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Published:
December 18, 2018

Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram For Seniors For Dummies

Overview

Enjoy the top social media sites with ease and security 

Done correctly, social media is a way to connect friends, family, and the world while still maintaining security and privacy. Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram For Seniors For Dummies, 3rd Edition offers advice on how to enjoy the three most popular social media options while avoiding worry about who sees what you share.

Written by social media expert Marsha Collier, this book walks you through establishing accounts, making connections, and sharing content including photos and video. You learn the settings to adjust on each platform to maintain privacy and filter out the content you don't want. This book also explains the subtle art of avoiding or blocking people on social platforms without jeopardizing your real-world relationships!

  • Take control of what you share
  • Connect with others
  • Take and share your best pictures
  • Use social media as a news source

Social media sites are great fun once you learn how to cut through the clutter—and this book shows you how!

 

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About The Author

Marsha Collier is a renowned social media strategist and bestselling author. She authored all editions of eBay For Dummies and co-hosts Computer and Technology Radio. Marsha even made headlines in 2014 when her husband proposed to her over Twitter—the first social media engagement on record!

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facebook, twitter, & instagram for seniors for dummies

CHEAT SHEET

Hanging around on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is more than talking to friends and posting pictures. Facebook has great games and applications to pass the time, promote your business, and just have fun. In this Cheat Sheet, you’ll find some recommended apps and emoticons to add drama to your postings. You can also use apps to shorten your time on social media.

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The Internet, especially social media, has some mysterious words of its own that are not always understood by those over 30. Understanding (and using) these acronyms may help you chip away at a possible bias. Plus, it’s an eye-opener when you understand the secret (ever-changing) language of internet slang kids use today.
Hanging around on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is more than talking to friends and posting pictures. Facebook has great games and applications to pass the time, promote your business, and just have fun. In this Cheat Sheet, you’ll find some recommended apps and emoticons to add drama to your postings. You can also use apps to shorten your time on social media.
On the left side of the Twitter Account page, you’ll notice lots of links. Each one of those links has settings that can improve the time you spend on the Twitter platform. Here’s a short overview of some of what you can set in Twitter. Privacy and Safety is the best area for being sure you have a pleasant time on Twitter.
When you’ve found something you want to share on Twitter, you’ll need to share it via the Internet address of the post (the URL) by copying and pasting it into Twitter. There’s the rub — have you ever noticed how long some URLs can be? Even in email messages and web postings elsewhere, typing in a gigantic URL can be a real chore.
There are many Instagram Privacy settings provided for your benefit. You can edit your Instagram privacy on a desktop or mobile app. Here, you see images for editing them on the Instagram mobile app. The examples you see here use the Android app (which isn’t very different from the iOS version). The icons appear at the bottom of the screen.
Sometimes it’s just easier to type out your message and get fancy with emoji. Emoticons (or Smileys) have been used since the 19th century to punctuate the written word with graphics simulated by characters. On Facebook, users who type these emoticons in their status updates add a little sparkle to the news feed because they show up like graphic emoji.
Because of the 280-character limit for Tweets, people often abbreviate common words and phrases on Twitter. This shorthand has trickled into other social media forms, particularly Facebook and Instagram. The following table has abbreviations, or Twitter shorthand, that you see often. You will most likely want to use the shorthand, so the table illustrates its use in Twitter messaging.
You can use tools to expand your social media prowess by delivering more than pithy phrases in your Tweets, Facebook, and Instagram messages. As you become engrossed in the social media universe, you’ll no doubt need some tools to help you navigate, organize, and direct your communications. Try out the recommended tools in this table.
Social media has taken the world by storm over the last several years. From interactions to news, photo sharing and even controversy, social media platforms offer a place where we can share information, pictures, our thoughts, find friends and our favorite brands and be “social” with others. Check out the various social media platforms and see how you can interact on them.
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