Chapter 5. Exchanging Automatic Updates

Remember what keeping up with your friends used to require? Time-consuming emails ("Sorry it's been so long…"), potentially intrusive instant messages ("hello? u there?"), even the occasional in-person visit. Not anymore: Thanks to Facebook's easy-to-activate broadcast and subscription tools, staying in touch is easier than ever. Subscriptions and notifications, for example, alert you when, say, your best friend uploads a new picture, your softball coach gets off work, or your study buddy posts his analysis of Macbeth. This chapter shows you how to sign up for and tweak these handy updates.