FaceBook Chat Rooms Information

Facebook has quickly become one of the top social networking tools on the Internet since it launched in February 2004.

Facebook now features live chat that lets you instantly start conversations with your Facebook friends without downloading any software, however you did need to be on the Facebook.com website in order to use Facebook chat rooms. When you log into Facebook you're automatically logged into the Facebook Chat feature.

Today Facebook Chat is the websites answer to instant messaging (IM).

FaceBook Chat Tips

A green dot next to someone's name means that they're currently online and you can start a chat with them. A moon means that they haven't been online for at least 10 minutes.

You can select to appear offline to specific Friend Lists within Chat. Simply select the "Go Offline" toggle next to the top of each Friend List you would like to appear offline to. You will no longer appear as available to chat to people on these lists.

You can send messages to your Facebook friends even if they're not online. Click on the name of a friend in your list and leave them a message. They'll get the message when they're back online.

You can view recent conversation history by opening a chat window with your friend.

How do I create a smiley and other emoticons in Chat? To add emoticons, type the following characters into your message:

:) - :( - :/ - >:( - :'( - :-* - <3

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