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This step-by-step guide provides screenshots and details and how to do it.","noIndex":0,"noFollow":0},"content":"If you're new to <a href=\"https://www.dummies.com/social-media/instagram-for-dummies-cheat-sheet/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram</a>, you may be wondering where to start. Instagram (and its daddy, Facebook) is happy to help you make connections. You can find people in a few different ways.\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"tab1\" >Finding your Facebook friends</h2>\r\nFacebook has a vested interest in making Instagram grow, so it tries to encourage you to round up your Facebook friends and bring them over to Instagram. 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Simply tap Follow next to each friend you’d like to connect with, and keep scrolling and following!</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_250035\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"254\"]<img class=\"wp-image-250035 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/instagram-for-business-facebook-friends.jpg\" alt=\"find Facebook friends Instagram\" width=\"254\" height=\"450\" /> Instagram displays all Facebook friends who are available to follow on Instagram.[/caption]\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tip\">Some of your friends may have set their accounts to private. In this case, you see Requested after you tap Follow. They need to approve you before you can view their profile and posts.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"tab2\" >Syncing your contact list</h2>\r\nInstagram can also connect you with the contacts stored on your phone or tablet. After you activate this feature, your contacts are periodically synced with Instagram’s servers. Instagram does not follow anyone on your behalf, and you can disconnect your contacts at any time so that Instagram cannot access them.\r\n<p class=\"article-tips warning\">This feature may be best as a one-and-done in the beginning versus a constant connection for privacy purposes.</p>\r\nTo connect your contacts, follow these steps:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Go to your Instagram profile page by tapping your photo at the bottom right of your phone’s screen.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap the small person with a plus (and possibly a red number) at the top left.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap the Contacts link. \r\n\r\nThe next screen tells you that Instagram will find people you know, and you're given the option to follow them.</li>\r\n \t<li>To proceed, tap Connect Contacts. \r\n\r\nAnother pop-up asks whether Instagram can access your contacts.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap Allow Access.</li>\r\n \t<li>A pop-up appears asking you to allow Instagram access to your Contacts. This is your last chance to cancel your decision to allow Instagram to access your contacts.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap OK. \r\n\r\nThe pop-up goes away, and the Contacts screen appears.</li>\r\n \t<li>Follow all your contacts on Instagram by tapping Follow All, or choose which contacts to follow by tapping Follow next to each one.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_250034\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"254\"]<img class=\"wp-image-250034 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/instagram-for-business-contacts.jpg\" alt=\"instagram contacts\" width=\"254\" height=\"450\" /> Instagram can pull contacts from your phone’s saved contacts for you to select to follow.[/caption]\r\n\r\nIf you change your mind at some point and want to disallow Instagram’s access to your contacts, tap the wheel icon on your profile page, scroll down to Settings, and then tap Contacts. Tap the Connect Contacts toggle to return it to white, which terminates Instagram’s access.","description":"If you're new to <a href=\"https://www.dummies.com/social-media/instagram-for-dummies-cheat-sheet/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram</a>, you may be wondering where to start. Instagram (and its daddy, Facebook) is happy to help you make connections. You can find people in a few different ways.\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"tab1\" >Finding your Facebook friends</h2>\r\nFacebook has a vested interest in making Instagram grow, so it tries to encourage you to round up your Facebook friends and bring them over to Instagram. It’s an easy way for you to find people.\r\n\r\nTo find friends on Facebook, follow these steps:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Go to your Instagram profile page by tapping your photo at the bottom right of your phone’s screen.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap the person with a plus (and possibly a red number) at the top left.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap the Facebook link at the top of your screen.</li>\r\n \t<li>Confirm your Facebook login by tapping OK. \r\n\r\nThe screen displays how many Facebook friends you have on Instagram.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap either Follow All or Follow. \r\n\r\nTo follow every one of your Facebook friends on Instagram, tap Follow All. If you’d rather be more selective, especially because you'll likely be promoting your product or service, you may want to follow friends one by one. Simply tap Follow next to each friend you’d like to connect with, and keep scrolling and following!