So now what?

If a few of your friends have confirmed your friend requests, you can really start to explore Facebook and check out your friends.

Connect with your friends

Visit your Friends page by clicking the big “Friends” link on the top of any Facebook page to see recent activity from your friends, organize people into lists for messaging, and see people’s statuses.

Go to your friends’ profiles. You can see what’s been going on with them on their Walls. There you can see their recent status posts about what they‘ve been doing, photo albums of recent adventures, and what their friends have been saying to them. Check out your friends' Photos tab to see all the photos that are on Facebook of your friend.

Get the news

Whenever you land on your home page (which you can get to by clicking “Home” in the upper left hand corner), you’ll see a live stream of posts your friends have made—interesting links, thoughts, photos, and tidbits from their lives. This helps you keep up with things your friends are doing in their everyday lives. To filter the information on your home page, select a filter from the main menu on the left side of the page.

Start sharing

You’ve already filled out your profile, but the most interesting part is what you’re sharing right now. The publisher—the box that sits on top of your profile and home page—allows you to share links, photos, notes, and short status posts that reflect what you’re reading, watching, thinking about or feeling. Your friends can understand a lot more about you knowing what’s going on in your life.

Upload your photos

Facebook is the number one photo-sharing site on the internet. Photo albums are easy to share with people on and off Facebook. As you upload photos, you will learn how to ”tag” yourself and your friends so that people will easily be able to see a history of photos of you.

If you haven’t found any friends yet—or, your friends haven’t yet responded to your friend requests—there are still things to explore on Facebook.

Share common interests

Browse some of the groups in your area. If you find ones that have similar interests as you, get involved in the discussion.

Find more friends

Seriously, go read all the fun things you can do once you have your friend list set up. Facebook is all about keeping up with friends both new and old. Check out some of the ways to find friends, or send invites to people you want to connect with on Facebook.