Facebook has added another way to tag people and other things you're connected to on Facebook. You can tag a person in your status updated.
People often update their status to express their thoughts, mention things they did or who they did them with. Sometimes that includes referencing friends, groups or even events they are attending — for example, you might post the following: "Having lunch with Betsy Coyne" or "I'm heading to a class at The PC Teacher - looking forward to learning how to use my computer!".
When you are writing a status update and want to add a friend's name to something you are posting, just include the "@" symbol before their name. When you begin to type the letters spelling what you would like to reference, a drop-down menu appears allowing you to choose from your list of friends and other connections, including groups, events, applications and Pages. The "@" symbol does not show up in the published status update or post after you've added your tags.
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Friends you tag in your status updates will receive a notification and a Wall post linking them to your post. They also will have the option to remove tags of themselves from your posts.
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Betsy
The PC Teacher
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