</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_250035\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"254\"]<img class=\"wp-image-250035 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/instagram-for-business-facebook-friends.jpg\" alt=\"find Facebook friends Instagram\" width=\"254\" height=\"450\" /> Instagram displays all Facebook friends who are available to follow on Instagram.[/caption]\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tip\">Some of your friends may have set their accounts to private. In this case, you see Requested after you tap Follow. They need to approve you before you can view their profile and posts.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"tab2\" >Syncing your contact list</h2>\r\nInstagram can also connect you with the contacts stored on your phone or tablet. After you activate this feature, your contacts are periodically synced with Instagram’s servers. Instagram does not follow anyone on your behalf, and you can disconnect your contacts at any time so that Instagram cannot access them.\r\n<p class=\"article-tips warning\">This feature may be best as a one-and-done in the beginning versus a constant connection for privacy purposes.</p>\r\nTo connect your contacts, follow these steps:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Go to your Instagram profile page by tapping your photo at the bottom right of your phone’s screen.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap the small person with a plus (and possibly a red number) at the top left.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap the Contacts link. \r\n\r\nThe next screen tells you that Instagram will find people you know, and you're given the option to follow them.</li>\r\n \t<li>To proceed, tap Connect Contacts. \r\n\r\nAnother pop-up asks whether Instagram can access your contacts.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap Allow Access.</li>\r\n \t<li>A pop-up appears asking you to allow Instagram access to your Contacts. 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A few funny phrases or words may confuse you at first. This list of common Instagram terms will have you sounding like a pro in no time!</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>App: </strong>Short for The Instagram app is downloaded to a mobile device to provide access.</li>\n<li><strong>Archive: </strong>A feature you can use to hide but not delete an Instagram post as well as access previous stories. Tap the three-dot button on any of your posts to access the Archive option. Review and revive archived posts by tapping the three-line button on your profile and choosing Archive from the menu options.</li>\n<li><strong>Bio:</strong> The description in your profile that details who you are.</li>\n<li><strong>Caption: </strong>The description of the post that appears directly beneath the image or video.</li>\n<li><strong>DM: </strong>Short for <em>direct message.</em> A DM is a private messaging function in Instagram.</li>\n<li><strong>Explore: </strong>The search function in Instagram. You access the Explore tab by tapping the magnifying glass in the bottom navigation panel.</li>\n<li><strong>Feed: </strong>The collection of current posts shared by those you follow, designated by the house icon on the bottom navigation panel. The feed may also be referred to as the <em>home feed.</em></li>\n<li><strong>Filter: </strong>An editing feature that you can apply to your post to enhance features and colors.</li>\n<li><strong>Followers: </strong>The people who follow an Instagram user.</li>\n<li><strong>Following: </strong>The people whom an Instagram user follows.</li>\n<li><strong>Gallery: </strong>On Android devices, the tab in the camera feature where images from your phone’s Gallery are located.</li>\n<li><strong>Geo-tag: </strong>A location tag that allows a post to appear on a map that users can search.</li>\n<li><strong>Handle:</strong> An alternative term for the username that users use to define their profile address.</li>\n<li><strong>Hashtag: </strong>The # symbol placed in front of a key word or phrase that is used to categorize the post. Hashtags are searchable on Instagram.</li>\n<li><strong>Home: </strong>The screen denoted by the house icon in the bottom navigation panel that shows the posts of everyone you’re following.</li>\n<li><strong>IGTV: </strong>The video tool that allows videos from 15 seconds to 60 minutes to be uploaded to your own channel. If you have an Instagram account, you have IGTV.</li>\n<li><strong>Instagrammers: </strong>Instagram users. A collective term used to refer to people who use Instagram.</li>\n<li><strong>Instameet:</strong> A gathering or meeting of Instagrammers whose purpose is to take Instagram photos.</li>\n<li><strong>Latergram:</strong> Something shared to Instagram after the image was taken. This term is old and less relevant now that Instagram is commonly used to share content taken from various sources and over periods of time rather than in real time.</li>\n<li><strong>Library: </strong>In iOS, the tab in the camera feature where images from your phone’s Camera Roll are located.</li>\n<li><strong>Like:</strong> The measure of appreciation of a post documented. A like is represented by a heart icon. You can like a post by double-tapping the image or tapping the heart icon below the image.