{"id":6239,"date":"2020-04-29T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/?p=6239"},"modified":"2020-04-29T10:50:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T15:50:53","slug":"facebook-for-genealogy-saving-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/facebook-for-genealogy-saving-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook for Genealogists: Saving Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a genealogist on Facebook, you likely have a lot of genealogy buddies who share all sorts of wonderful posts. Or perhaps you belong to various genealogy-related groups or follow the pages of genealogical organizations or companies.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll let you in on a secret. On Facebook, I have a ton of genealogy friends, belong to many genealogy groups, and follow several genealogy-related pages. For many years I actually avoided Facebook because it was overwhelming\u2014so many great things and so little time. A few years ago I discovered a function of Facebook that really helped with the information overload I was experiencing. If you find yourself drowning in the genealogy ocean on Facebook, try this\u2026<\/p>\n

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The Save feature is truly a lifesaver. This simple little tool keeps me from spending too much time on Facebook during the week, going down one rabbit hole after another. When I come across something I want to read, explore further, or keep for future reference, I simply save the post. At the end of each week, I give myself one hour to go through saved posts. It has really helped me keep my sanity when it comes to Facebook.<\/p>\n

How to Save a Post<\/h4>\n
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  1. Click on the three-dot button in the upper-right corner of the post.<\/li>\n
  2. From the drop-down menu that appears, click Save link<\/i> (if there is no link, just a plain post, it will instead say Save post<\/i>).
    \n    \"Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Click the Add to a Collection<\/i> link and choose an existing collection or create a new one.
    \n    \"Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A collection is helpful to categorize posts by subject or type. For example, I have a collection for Genealogy, Recipes, Writing\/Publishing, To Read, and more. You can add a post to more than one collection, but not from this screen (more on this below).<\/p>\n

    Where Are They?<\/h4>\n

    So where do these saved posts end up? From the Facebook home page, on the left side of your news feed is a Saved<\/i> button under the Explore<\/i> section.<\/p>\n

    \"Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

    If you are using the Facebook mobile app, you can find the Saved<\/i> button by tapping the Menu<\/i> button at the bottom of the screen.<\/p>\n

    \"Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

    From here you can interact with these saved items. This is where you can add the item to another collection (click the Add to Collection<\/i> button). Additionally, you can remove an item from any collection, mark an item as opened, view the original post, or remove it altogether by clicking Unsave<\/i>.<\/p>\n

    You can filter your saved items by type (e.g., videos, links, events, etc.), or even show just the ones that are not in a collection, unopened, or archived. To do this, make a selection from the All<\/i> menu (blue arrow below).<\/p>\n

    Additionally, you can choose to display items in a particular collection by clicking on the collection\u2019s name in the menu on the left (green box below). You can also add new collections by clicking the New Collection<\/i> button.<\/p>\n

    \"Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

    Bonus Tip<\/h4>\n

    I\u2019m going to let you in on another secret. I tend to lose track of my own posts on Facebook. Both those that I post to my profile and those I post to groups.<\/p>\n

    Why might I want to find these posts? Well, most of the time I\u2019m interested in the comments that people posted. I post questions or ask for advice on both my own profile and in groups. Sure I pay attention at the time I post them, that little notification ding alerts me to comments. But recently I realized that there were some old<\/i><\/b> posts that I wanted to review again. I vaguely remembered the gist of what someone (or a few someones) said, but could not remember exactly what was said, nor who said it.<\/p>\n

    Finding these old posts is tedious (next week I will show how to find them!). So now, whenever I post these question\/advice posts, whether to my profile or a group, I save them immediately. Most of these posts are genealogy-related so I put them in a collection named Personal Genealogy so I can find them easily. (Other times these question\/advice posts are related to writing\/publishing, so I add them to my collection for that topic.) I strongly encourage you to consider doing this, because, as you\u2019ll see next week, finding those old posts is tough and to me, saving them is a much easier solution.<\/p>\n

    Pin It!<\/h5>\n

    \"Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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