On the right hand side is a green “Sign Up” button. Click on that.
  3. The next screen prompts your for this information…
    • Full Name: Type whatever name you want to use. Include your maiden name if you want, but don't use parens.
    • I am: Choose a category like “at a company”; “none of the above” works fine.
    • Email: Your email address, probably the one you use on the arcadia70@cs.purdue.edu list.
    • Create Password: Choose a password, probably *different* from your email password, although it doesn't really matter. It wants you to choose a “strong” password–an eight-character combination of upper and lower case letters and digits will do.
    • Date of Birth: If you are uncomfortable revealing your exact date and/or year, then use an approximation. Facebook probably wouldn't agree to this approach, but I recommend it for those who don't like to reveal their age. The site has restrictions for those under 18 and is not available for those under 13. Note that, within Facebook you can block others from seeing this information. More on privacy below.
    • Security Check: Type the funny looking text in the box. This “captcha” is designed to prevent people from writing programs that automatically created thousands of accounts, e.g., for spamming. Computer programs, as powerful as they are, are not able to recognize the words in the box nearly as well as a human being.
  4. Press “Sign Up Now”. You'll be taken to a page to “Confirm Your Email Address”.
  5. Within a few moments you will receive an email message with instructions, including a link to click that takes you back to Facebook. Click on that link–or copy it into a browser window. The link contains your email address and code that allows Facebook to confirm the email address you specified is correct. If you don’t receive an message, check your spam folder–it might have gotten stored there–or double check that you provided the correct email address when you signed in.]
  6. Next is the four-step (final!) signup process.
    1. Confirm Friends: This step is optional–one or more people may have asked to be your friend (e.g., me!). Click Confirm, Ignore, or Skip to move on. If you skip now, you can always become friends later.
    2. Find Friends Already on Facebook: I recommend skipping this step. Facebook is offering to invite all the people in your electronic address book to join Facebook. Nice of them, but rather invasive. You can always invite them later.
    3. Fill out your Profile Info: Skip or fill out as you feel. You can always fill out or change later, but you probably will want to include your high school and year. (Although that is not the same as joining the group. See below.)
    4. Join a Network. Again, optional. It allows you to be linked up with people in your geographical area.
  7. OK, now you're in! Congratulations! You can now begin exploring Facebook.
  8. The one remaining (important!) task is to join the group. If you see a “Requests” button in the upper right corner of your screen, click the button in it to see what you've been asked to (probably be my friend and/or join the group). If you don't see, it then go to the Search window in the upper left corner and type “scottsdale arcadia high” and press Enter. That should be unambiguous enough to take you to a page with our group on it. Click View Group, then Request to Join Group. Soon you'll be among friends!
facebook_steps.1202006326.txt.gz · Last modified: 2008/02/02 18:38 by jtkorb