Facebook 是一个很好的在线找人(finding people online)工具。它仍然是一个非常受欢迎的平台，你很可能会在那里找到你的工作同事和你坐在小学旁边的那个女孩。
一旦您在Facebook 上(Facebook)的朋友列表中找到并收集了所有联系(collect all of your connections in your friends list)信息，但可能很难记住您在那里的每个人。发生这种情况时，Facebook有一个非常有用的过滤器系统，您可以使用它在您的朋友列表中搜索特定的人。
如何按名称搜索您的 Facebook 好友(How to Search Your Facebook Friends by Name)
大多数人在Facebook好友列表中搜索某人时使用的主要选项是按姓名搜索。如果您知道要查找的人的姓名，请按照以下简单步骤在您的Facebook好友中找到他们。
- 打开Facebook并转到您的个人资料页面。
- 从菜单中 选择朋友。(Friends)
- 在搜索(Search)框中 输入您朋友的姓名。
您会看到所有匹配的配置文件都出现在下面的列表中。将光标悬停在朋友的名字上以查看与他们联系或查看他们的个人资料的选项。
如何按工作或学校搜索 Facebook 好友(How to Search Facebook Friends by Job or School)
如果你不记得你要找的人的名字，那就更难了。在这种情况下，您可以使用 Facebook 的搜索过滤器在您的朋友列表中查找一个人。
如果您和您要寻找的人在同一机构工作，您可以使用工作(Work)过滤器搜索他们。为此，请按照您的个人资料页面(Profile page)>朋友(Friends)的路径，只是这次从菜单中选择工作。(Work)然后，您将看到工作场所中所有同事的列表。
请注意，要使用此过滤器，您必须在Facebook(Facebook)个人资料中列出您的工作场所。在“工作”下，您会发现您的朋友列表中的人员也将同一组织列为他们的工作地点。
另一个可用于搜索Facebook好友的过滤器是University。您可以通过路径Profile page(Profile page) > Friends > University找到与您一起上同一所学校的人。再次，该列表将向您显示与您的个人资料中列出的学院或大学相同的人。
如何按生日搜索 Facebook 好友 (How to Search Your Facebook Friends by Birthdays )
Facebook为其用户提供的一种方便的过滤器是生日(Birthdays)。如果您不确定朋友的生日是什么时候，您可以使用它来了解所有朋友的生日日期。
要查看您朋友(friends)即将到来的生日，请打开您的Facebook 朋友(friends)列表并选择生日(Birthdays)。您会看到接下来几天即将过生日的人的列表。如果您不想忘记发送您的愿望，请将它们添加到您的日历中，或者使用 Facebook 的通知栏获取生日提醒。
如何使用你朋友的朋友找人 (How to Find Someone Using Your Friends’ Friends )
如果您在Facebook 上(Facebook)寻找的人取消了您的好友或由于其他原因不在您的好友列表中怎么办？在这种情况下，您仍然可以使用Facebook找到他们的个人资料并与他们联系。这里有几种方法可以做到这一点。
您可以使用您的一位Facebook朋友来查找不在您的朋友列表中(someone who’s not in your friends list)但与此人有关的人。也许他们一起工作或学习，或者住在同一个城市。有两种方法可以使用您朋友的朋友搜索某人。
- 如果您知道您要找的人的姓名，您可以使用朋友的朋友过滤器在(Friends of friends)Facebook 上(Facebook)找到他们。打开 Facebook并在(Open Facebook)搜索(Search)框中输入此人的姓名。在过滤器(Filters)下，选择人员(People)>朋友的朋友(Friends of friends)。您将看到与您有共同朋友的同名人员列表。
- 如果您不确定此人的确切姓名，可以使用“您可能认识的人”(People You May Know)页面查找他们。打开Facebook并从左侧菜单中选择好友。(Friends)在您可能认识(May Know)的人下，您会看到与您有共同朋友的人的列表。向下滚动(Scroll)，看看你是否能找到你一直在寻找的人。
搜索不在您的朋友列表中的人的其他方法(Other Ways to Search for Someone Who’s Not in Your Friends List)
如果您没有设法找到使用您朋友的朋友的人，还有其他方法可以搜索他们。其中之一是在Facebook 群组(Facebook Groups)中查找此人。当您知道某人对特定领域或主题感兴趣时，您可以浏览相关的公共组并在成员中搜索该人。
为此，请打开Facebook并从左侧菜单中选择群组。(Groups)然后在“搜索组(Search groups)”框中键入组的名称。从列表中选择正确的组，然后选择成员(Members)以浏览该组的参与者。
请注意，您将只能看到设置为Public的(Public)Facebook群组的成员。如果你想浏览一个封闭组的成员列表，你必须先加入这个组。
在Facebook 上(Facebook)搜索某人的另一种方法是使用来自另一个社交媒体平台（如Twitter或Instagram ）的(Instagram)用户名或用户名(handle or username)。人们经常在多个站点和平台上使用相同的用户名。
每个Facebook个人资料在其(Facebook)URL的末尾都有一个唯一的用户名。当您打开您的个人资料页面时，您可以看到您的 - 这是www.facebook.com/之后的内容。尝试(Try)在他们的Facebook URL中使用其他网站的用户名，看看你是否登陆了他们的个人资料页面。
使用 Facebook 快速定位某人(Use Facebook to Quickly Locate Someone)
借助所有不同的过滤器和搜索选项，Facebook使在线查找某人(finding someone online)的过程变得非常简单快捷。不仅如此，现在您还可以使用 Facebook Messenger 离线定位某人(use Facebook Messenger to locate someone offline)。当您需要确定某人的位置以亲自讨论事物、接他们或查看他们是否在附近时，这是一个有用的功能。
你如何在Facebook 上(Facebook)搜索人？您是否使用了本文中介绍的一种方法，还是我们遗漏了什么？在下面的评论部分 分享您使用Facebook搜索的经验。(Facebook)
How to Search Facebook Friends by Location, Job, or School
Facebook is a great tool for finding people online. It’s still a very popular platform, and chances are you can find both your colleague from work and that girl you sat next to in primary school there.
