| Need help understanding what our notation means? You’ve come to the right place. This glossary will give you the official low-down on the lingo: |
| With others, My updates, Other activity, @ username, re: update, Following, Follower, Mutual follower, Conversation, Poke, Message |
 With others |
| This tab shows you everything: your updates, as well as updates from all the people you are following. Pictures, videos, music, text replies – you name it, it’s here. |
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| My updates |
| This tab all updates from a particular person, namely you. Note: If you’re on someone else’s homepage, this tab appears as “Updates” and displays only their updates. |
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| Other activity |
| Your friend follows someone or favorites a picture, and you’ll know about it. All sorts of notifications appear here, but don’t worry: you can control what you see. |
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| @ username |
@ directs a reply to a specific person. Clicking the reply icon (the upward arrow) will automatically begin your reply with @ username
Example: @ MS1983, where did you take this picture?
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| re: update |
| re: means “in reply to.” You reply to an update, and then what happens? Your reply will appear in the “With others” and “My updates” tabs. The re: precedes the update, so you know it’s a reply. |
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| Following |
| These are people that you follow. You will be able to see whenever they post a message or add a file. |
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| Follower |
| These are people who follow you. They want to know when you update, so every time you add a file to your page, they will be able to see it on their “With others” tab. |
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| Mutual follower |
| They follow you, and you follow them. You must be mutual followers to view posts and media added to protected accounts. |
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| Conversation |
| Click on the icon that looks like two blue speech bubbles, and you’ll open up a conversation. This will show you all of the public exchanges between two people. |
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| Poke |
| If your friends haven’t updated for a while, you can poke them. Poking them will send them an email reminder letting them know that you’re waiting to hear from them. |
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| Message |
| Want to say something, but you don’t want everyone to see? You can send private messages to your friends so they’ll be the only ones to see it. Note: Messages can only be sent to people you are following. |
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