How To Join A Facebook Group
If you understand the name of a group, it's truly simple: on the top left is a search box. Just key in the name of the group there:
In this case, I'll be searching for the SupportSpace group, a Facebook group for people interested in SupportSpace, an extremely cool new place for finding and offering tech assistance.
Press Get In or Return after you've key in the group name and it'll create one or more matches that give you a variety of information:.
( if you desire to hack things, you can also create a simple search question and include connect to your very own page or profile to let people find groups on specific subjects or associated. The URL you have to utilize is exemplified by the following:.
http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=supportspace.
just remember to change "supportspace" with whatever word or words (separated by ~ ez_ldquo+ ez_rdquo ~, not space!) you 'd prefer).
At this moment you can see that there are 2 matching groups, but the very first one appears like it wasn't totally established and appears to have no members. The 2nd is exactly what we look for and you'll notice it already has 12 members. More importantly, notification that correct groups have "officers" or other people who are designated as supervising: if you aren't sure about the legitimacy of a specific group, that's where you must examine.
Before I sign up with, however, I'll click "View Group" to see if there's more details:.
Looks legitimate enough! I can either back up and click "Join Group" on the previous page, or, on this page, simply listed below the logo design (disappointed in the screen capture above) is the link "Join This Group". Click it and you'll get a confirmation dialog:.
Click "Join" and you remain in! Well, I remain in. You're welcome to sign up with too, if you 'd like.
Prior to I cover this up, I want to highlight that on your web page on Facebook, rather of doing a search, you can likewise merely click on "Groups" (see the first screen capture in this post) and dig around from there. Do not be surprised if, like MySpace, you discover a lots of matching groups for your search on Facebook. A search for "iPhone", for instance, produces over 500 matches. Sheesh!
If you want to find out the best ways to produce your very own Facebook group, please do not miss my earlier guide how to develop your very own facebook group and, normally, there's great deals of Facebook Assistance here too.