Introduction
On Facebook, you're represented by your Profile— a page that communicates who you are. To some extent, your Facebook Profile also represents you on the web as a whole, since people searching for you online will be able to view some or all of it. Your Profile can include information about your background,interests, hobbies, relationships, and more— or none of these things at all. The choice is yours.
It's up to you to decide how much information you feel comfortable sharing on Facebook. As you fill out your Profile, you'll see that Facebook asks for information about your relationships, hobbies, location, educational background, and more. Don't feel pressured to include any information you don't want to. You can leave any part of your Profileblank and still be able to use and enjoy Facebook.
- To navigate to your Profile, click the Profile link in the top toolbar.
Creating Your Profile
There are two parts of your Profile:
- The main page, which is the page that appears when you or anyone else navigates to your Profile. The main page includes your Profile picture and Timeline.
- The info page, which includes the personal details and information you've shared
When you filled out the Info page of your Profile, did you include information about things like your favorite music,movies, and hobbies? Your Friends will be able to go to the Likes section of your Profile and see your Likes and Interests represented by small thumbnail images. Each of these images is a link to a Fan page or Topic pageabout a particular Like or Interest.
- The information you share about Likes and Interests is very valuable to Facebook. Facebook and other sites can use it to market, advertise, and make suggestions to you based on your interests. This is a common practice across the web that most people do not mind or are simply not aware of. The examples below list a few ways Facebook uses this information. If you are uncomfortable with any of these practices then you may want to be careful about what interests you connect with or what you "Like" while on Facebook.
- Here are a few of the places you might see your Likes and Interests around Facebook:
- Your Likes and Interests may be included in your Profile when people conduct a public search for you. If job-hunting or applying for college you may want to make sure your interests do not reflect poorly on you.
- Any interests you connect with or Like can be posted to your Timeline or to your Friends' News Feeds for your Friends to see. This can be mildly embarrassing or very revealing depending on the kind of things you may be showing an interest in.
- Posts from your Likes and Interests will appear in your own News Feed
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