How To Join A Facebook Group
If you understand the name of a group, it's really simple: on the top left is a search box. Simply enter the name of the group there:
In this case, I'll be looking for the SupportSpace group, a Facebook group for people thinking about SupportSpace, a really cool new venue for finding and offering tech support.
Press Enter or Return after you have actually typed in the group name and it'll come up with several matches that offer you a variety of information:.
( if you wish to hack things, you can likewise develop a simple search query and add connect to your very own page or profile to let people find groups on specific subjects or associated. The URL you need to utilize is exemplified by the following:.
http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=supportspace.
just remember to replace "supportspace" with whatever word or words (separated by ~ ez_ldquo+ ez_rdquo ~, not area!) you 'd choose).
At this point you can see that there are 2 coordinating groups, but the very first one appears like it wasn't entirely 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, notification that appropriate groups have "officers" or other people who are designated as supervising: if you aren't sure about the authenticity of a particular group, that's where you must check.
Prior to I join, nevertheless, I'll click on "View Group" to see if there's more details:.
Looks legitimate enough! I can either back up and click on "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're in! Well, I remain in. You're welcome to join too, if you 'd like.
Prior to I cover this up, I want to highlight that on your home page on Facebook, instead of doing a search, you can likewise just click "Groups" (see the very first screen capture in this post) and dig around from there. Don't be surprised if, like MySpace, you discover a heap of matching groups for your search on Facebook. A search for "iPhone", for instance, produces over 500 matches. Sheesh!
If you wish to find out ways to develop your very own Facebook group, please don't miss my earlier tutorial how to develop your very own facebook group and, generally, there's lots of Facebook Help here too.