How to Friend Someone on Facebook
Facebook is an exciting and useful social networking site that allows you to connect with friends, clients, colleagues and family members all over the world. Facebook, however, is only fun if you can talk to, message and network with everyone you want. Tracking down old friends, former colleagues and family members located in different parts of the globe is one of Facebook's most impressive features. With nearly 500 million Facebook users, finding someone is easier than ever before.
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Instructions
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Go to Facebook.com (see Resources).
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Sign in to your Facebook account with your personal email address and unique password.
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Look to the upper right hand corner as your home page opens up. A white box with the words "search" will allow you to type in the name of the person for whom you are searching.
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Type in your friend's name, both first and last ,if possible. Hit "Enter."
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See a list of all the Facebook members with that first and last name. Using the information you know about the person you want to friend, such as network, school or geographic location, scroll through them.
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Click on the blue words "Add as friend" when you have found the person for whom you are searching. An additional box will pop up, click on "Add friend." A friend request will be sent to this person's email inbox.
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Comments
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I am a Namibian citizen looking for any one who studied in Vocast muyuka in Cameroon from 1983 to 1988. I have been a student there during this years and I am looking for my classmates/ schoolmates who knows me. My name is Annely Shilongo was studied in Cameroon as Commercial students. I would like to meet with any one who knows me to contact me on face book. And I am looking for my Forster family which I was living with in Cameroon during my studies, the family of Doctor Meboka or Mr Fondek I was staying in Kumba and I would like to share with my family in Cameroon.
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that is me.
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hi
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If you send a request, but they take a long time to respond, how would you go about drawing more attention to increase your chances?
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Susie Sharp
Dec 27, 2010
One important thing missing: When you make a friend request, you'll find a small link at the bottom left hand corner that says 'send a personal message' with the invitation. Use it to refresh someone's memory, or tell that person why you would like to connect - what value you can offer to that person's network, etc. I like to be able to include some influential people's personal feeds on my wall. I'll send a friend request with a message like: "I liked what you had to say in (source) about (subject matter)and I would like to add your feed to my wall. I post on social media, technology and local events. Would you be kind enough to add me as a friend?" Some people accommodate my requests, and others steer me towards their fan page. And whenever I connect, I always assign that person to a Facebook List. I post mainly in the NE Ohio area, and I have a NE Ohio list for that purpose. I...