Once you find and collect all of your connections in your friends list on Facebook though it might get difficult to remember everyone you have there. When that happens, Facebook has a pretty useful system of filters that you can use to search your friends list for one specific person.
How to Search Your Facebook Friends by Name
The main option that most people use when searching for someone in their Facebook friends list is searching by name. If you know the name of the person you’re looking for, follow the simple steps below to find them in your Facebook friends.
- Open Facebook and go to your profile page.
- Select Friends from the menu.
- Type the name of your friend into the Search box.
You’ll see all of the matching profiles appear on the list below. Hover the cursor over the friend’s name to see the options to contact them or view their profile.
How to Search Facebook Friends by Job or School
It gets more difficult if you don’t remember the name of the person you’re looking for. In that case, you can use Facebook’s search filters to find a person in your friends list.
If you and the person you’re looking for worked in the same establishment, you can search for them using the Work filter. To do that, follow the path your Profile page > Friends, only this time select Work from the menu. You’ll then see a list of all of your colleagues from your workplace.
Note that in order to use this filter you have to have your workplace listed on your Facebook profile. Under Work you’ll find the people from your friends list who also have the same organization listed as their place of work.
Another filter that you can use to search your Facebook friends is University. You can find the people that you went to the same school with by following the path Profile page > Friends > University. Once again, the list will show you the people that have the same college or university listed on their profile that you do.
How to Search Your Facebook Friends by Birthdays
One handy filter that Facebook offers to its users is Birthdays. If you’re not sure when your friend’s birthday is, you can use it to stay on top of all of your friends’ birthday dates.
To see your friends’ upcoming birthdays, open your Facebook friends list and select Birthdays. You’ll see a list of people who have their birthdays coming up in the next few days. Add them to your calendar if you don’t want to forget to send your wishes, or use Facebook’s notifications bar to get birthday reminders.
How to Find Someone Using Your Friends’ Friends
What if the person you’re looking for on Facebook unfriended you or isn’t on your friends list for some other reason? In that case, you can still use Facebook to locate their profile and contact them. Here are a few ways to do it.
You can use one of your Facebook friends to find someone who’s not in your friends list but has something to do with this person. Maybe they work or study together, or live in the same city. There are two ways to search for someone using your friends’ friends.
- If you know the name of the person you’re looking for, you can use the Friends of friends filter to find them on Facebook. Open Facebook and type the name of the person into the Search box. Under Filters, select People > Friends of friends. You’ll see a list of people with the same name that you have mutual friends with.
- If you’re not sure about the exact name of the person, you can use the People You May Know page to find them. Open Facebook and select Friends from the menu on the left. Under People You May Know you’ll see a list of people that you have mutual friends with. Scroll down and see if you can find the person you’ve been looking for.
Other Ways to Search for Someone Who’s Not in Your Friends List
If you didn’t manage to find a person using your friends’ friends, there are other ways to search for them. One of them is to look for the person in Facebook Groups. When you know that someone’s interested in a specific field or topic, you can browse the related public groups and search for that person among the members.
To do that, open Facebook and select Groups from the menu on the left. Then type the name of the group into the Search groups box. Select the right group from the list and then select Members to browse through the group’s participants.
Note that you’ll only be able to see the members of Facebook groups that are set to Public. If you want to browse the members list of a closed group, you’ll have to first join the group.
Another way to search for someone on Facebook is by using their handle or username from another social media platform, like Twitter or Instagram. People often use the same usernames across multiple sites and platforms.
Every Facebook profile has a unique username at the end of its URL. You can see yours when you open your profile page – it’s what goes after www.facebook.com/. Try and use the person’s username from a different site in their Facebook URL and see if you land on their profile page.
Use Facebook to Quickly Locate Someone
With all the different filters and search options, Facebook makes the process of finding someone online extremely easy and quick. More than that, now you can use Facebook Messenger to locate someone offline as well. A useful feature when you need to pinpoint someone’s location to discuss things in person, to pick them up, or see if they’re in the neighborhood.
How do you search for people on Facebook? Do you use one of the methods covered in this piece, or did we miss anything? Share your experience with Facebook search in the comments section below.