</li>\n<li><strong>Mention: </strong>When an account mentions another account on Instagram. The @ symbol along with the username of the account is used to hyperlink to that account. You can do this in post captions or comments.</li>\n<li><strong>Newsfeed</strong>: These are posts Instagram includes for you based on the likelihood you will be interested in the subject matter.</li>\n<li><strong>Notification:</strong> An alert you receive when someone interacts with your content or profile. A red pop-up screen appears at the bottom of your Instagram account when you log in, showing how many and what types of notifications you’ve received.</li>\n<li><strong>Post:</strong> Any visual content uploaded to Instagram.</li>\n<li><strong>Profile:</strong> Your account information, consisting of your name, username, profile photo, bio description, and gallery. You can view the profile of any Instagram account by tapping the account’s profile photo in the feed. You can view your own profile by tapping your profile photo in the bottom navigation toolbar.</li>\n<li><strong>Reel:</strong> A short-form video content format that allows you to create and share videos from 3 to 30 seconds long. Upload content via the Reels platform by swiping right from the home page screen and then taking your video from Instagram or uploading the Camera Roll on your mobile device.</li>\n<li><strong>Story:</strong> Short-form content (photos or videos) that remains on a user’s profile for only 24 hours. The content is uploaded via the story platform (swipe right from the home feed screen) or by tapping on your image with the + symbol in the top banner of the home feed. Your current stories and the stories created by those you follow appear in circles across the top banner of the home feed.</li>\n<li><strong>Tag: </strong>A way to indicate the subject of a photo or communicate with an Instagram user or both in a post. An account should be tagged only if it’s included in the post content, such as a person in the image, a location where the photo was taken, or a product from a brand shown in the photo. When uploading a post to Instagram, you can tag another user in the post by choosing the Tag People option and selecting the account to tag. A post that includes tagged accounts will include a notification on your post that accounts are referenced; tapping the photo will display the tagged accounts. The tagged accounts will also receive a notification.</li>\n<li><strong>Username:</strong> The name an account uses on Instagram to define its profile address. The Instagram URL for any user is <code>www.instagram.com/<em>username</em></code>. All comments, engagement, and profile interactions are documented as being conducted by the account’s username (not the name or other profile component). Instagram generates the username with an @ symbol in front when typing the person’s username on Instagram.</li>\n</ul>\n"},{"title":"Knowing your limits on Instagram","thumb":null,"image":null,"content":"<p>For all the fun you can have on Instagram, you need to be aware of a number of restrictions. Instagram doesn’t approve of accounts that act spammy or that over engage in certain behaviors that appear to have motives other than natural interactions. While you have good intentions and you, or someone in your business, will personally interact with others on Instagram, believe it or not, there are many people out there who don’t. People who use automated software to rapidly follow other accounts, comment on posts, or like other account posts are violating Instagram’s terms of use. The following limits are meant to help reduce that automated activity and ensure more authentic engagement from users on Instagram.</p>\n<p>Following is a list of the most common and current restrictions on Instagram:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Number of characters you can use in a username: 30</li>\n<li>Number of characters you can use in your bio: 150</li>\n<li>Number of characters you can use in a caption: 2200</li>\n<li>Number of accounts you can follow: 7500</li>\n<li>Number of accounts that can follow you: unlimited</li>\n<li>Number of posts you can like per hour: 350</li>\n<li>Number of posts you can share: unlimited</li>\n<li>Number of recent likes you can view: 300</li>\n<li>Number of notifications that can appear in the activity log of the Notifications tab: 100</li>\n<li>Number of hashtags you can include per post: 30</li>\n<li>Number of people you can tag in a post: 20</li>\n</ul>\n"},{"title":"Image and video sizes on Instagram","thumb":null,"image":null,"content":"<p>When using Instagram for business, it&#8217;s important that you use the appropriate image or video size to showcase your products and services. Nothing looks worse than a photo cut off on one side or pixelated. Read on for the current recommended image sizes for Instagram.</p>\n<h3>Instagram Profile Picture</h3>\n<p>Remember that your profile picture will be placed in a circle when displayed. You may need to adjust the image if it is square or rectangular.