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Table of Contents Background on Facebook................................................................ 4 Getting on Facebook....................................................................... 5 Creating a Profile Finding Friends Navigation on Facebook.................................................................. 9 News Feed Privacy Settings Aspects of your Facebook Account................................................ 15 Wall & Statuses Like & Comment Feature Photos Messages/Inbox Notes Sharing and Interacting on Facebook............................................. 21 Fan, Group, and Event Pages Causes Syncing Facebook with Other Social Media Connecting with American Majority.............................................. 27

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n the days leading up to the American Revolution, Committees of Correspondence formed to increase organization and communication between the colonies. Letters would be written and then disseminated throughout the colonies via horseback. Those who organized the committees of correspondence hoped that they might rally the citizens of the colonies to the common cause of American Independence. But it is important to note that the end goal of the committees was not merely to communicate ideas. It was to drive people to action, to act together to achieve that common goal of independence. In the 21st century, communication no longer moves at the speed of a horse, or the speed of a ship. It moves literally at the speed of light. The internet has given us the ability to communicate almost instantaneously, something the Founding Fathers could never have imagined. The best part is that most of the amazing communication tools available to us on the internet are free: e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and a host of other new media tools. Yet those who believe in limited government and the free market are behind using the internet effectively to unite people to a common cause and then collective action. Statistics show that over 80% of those under 30 find their information online, a medium that is dominated 85-15% by those with left-leaning views. The trend of those finding their information online will only increase. However, those who believe in the free market and limited government can change the second statistic. What we are doing at American Majority is helping educate people on the power of new media and how to use it effectively to advance, and defend, those principles in which we believe. To help you advance your online presence, the team at American Majority has developed a Beginner’s Guide to Facebook Activism. We hope that you will take the time to read this guide and learn to unlock the power of Facebook. If those of us who believe in the free market and limited government can become effective online in communicating the truth of what is, and organizing for off-line collective action, we will win. For Liberty, Ned Ryun President American Majority

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Background on Facebook What is Facebook? Founded in February 2004, Facebook is a social network that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family, coworkers and acquaintances. The company develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the digital mapping of people’s real-world social connections. Anyone can sign up for Facebook, and in fact, 400 million people are on Facebook. The average user spends more than 55 minutes per day on Facebook. So, what are these users doing for 55 minutes per day? More importantly, how can conservative activists use this network to find like-minded activists and organize around a cause digitally? We’re going to tell you, so read on! Who started Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook with his college roommates and fellow computer science students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes while he was a student at Harvard University. The website’s membership was initially limited to Harv