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10 tips for Christianizing Facebook

We translate here a good Facebook guide we found in opusdeialdia.org:

A) Logging on to Facebook:

On logging on, you’d see your friends’ feeds on your wall.  They show up on the basis of 3 criteria:

• The most recent,
• The most commented,
• Those “liked” by the most people.

Friends’ feeds not meeting these criteria don’t show up, whereas those with most points are shown at the top and stay there for longer. So, if you find one that’s interesting:

(1) “Like” it;

(2) Leave a comment, even just a or “Great news!” (Facebook does not distinguish between a one-word comment and an academic treatise.) Thus, when your friends log into Facebook, those would be the first news they’d see. Also, you make Google show these news higher up in searches, as Google treats each “like” or comment in Facebook more or less like a hit on a news item.

(3) Click on “share”: the item will show up on friends’ walls when they enter Facebook. If many share an item, the news may go around the world in a matter of hours, because “share” means: ‘I want all my friends to see this’.

B) Without using your FB status message bar:

There are activities that automatically generate e-mail message to users, as for example when people change default settings or their profile pics:

(4) Write on someone’s wall, or send a private message (PM): this generates an automatic e-mail to the person, which includes the message. Also, if you write on the wall, anyone who logs in to that profile will be able to read it.

(5) Create groups or pages: For groups with less than 5,000 members, you may send a message to all members of the group. You may use it for notifications or as a newsletter. This mail, besides getting to your FB inbox, appears as notification in people’s e-mails.

FAQ (Frequently Asked Question): Is it better to make a group or a page? Groups enable you to PM all members (if the group stays under 5,000 members) so we’d recommend Groups.

C) Connecting with more people on Facebook: The more people you’re connected to in FB, the greater your influence.  Therefore:

(6) Accept people you don’t know who wish to add you as friend: (There’s a CAVEAT here: We do not recommend this for minors. Before accepting persons unknown to you, it would be good to look at their profiles, to see what kind of person they are, as you might then realise you are not interested in connecting with them.)

(7) Take part in groups or comment on pages: More people will get to know you, and if they like or are interested in what you say, they may add you as a friend. So, you will already be in touch.

(8) A note about your Facebook profile: When someone wants some information about you, they will go to your profile. You might add links to interesting pages there. Also, depending on the information you put there, people will be able to find you through Facebook’s search.

(9) If you have a blog or web page, place your Facebook profile address in a prominent place, so that people may add you.

(10) Add your Facebook link as signature to your e-mails, so it will appear automatically in each e-mail.

Now, using the comments space below, tell us about other methods you use and share with us your tips.