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recommended size: 110 x 110 pixels</li>\n<li>Maximum size: 180 x 180 pixels</li>\n<li>Image format: .jpg or .png</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Instagram Newsfeed</h3>\n<h4>Single image or carousel</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Recommended size: 1080 x 1080 pixels (square), 1080 x 566 pixels (landscape), or 1080 x 1350 pixels (portrait)</li>\n<li>Image format: .jpg or .png</li>\n<li>Maximum file size: 30MB</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>Video</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Recommended size: 600 x 600 pixels (square), 600 x 315 pixels (landscape), or 1020 x 1920 pixels (IGTV portrait video)</li>\n<li>Aspect ratio: 1:1 (square) or 1.91:1 (rectangle)</li>\n<li>Minimum resolution: 600 x 600 pixels</li>\n<li>Maximum resolution: 1080 x 1080 pixels</li>\n<li>Minimum length: 3 seconds</li>\n<li>Maximum length: 60 seconds</li>\n<li>File type: .MP4 or .mov</li>\n<li>Maximum file size: 4GB</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Instagram Stories</h3>\n<h4>Single image</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Recommended size: 1080 x 1920 pixels</li>\n<li>Aspect ratio: 9:16</li>\n<li>Image format: .jpg or .png</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>Video</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Recommended size: 1080 x 1920 pixels</li>\n<li>Aspect ratio: 9:16</li>\n<li>Minimum resolution: 720 x 1280 pixels</li>\n<li>Minimum length: 3 seconds</li>\n<li>Maximum length: 15 seconds</li>\n<li>File type: .MP4 or .mov</li>\n<li>Maximum file size: 4GB</li>\n</ul>\n"},{"title":"Sharing posts and profiles directly","thumb":null,"image":null,"content":"<p>As you follow the Instagram feeds of your business partners and competitors (you are, aren’t you?), you can share a post from a feed in a private, direct message with someone else in your company (say, your sales director) along with your own note. Or if you think a business partner should start following another Instagram user, you can send a link to that user’s profile in a direct message to your partner.</p>\n<p>When you find a post you like and want to share, do the following:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Below the photo or video, tap the direct message (DM) icon directly below the post, next to the heart and comment bubble icons.<br />\nThe icon looks like a bifurcated arrow.</li>\n<li>In the row of contacts in the Send To box, swipe up and down.</li>\n<li>Tap the profile photos of your recipients (iOS) or tap Send (Android).\n<ul>\n<li>Android: If you want to include a message with your shared post, you must add that message in the Write a Message box before selecting a person.</li>\n<li>iOS device: A check mark replaces the profile photo.<br />\nIf you need to search for a recipient, tap or click the Search icon and type the username or the name of the recipient in the Search box. The usernames that match your search terms appear below the Search box. Tap the username when you see it below the Search box.<br />\nThe selected name has a check mark to the right of the profile photo and the cursor appears in the Write a Message box.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>If necessary, tap or click in the Write a Message box.</li>\n<li>Type your message, and then tap Send.</li>\n</ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Sent notification appears at the top of the screen for a few seconds. The recipients receive a notification that they have a new direct message.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The message that your recipients see on the Instagram Direct screen contains the post photo, the username and profile person of the poster, any comment from the poster, and any message you included.</p>\n<p>It’s also easy to share profile information directly with recipients so they can decide if they want to follow that user. Here’s how:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>In the feed screen, tap the username directly above the photo or video.</li>\n<li>On the user’s profile page, tap the menu icon (three dots) in the upper-right corner of the screen.</li>\n<li>Tap or click Share This Profile (iOS or Windows).</li>\n<li>Follow Step 3 in the preceding list.</li>\n<li>Return to the feed screen by tapping the Home icon in the lower-left corner of the screen.</li>\n</ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The message that your recipients see contains the person’s name, profile username, and photo, as well as the six most recent photos or videos in the profile. Any message you sent with the profile link appears below the profile message. The recipient can view the profile on the screen by tapping or clicking the message.</p>\n"}],"videoInfo":{"videoId":null,"name":null,"accountId":null,"playerId":null,"thumbnailUrl":null,"description":null,"uploadDate":null}},"sponsorship":{"sponsorshipPage":false,"backgroundImage":{"src":null,"width":0,"height":0},"brandingLine":"","brandingLink":"","brandingLogo":{"src":null,"width":0,"height":0}},"primaryLearningPath":"Advance","lifeExpectancy":"One year","lifeExpectancySetFrom":"2022-02-22T00:00:00+00:00","dummiesForKids":"no","sponsoredContent":"no","adInfo":"","adPairKey":[]},"status":"publish","visibility":"public","articleId":247408},{"headers":{"creationTime":"2016-03-26T07:54:02+00:00","modifiedTime":"2022-01-25T21:37:38+00:00","timestamp":"2022-06-22T19:37:09+00:00"},"data":{"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Technology","_links":{"self":"https://dummies-api.dummies.com/v2/categories/33512"},"slug":"technology","categoryId":33512},{"name":"Social Media","_links":{"self":"https://dummies-api.dummies.com/v2/categories/33611"},"slug":"social-media","categoryId":33611},{"name":"YouTube","_links":{"self":"https://dummies-api.dummies.com/v2/categories/33616"},"slug":"youtube","categoryId":33616}],"title":"10 Things to Know About YouTube Copyright Rules","strippedTitle":"10 things to know about youtube copyright rules","slug":"10-things-to-know-about-copyright-and-youtube","canonicalUrl":"","seo":{"metaDescription":"YouTube takes copyright infringement seriously, so if you upload videos there, you should take it seriously, too. Here's what to know.","noIndex":0,"noFollow":0},"content":"When someone infringes on copyright — whether it’s someone doing it to you or you doing it to someone else — there <i>will</i> be consequences. YouTube takes the breach seriously and will take down the infringing video. It also penalizes the offender with a strike. And as in baseball, if you get three strikes, you’re outta there! YouTube boots you and your channel if it gets to this point.