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How to use the NEW Facebook @Mention Feature

09/14/2009 By 5 Comments

Many folks seem to still be a little confused after Facebook announced it’s latest feature earlier this afternoon. Now users on Facebook, almost identically to Twitter,  can mention someone by putting the “@” sign in front of their name while posting status updates.

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For example: If you were going to lunch with me to talk about Being Latino, you would update your status as follows: “Going to lunch with @lance rios to discuss collaborating with @Being Latino.”

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Now after you typed that in, I would automatically be notified that I was tagged to the update and I will see that Being Latino was as well. ANY of your friends can click on “Lance Rios” and/or “Being Latino” in your update, and they will automatically be re-routed to the pages.

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I think that this is an awesome feature and look forward to using it… A LOT!

If you’re more of a visual person, check the 2 minute tutorial video below.

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Comments

  1. Jo Ann Hernandez says:
    09/15/2009 at 12:12 am

    Does this mean that whatever gets posted on this blog is for all the Facebook Being Latino groups, no matter where they are from? Or is this a separate Being Latino enteprise? I’m tottaly confuse which is easy to do. I would like a way to contact all the Latinos in all the different Being Latino Facebook groups. Is there a way to do that? Have I asked you this already?
    Jo Ann Hernandez
    BronzeWord1 AT yahoo com

  2. beinglatino says:
    09/15/2009 at 4:57 pm

    What are you looking for?

  3. Michele says:
    12/09/2010 at 4:23 pm

    Hi I followed your tutorial with the “Old Facebook” and it worked perfect, but I don’t know how to do the @mention on the new Facebook Layout?
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Warm Regards,
    Michele

  4. Editor says:
    12/09/2010 at 5:36 pm

    Michelle,

    That didn’t change. It is still @friend’s name. :)

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