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Some top tips:

Write or post something on the group wall (see 'Starting out with FB').
Find the groups section on Facebook

At the top of your page, there are icons for different parts of Facebook. You can find the Groups you have signed up to by clicking the Groups icon.

3. Set up group notifications. See below (1).

4. Remember to check your notifications in case there is something that interests you.

5. Choose your privacy settings so you feel safe about what you are sharing with others (and FB). See below (2).

6. Become familiar with the group - give yourself some time to become familiar with the group, spend some time looking around the group's features so that you will easily be able to find info that interests you.

7. Finding that interesting post again. See below (3).

1. How to set up group notifications:

On the desktop, you can access your groups (via the icon at the top of the page or via the side panel). Once you have clicked on the Groups icon, on the left side of your page you will see ‘Your groups’, and when you click on this you will be able to see all the groups you have joined.

Once you can see your groups, you will see an option to either ‘View group’ or click on the three little dots to the right of that button, which will give you a set of options to choose from.

One of these options is to ‘manage notifications’, and if you like you can change the default setting to ‘all posts’ which will mean you will get notifications every time someone posts in the group. Make sure to click save once you have selected your desired preferences.

On the phone, you need to click on Menu from the panel at the bottom of the page, then you need to click on groups and then when you have done this, a panel at the top appears which has a plus symbol, the settings icon, and a search icon. If you click on the settings icon, an option comes up that says 'notifications' you can then click on this and change the notifications for the group by clicking on what you prefer.

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2. How to choose your privacy settings

After you’ve signed up for a Facebook account, you can adjust your privacy settings to control who can see your profile and information. Follow these 3 simple steps to change your privacy settings:

Click on the downward pointing arrow that’s located on the top right corner of any Facebook page under your profile photo
Click Settings and privacy
Select Privacy Checkup

3. How to find that interesting post again

When you open Facebook, you are automatically taken to your ‘feed’. It can be quite easy to miss things from your groups depending on what is being prioritised in your feed. Sometimes this can also make it hard to see previous posts from your groups.

However, you can always find all previous posts from the group by going back to the group itself. So, whenever you want to refer back to a post that has resonated with you, be sure to follow the steps under ‘Find the groups’ (see top tip #2 at the top of this page) to navigate back to the Active Women over 50 group.

Another way to navigate back to a post that resonated with you is to save the link of the post.

See below for the steps to do this on either a desktop computer or your phone.

On your desktop computer:

1.First, save it. Click the three little dots.