\r\n\r\nTo ensure that it doesn’t happen to you, follow this advice:\r\n<h2 id=\"tab1\" >Remember who owns the copyright</h2>\r\nIt’s fairly simple: If you created the video, the copyright belongs to you; if you <a href=\"https://www.dummies.com/article/technology/social-media/youtube/publishing-and-unpublishing-youtube-videos-143453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upload content</a> created by someone else, the copyright belongs to that person, and you better get their permission before you upload it it.\r\n\r\nAs soon as the work is created, so is the copyright, and since 1992, there’s no longer a renewal process. Copyright lives with the creator — and even lives on for a period after the death of the creator.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab2\" >Attribution does not absolve a copyright violation</h2>\r\nSome people steal other people’s work and claim it as their own, and that’s blatant infringement. But it’s no less of an offense when you use content and then add a line saying, “Created by so‐and‐so,\" or \"No copyright infringement intended,\" or \"All rights belong to their respective owners.\" It’s still a breach that can earn a strike and a block of the video.\r\n\r\nIf you use someone else’s work in your video without that person’s permission, it doesn’t make it less of an offense just because you give the person credit. You’re still in violation because attributing the creator doesn’t absolve you if you don’t get permission.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab3\" >Know the consequences</h2>\r\nTwo things can happen if you commit a copyright violation, and though they sound similar, they’re completely different:\r\n<ul class=\"level-one\">\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Takedown notice</b>: If someone spots content they’ve created being used without their permission, they can send YouTube a complaint. If it’s a breach, YouTube takes down the video and issues the offender a copyright strike.</p>\r\n<p class=\"child-para Tip\">If you feel compelled to lodge a complaint, just be extra sure that it’s your content and that the breach is accurate, because you’re initiating a legal process.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Content ID match: </b>Content ID is a system YouTube uses to automatically match content that violates copyright against the millions of videos uploaded every month to the site. For Content ID to work properly, copyright owners have to upload so‐called reference files — original versions of their work that prove they own the rights.</p>\r\n<p class=\"child-para\">Normally, record labels, movie studios, or TV stations go through this process for all the work they publish, so individual artists don’t have to worry about it. Every new video uploaded to YouTube is checked against this huge library of reference files, and if there is a match, YouTube automatically files a copyright claim for the owner of the work.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNo matter how a copyright violation may have been discovered, if you breach another content creator’s copyright, that creator is in a position to have YouTube take down your content. In the event of a mistake, you can send YouTube a notice saying that an error occurred, but you had better be darn sure about it. If the claim ends up being proven correct, or if you were untruthful in any way, you may find yourself in much bigger trouble, including legal action.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab4\" >The profit motive is irrelevant</h2>\r\nSome folks will say, “Hey, it’s all right if I use someone else’s content, because I’m not looking to make any money.” Say that before the judge and the verdict will still be “Guilty of copyright infringement!”\r\n\r\nWhether you intend to make money from the video or you simply want to share your masterpiece with the world, it still doesn’t mean that you can violate copyright law. You need to get permission from the copyright holder.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab5\" >Getting permission for using copyrighted material</h2>\r\nGetting permission to use someone else’s copyrighted material is often well within the realm of the possible. A nicely written note explaining how you would use the content usually is enough for a rights holder to grant permission.\r\n\r\nJust remember that it can get dicey, because sometimes permission comes with the caveat that you cannot monetize the overall video. That restriction can hurt big‐time if your intention is to quit your day job, but it may end up being a bittersweet solution if you’re merely looking to add flavor to your video.