Join Facebook Group
If you know the name of a group, it's actually easy: on the leading left is a search box. Simply enter the name of the group there:
In this case, I'll be browsing for the SupportSpace group, a Facebook group for people interested in SupportSpace, an extremely cool new venue for finding and offering tech assistance.
Press Get In or Return after you've typed in the group name and it'll develop one or more matches that offer you a variety of information:.
( if you wish to hack things, you can also create a simple search query and include links to your own page or profile to let people discover groups on specific subjects or related. The URL you have to use is exemplified by the following:.
http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=supportspace.
simply remember to replace "supportspace" with whatever word or words (separated by ~ ez_ldquo+ ez_rdquo ~, not area!) you 'd prefer).
At this point you can see that there are 2 coordinating groups, but the very first one looks like it wasn't completely established and appears to have no members. The second is exactly what we look for and you'll see it already has 12 members. More importantly, notice 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 should inspect.
Before I join, nevertheless, I'll click on "View Group" to see if there's more details:.
Looks legit enough! I can either back up and click on "Join Group" on the previous page, or, on this page, simply listed below the logo (disappointed in the screen capture above) is the link "Join This Group". Click on it and you'll get a verification dialog:.
Click "Join" and you remain in! Well, I remain in. You're welcome to join too, if you 'd like.
Prior to I cover this up, I want to highlight that on your home page on Facebook, instead of doing a search, you can likewise simply click "Groups" (see the first screen capture in this short article) and dig around from there. Do not be amazed 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 wish to find out ways to develop your own Facebook group, please do not miss my earlier guide the best ways to develop your very own facebook group and, normally, there's great deals of Facebook Aid here too.