How To Join Groups On Facebook
If you understand the name of a group, it's actually easy: on the top left is a search box. Simply enter the name of the group there:
In this case, I'll be searching for the SupportSpace group, a Facebook group for individuals thinking about SupportSpace, an extremely cool new location for finding and offering tech assistance.
Press Go Into or Return after you have actually enter the group name and it'll create several matches that give you a variety of information:.
( if you desire to hack things, you can likewise create a basic search query and add links to your very own page or profile to let people discover groups on specific subjects or related. The URL you have to use is exemplified by the following:.
http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=supportspace.
just remember to change "supportspace" with whatever word or words (separated by ~ ez_ldquo+ ez_rdquo ~, not area!) you 'd prefer).
At this point you can see that there are two matching groups, however the very first one looks like it wasn't completely set up and appears to have no members. The second is what we seek and you'll see it already has 12 members. More significantly, notice that proper groups have "officers" or other people who are designated as being in charge: if you aren't sure about the authenticity of a particular group, that's where you must examine.
Before I sign up with, however, I'll click "View Group" to see if there's more info:.
Looks legitimate enough! I can either back up and click "Join Group" on the previous page, or, on this page, simply listed below the logo (disappointed in the screen capture above) is the link "Join This Group". Click on it and you'll get a confirmation dialog:.
Click "Sign up with" and you remain in! Well, I'm in. You're welcome to join too, if you 'd like.
Prior to I cover this up, I wish to highlight that on your web page on Facebook, instead of doing a search, you can likewise simply click on "Groups" (see the very first screen capture in this short article) and dig around from there. Do not be shocked if, like MySpace, you find a lots of matching groups for your search on Facebook. A search for "iPhone", for instance, produces over 500 matches. Sheesh!
If you want to find out how to develop your own Facebook group, please don't miss my earlier guide ways to create your own facebook group and, normally, there's lots of Facebook Assistance here too.