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab6\" >Fair use is complicated</h2>\r\nAlbert Einstein never failed math, unicorns don’t exist, and fair use is anything but easy — or fair — to understand. Debunking the first two of these myths is easy. All right, maybe the first is, but when it comes to fair use, that’s a single‐horned horse of a different color.\r\n\r\nMany misconceptions exist surrounding fair use, among them the notion that you can use anything you want as long as you don’t go beyond some arbitrary time constraint. But it’s much more complicated. In some editorial situations, you can use copyrighted material without permission, but you must fully understand those situations to avoid future trouble.\r\n\r\nIf you feel the need to exercise fair use, and the use is for nonprofit and educational purpose, here a few acceptable uses to consider:\r\n<ul class=\"level-one\">\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Criticism: </b>Reviewing a movie or some form of music makes it perfectly acceptable to use copyrighted material without permission, for example short clips on the work you critique.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Parody: </b>If you’re poking fun at something, it’s acceptable to use content without first gaining permission.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Commentary:</b> This one depends on how you use the material. If it’s used just enough to illustrate your point, it’s acceptable. For instance, gamers on YouTube often record themselves playing a new video game and offer funny observations. This is, within limits, fair use.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Academic:</strong> If you're creating educational content, it's considered fair to use to reference other works in certain situations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAnd now for the misconceptions:\r\n<ul class=\"level-one\">\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>You can use 40 seconds of anything:</b> It’s completely untrue. You can’t use even <i>4 seconds</i> if it doesn’t comply with the circumstances in the preceding list. As a best practice, use the least amount of copyrighted material to get your point across, and always credit the original copyright owner.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>The notion that you can decide fair use for yourself:</b> Fair use is complicated for many situations, so you may not be sure exactly what you’re allowed to do. The thing is, if you stretch the limits of fair use too far, and harm the original copyright owner's ability to profit from their work, you can be sanctioned by YouTube. That’s why a copyright attorney should decide any serious question over fair use.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2 id=\"tab7\" >Don’t let copyright issues on YouTube lead to a strikeout</h2>\r\nThree strikes and you’re out is a common understanding when playing baseball. But in baseball, you get another chance after another eight batters have had their try. YouTube doesn’t share this benevolence, so if they give you three strikes — especially for copyright issues — that means a lifetime ban from its partnership program.\r\n\r\nThat’s something you don’t want on your record; worse yet, once that happens to you, you won’t be able to recover any of your videos. So, you want to avoid getting strikes at all costs.\r\n\r\nThere are two types of YouTube strikes:\r\n<ul class=\"level-one\">\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Community guideline strike:</b> This type can result from a variety of causes, ranging from uploading objectionable content to having a misleading thumbnail or caption. You can learn more about these guidelines on <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/community-guidelines/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube's Community Guidelines page</a>.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Copyright strike:</b> If some part of your video includes content from another creator and that creator did not grant you permission, you can get a copyright strike. You can appeal it or take down the video to avoid a possible strike.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nOther things you should know:\r\n<ul class=\"level-one\">\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Mandatory copyright school must be completed:</b> After your first strike, YouTube requires that you take an online course and take a little quiz to be sure you’re up to speed on copyright regulations.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Strikes come down, eventually: </b>As long as you haven’t struck out, community guideline strikes and copyright strikes disappear after 90 days from the time they’re issued. At that point, YouTube restores any channel privileges you lost while you waited out the strike. If you draw three community guideline strikes or three copyright strikes over a 90-day period, your YouTube channel will be terminated.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Your fate usually lies with the copyright holder: </b>That person can decide whether the video you uploaded should be removed, flagged in certain regions, or even monetized. Yes, that’s right: Even though the video may contain only a small portion of the person’s material, they're entitled to all monetization proceeds. They can even put ads on your video, if you haven’t added monetization.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2 id=\"tab8\" >Wipe the slate clean</h2>\r\nIf you get a copyright strike from YouTube and you’re positive that you’re in the right, go ahead and appeal the strike with a copyright counter-notification.