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1 Part I Getting started 1 Chapter 1 Introducing social networking 3 What is social networking? 5 What you need 7 Overcoming common fears 9 Summary 13 Brain training 14 Chapter 2 Learning the basics of social networking Creating your account 15 Passing the security checks 16 Creating your profile 18 Adding your profile image 18 Using your address book to find your friends 18 Logging out to protect your account ftoc.indd vii 2/3/10 9:31:45 AM

2 Learning the culture of social networking 21 Summary 25 Brain training 26 Part II Connecting with friends old and new viii Chapter 3 Getting in touch with friends old and new on Facebook Creating your account and profile 31 Looking up your friends on Facebook 32 Receiving friend requests 37 Interacting with your friends on Facebook 37 Challenging your friends to a game on Facebook 52 Finding interest groups 57 Organising a reunion with a Facebook event 59 Managing your privacy 61 Speeding up Facebook 64 Summary 65 Brain training 66 Chapter 4 Finding old schoolmates at Friends Reunited How Friends Reunited helped Pam organise her school reunion 68 Creating your account ftoc.indd viii 2/3/10 9:31:46 AM

3 Adding your school or other place 70 Finding your former schoolmates 72 Adding friends to your friends lists 76 Adding a Newsflash 78 Adding photos and videos 80 Finding like-minded people in groups 82 Creating your own group 89 Organising a class reunion 90 Managing your privacy 92 Summary 96 Brain training 97 Chapter 5 Using Twitter to tell the world what you re doing Famous people on Twitter 101 Creating your Twitter account 104 Posting your first tweet 104 Finding people to follow on Twitter 108 Sending replies and messages to people on Twitter 111 Forwarding messages with re-tweeting 114 Joining the conversation with hashtags 115 Sharing pictures with Twitpic 116 Managing your privacy and blocking spam 118 Summary 121 Brain training ix ftoc.indd ix 2/3/10 9:31:46 AM

4 Part III Joining specialist communities and starting your own x Chapter 6 Connecting with other seniors at Saga Zone Finding your bearings on Saga Zone 126 Having fun in the forums 128 Joining in clubs 136 Creating a blog 138 Organising social events 140 Making friends on Saga Zone 142 Managing your privacy 143 Summary 145 Brain training 146 Chapter 7 Networking with other seniors at Eons 147 Taking a sneak preview 148 Finding your bearings on Eons 148 Uploading photos to your profile 151 Finding friends on Eons 151 Interacting with people on Eons 153 Meeting other newcomers in groups 154 Finding other groups to participate in 157 Creating your own group 157 Creating a blog 160 ftoc.indd x 2/3/10 9:31:47 AM

5 Summary 162 Brain training 163 Chapter 8 Finding and planning real-world social events at Meetup 165 Finding Meetup groups near you 166 Planning to attend events 170 Sharing ideas for events 172 Uploading photos to the group 173 Uploading files to the group 175 Creating and managing your own event group 175 A final word 188 Summary 189 Brain training 190 Chapter 9 Creating your own social network at Ning 191 Touring Ning 192 Defining your purpose 194 Creating your own social network 194 Adding content to your network 200 Communicating with people in your network 208 Managing your network 211 Managing your privacy 212 Summary 214 Brain training 215 xi ftoc.indd xi 2/3/10 9:31:47 AM

6 Part IV Appendices and index 217 Appendix A How to use your web browser 219 Appendix B Site directory 231 Appendix C Glossary 247 Index 259 xii ftoc.indd xii 2/3/10 9:31:48 AM