How to Know If Someone Wants to Talk to You on Facebook

Use Facebook's chat client to keep in touch with friends via the computer.

Facebook's chat feature lets you communicate with individuals on your "Friends" list in real time if they are currently online. The feature includes a pop-up box that lets you enter messages as the other person enters messages. Facebook even includes a way of alerting you when someone wants to talk to you via chat. The alert is helpful when you are close to your computer but not directly using it. Like other Facebook features, you can disable the chat alert, if desired.

Instructions

1. Navigate your computer's Internet browser to "Facebook" (Facebook.com) and log into your account, if you are not already logged in, by entering your email address and password in the "Email" and "Password" boxes, and clicking "Log In."

2. Listen for an audible bell sound from your computer's speaker indicating a person on your "Friend" list is wanting to initiate a chat session with you.

3. Look for a popup window in the lower right-hand corner of your computer's screen --- the window will have the name of the person trying to talk to you as well as a picture, if available.

4. Enter your message in the box next to the small white and blue icons. Press "Enter" or "Return" on your computer's keyboard to send the message.

5. Click the "X" next to the person's name to close the chat box if you are finish with the chat session or you don't want to talk to that person.

Tips & Warnings

• You can only message and chat with confirmed friends using Facebook's chat client.

• If you do not want the audible chat alert to sound, click the "Chat" button in the lower right-hand corner of any Facebook screen then click "Settings." Click the check box next to "Play Sound for New Messages" to disable the alert. Log out of your account and log back into it to finalize the setting.

References

• Facebook: Chat » Chat Basics

Resources

• Facebook: Facebook
• Facebook: Using Chat With Desktop Clients