\r\n\r\nIf you’re not sure whether you can win, maybe it’s better to wait it out until the strike expires. You see, after you appeal the strike, your personal information goes to the copyright holder and that person can possibly sue you for copyright infringement. If the situation gets to this level, you still can work out an agreement directly with the copyright holder and see whether they will file an appeal with YouTube on your behalf if you both agree that you were within your rights to use the copyrighted material. It’s worth a shot.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab9\" >YouTube’s robots are good at finding copyright infringements</h2>\r\nWhether intentional or inadvertent, sometimes the content of other creators gets used in a YouTube video. Sometimes the breach is noticed, and at other times it goes undetected by the original creator. But as YouTube continues to refine its copyright detection system, the system will find infringements more quickly than ever.\r\n\r\nPart of those refinements to YouTube’s copyright detection system include sophisticated algorithms that scan every uploaded video and compare it to similar uploaded content, looking for matches with music, video, or pictures. It seems music gets detected the most. Even if it’s background music, you may get sanctioned. Usually, YouTube blocks the video, and you must submit a dispute form.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab10\" >Copyright is not forever, but it’s forever enough for YouTube</h2>\r\nCopyright lasts for 70 years past the death of the author; after that point, the copyrighted content enters the public domain. When that happens, the content is no longer protected by intellectual property laws, and anyone can use it without permission. Of course, for many people on YouTube, that content isn’t available to use without permission until we near the next century.\r\n\r\nOf course, if the creator (or the creator's heirs) files a copyright extension, they can hold on to the rights — that way, the video of your dog dressed as a spider can stay in the family for as long as possible.","description":"When someone infringes on copyright — whether it’s someone doing it to you or you doing it to someone else — there <i>will</i> be consequences. YouTube takes the breach seriously and will take down the infringing video. It also penalizes the offender with a strike. And as in baseball, if you get three strikes, you’re outta there! YouTube boots you and your channel if it gets to this point.\r\n\r\nTo ensure that it doesn’t happen to you, follow this advice:\r\n<h2 id=\"tab1\" >Remember who owns the copyright</h2>\r\nIt’s fairly simple: If you created the video, the copyright belongs to you; if you <a href=\"https://www.dummies.com/article/technology/social-media/youtube/publishing-and-unpublishing-youtube-videos-143453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upload content</a> created by someone else, the copyright belongs to that person, and you better get their permission before you upload it it.\r\n\r\nAs soon as the work is created, so is the copyright, and since 1992, there’s no longer a renewal process. Copyright lives with the creator — and even lives on for a period after the death of the creator.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab2\" >Attribution does not absolve a copyright violation</h2>\r\nSome people steal other people’s work and claim it as their own, and that’s blatant infringement. But it’s no less of an offense when you use content and then add a line saying, “Created by so‐and‐so,\" or \"No copyright infringement intended,\" or \"All rights belong to their respective owners.\" It’s still a breach that can earn a strike and a block of the video.\r\n\r\nIf you use someone else’s work in your video without that person’s permission, it doesn’t make it less of an offense just because you give the person credit. You’re still in violation because attributing the creator doesn’t absolve you if you don’t get permission.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab3\" >Know the consequences</h2>\r\nTwo things can happen if you commit a copyright violation, and though they sound similar, they’re completely different:\r\n<ul class=\"level-one\">\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Takedown notice</b>: If someone spots content they’ve created being used without their permission, they can send YouTube a complaint. If it’s a breach, YouTube takes down the video and issues the offender a copyright strike.</p>\r\n<p class=\"child-para Tip\">If you feel compelled to lodge a complaint, just be extra sure that it’s your content and that the breach is accurate, because you’re initiating a legal process.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Content ID match: </b>Content ID is a system YouTube uses to automatically match content that violates copyright against the millions of videos uploaded every month to the site. For Content ID to work properly, copyright owners have to upload so‐called reference files — original versions of their work that prove they own the rights.</p>\r\n<p class=\"child-para\">Normally, record labels, movie studios, or TV stations go through this process for all the work they publish, so individual artists don’t have to worry about it. Every new video uploaded to YouTube is checked against this huge library of reference files, and if there is a match, YouTube automatically files a copyright claim for the owner of the work.