VIDEO: Tag people on Facebook

This is how you can tag people on Facebook

Marking actually means nothing more than linking in "Facebook jargon". You have certainly seen messages or status reports in which others Facebook-Members were linked directly.

1. If you also tag people on Facebook and want to link them to your comments, you can do that very easily. The "secret" is the @.
2. For example, if you want to write in your status report that you are planning a weekend activity with one or more Facebook friends, see below For example, write in the status line "Next weekend I will meet X and Y to visit the medieval market at the castle Falkenhorst ".
3. To your friends Now mark X and Y and go directly to the corresponding Facebook profile in your own status message link, proceed as follows: Instead of X, first write @ and then directly after it the name of yours Friend X.
4. If this person is also logged in to Facebook, their name will automatically appear in a selection list that opens as a dropdown box. Select your friend from the list with one click - and the relevant person is marked.
instagram viewer
1:57

Link only first names on Facebook - that's how it works

Enter name in a comment on Facebook, use it to mark friends. She …

5. Now do the same for your friend Y. As soon as you have published your status report, the links to the Facebook profiles of your marked friends can also be clicked on by others. For example, other friends can see with whom you are planning which activity and, if necessary, contact you. connect.
6. Photos can also be linked to the profiles of the people depicted on Facebook. It remains to be seen whether this is always wanted.
7. Have you recognized a person in a photo uploaded to Facebook and you want them then open the appropriate "Album" and click on "Photos" at the top of the page to mark". To link the relevant person, simply enter the relevant name. Finally click on "Save markings".

Provided that the person you have marked, the public display through your "privacy settings" is suppressed, the person must first agree to the link before it becomes effective, otherwise it will be marked automatically. Basically, you should always think carefully beforehand which personal connections you have with others People you want to make public and whether the person concerned will be happy about the link. Anyone who marks an obviously ailing work colleague on a party picture is certainly not doing their reputation any good. Here you should always proceed according to the motto: What you don't want, what people do to you, don't do it to anyone else! "Have fun on the social network!