How To Join A Group On Facebook
If you understand the name of a group, it's really easy: on the top left is a search box. Just key in 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 very cool new location for finding and offering tech assistance.
Press Enter or Return after you have actually typed in the group name and it'll develop several matches that offer you a range of details:.
( if you wish to hack things, you can also produce a simple search inquiry and include links to your own page or profile to let individuals discover groups on particular subjects or related. The URL you require to use is exhibited by the following:.
http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=supportspace.
just keep in mind to replace "supportspace" with whatever word or words (separated by ~ ez_ldquo+ ez_rdquo ~, not space!) you 'd prefer).
At this moment you can see that there are two coordinating groups, however the first one looks like it wasn't totally established and appears to have no members. The second is exactly what we look for and you'll see it currently has 12 members. More importantly, notice that appropriate groups have "officers" or other people who are designated as being in charge: if you aren't sure about the legitimacy of a specific 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 legit enough! I can either back up and click on "Join Group" on the previous page, or, on this page, simply listed below the logo (not revealed in the screen capture above) is the link "Join This Group". Click it and you'll get a confirmation dialog:.
Click "Join" and you're in! Well, I'm in. You're welcome to join too, if you 'd like.
Before I wrap this up, I desire to highlight that on your web page on Facebook, instead of doing a search, you can likewise simply click on "Groups" (see the first screen capture in this short article) and dig around from there. Don't be amazed if, like MySpace, you discover a lots of matching groups for your search on Facebook. A look for "iPhone", for instance, produces over 500 matches. Sheesh!
If you want to discover the best ways to create your own Facebook group, please don't miss my earlier tutorial how to create your very own facebook group and, normally, there's lots of Facebook Help here too.