Tagging Your Friends in the BJJ New Gear Group

Thank you.

I sent you the link to this blog post because you tagged someone in BJJ New Gear who is not a member of the Group, and therefore cannot see your tag. So this will help you understand both why that is and how to fix it.

Let us first start off with understanding what types of groups there are in Facebook. The options are as follows:

** OPEN Groups

** CLOSED Groups

** SECRET Groups


In an Open Group anyone can see who the members are, what members post as well as all of their comments. When I set up BJJ New Gear I didn't like that option for many reasons including having our members' friends inundated by all the posts and comments in this focused and specialized group.

So I chose to make BJJ New Gear a CLOSED Group.

In a Closed Group your friends that are not members can not see anything that you post or comment on. And that includes your tags of them. All too often I see members tag friends for gear offerings in BJJ New Gear and those tags appear (to me) as "grayed out" and unlinked to their profile. That means that the person tagged: (a) is not a member of the Group, and (b) will not be notified of and can not see your tag.

So.....

When that happens, to correct it so that they can SEE your tag of them you just need to add them to the Group. It is that simple. As a "friend" of theirs on Facebook it is easy to add people to the group, and I'll give you some instructions below from both an iPhone (what I have) and via PC.

Thanks.

p.s. While the tags of non-members appear to me, when viewing via PC, as "grayed out," that is not the case when you view Facebook from your iPhone, Droid or other smart phone. Sad to say. So, because the infrastructure of Facebook is more robust via PC, I strongly suggest you, from time to time, check the Group and your comments and tags via PC.

ADDING Your Friends To BJJ New Gear

From a PC it is very simple:

Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/BJJNewAndUpcomingGear/members/ and click on: "Add People."

A small window will pop up and you just start typing the name of your friend. Autofill will offer options, pick the correct person and click: Add.

That is it. Add all of your BJJ Friends.

From your iPhone:

Go to the group (BJJ New Gear)

Click on "Add Members"

Scroll down your friends list and select the friends you want to add.

Click "Done."

Simple.

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