How to Meet Singles on Facebook

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Check your friends' profiles if you're interested in them.. Peruse your list of "suggested friends.. Use Facebook's "Discover People" feature to locate people near you.

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1

Check your friends' profiles if you're interested in them.

Step 1

Check your friends' profiles if you're interested in them.

2

Peruse your list of "suggested friends.

Step 2

Peruse your list of "suggested friends.

3

Use Facebook's "Discover People" feature to locate people near you.

Step 3

Use Facebook's "Discover People" feature to locate people near you.

4

Connect through mutual friends.

Step 4

Connect through mutual friends.

5

Use the search bar at the top of the site for key terms.

Step 5

Use the search bar at the top of the site for key terms.

6

Join Facebook groups in your area to meet people with similar interests.

Step 6

Join Facebook groups in your area to meet people with similar interests.

7

Use Facebook events to meet people in your area.

Step 7

Use Facebook events to meet people in your area.

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Narrow your photos to those that best represent you.

Step 8

Narrow your photos to those that best represent you.

9

Describe yourself in the "Intro" and "About Me" sections.

Step 9

Describe yourself in the "Intro" and "About Me" sections.

10

Click on pages that you "like" to show what your interests are.

Step 10

Click on pages that you "like" to show what your interests are.

11

Comment on a photo or post.

Step 11

Comment on a photo or post.

12

Add the person as a friend if they aren't one already.

Step 12

Add the person as a friend if they aren't one already.

13

Start flirting once you've established a back-and-forth interaction.

Step 13

Start flirting once you've established a back-and-forth interaction.

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Send them a direct message.

Step 14

Send them a direct message.

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Ask for a date.

Step 15

Ask for a date.

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Don't send lewd comments or photos to people.

Step 16

Don't send lewd comments or photos to people.

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Pay attention to cues that the person wants you to back off.

Step 17

Pay attention to cues that the person wants you to back off.

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Don't "like" and comment on old photos and posts.

Step 18

Don't "like" and comment on old photos and posts.

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Stay away from people who are in a relationship.

Step 19

Stay away from people who are in a relationship.

20

Take things slow.

Step 20

Take things slow.

21

Block someone if they make you feel uncomfortable.

Step 21

Block someone if they make you feel uncomfortable.

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