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNo matter how a copyright violation may have been discovered, if you breach another content creator’s copyright, that creator is in a position to have YouTube take down your content. In the event of a mistake, you can send YouTube a notice saying that an error occurred, but you had better be darn sure about it. If the claim ends up being proven correct, or if you were untruthful in any way, you may find yourself in much bigger trouble, including legal action.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab4\" >The profit motive is irrelevant</h2>\r\nSome folks will say, “Hey, it’s all right if I use someone else’s content, because I’m not looking to make any money.” Say that before the judge and the verdict will still be “Guilty of copyright infringement!”\r\n\r\nWhether you intend to make money from the video or you simply want to share your masterpiece with the world, it still doesn’t mean that you can violate copyright law. You need to get permission from the copyright holder.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab5\" >Getting permission for using copyrighted material</h2>\r\nGetting permission to use someone else’s copyrighted material is often well within the realm of the possible. A nicely written note explaining how you would use the content usually is enough for a rights holder to grant permission.\r\n\r\nJust remember that it can get dicey, because sometimes permission comes with the caveat that you cannot monetize the overall video. That restriction can hurt big‐time if your intention is to quit your day job, but it may end up being a bittersweet solution if you’re merely looking to add flavor to your video.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab6\" >Fair use is complicated</h2>\r\nAlbert Einstein never failed math, unicorns don’t exist, and fair use is anything but easy — or fair — to understand. Debunking the first two of these myths is easy. All right, maybe the first is, but when it comes to fair use, that’s a single‐horned horse of a different color.\r\n\r\nMany misconceptions exist surrounding fair use, among them the notion that you can use anything you want as long as you don’t go beyond some arbitrary time constraint. But it’s much more complicated. In some editorial situations, you can use copyrighted material without permission, but you must fully understand those situations to avoid future trouble.\r\n\r\nIf you feel the need to exercise fair use, and the use is for nonprofit and educational purpose, here a few acceptable uses to consider:\r\n<ul class=\"level-one\">\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Criticism: </b>Reviewing a movie or some form of music makes it perfectly acceptable to use copyrighted material without permission, for example short clips on the work you critique.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Parody: </b>If you’re poking fun at something, it’s acceptable to use content without first gaining permission.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Commentary:</b> This one depends on how you use the material. If it’s used just enough to illustrate your point, it’s acceptable. For instance, gamers on YouTube often record themselves playing a new video game and offer funny observations. This is, within limits, fair use.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Academic:</strong> If you're creating educational content, it's considered fair to use to reference other works in certain situations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAnd now for the misconceptions:\r\n<ul class=\"level-one\">\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>You can use 40 seconds of anything:</b> It’s completely untrue. You can’t use even <i>4 seconds</i> if it doesn’t comply with the circumstances in the preceding list. As a best practice, use the least amount of copyrighted material to get your point across, and always credit the original copyright owner.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>The notion that you can decide fair use for yourself:</b> Fair use is complicated for many situations, so you may not be sure exactly what you’re allowed to do. The thing is, if you stretch the limits of fair use too far, and harm the original copyright owner's ability to profit from their work, you can be sanctioned by YouTube. That’s why a copyright attorney should decide any serious question over fair use.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2 id=\"tab7\" >Don’t let copyright issues on YouTube lead to a strikeout</h2>\r\nThree strikes and you’re out is a common understanding when playing baseball. But in baseball, you get another chance after another eight batters have had their try. YouTube doesn’t share this benevolence, so if they give you three strikes — especially for copyright issues — that means a lifetime ban from its partnership program.\r\n\r\nThat’s something you don’t want on your record; worse yet, once that happens to you, you won’t be able to recover any of your videos. So, you want to avoid getting strikes at all costs.\r\n\r\nThere are two types of YouTube strikes:\r\n<ul class=\"level-one\">\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Community guideline strike:</b> This type can result from a variety of causes, ranging from uploading objectionable content to having a misleading thumbnail or caption. You can learn more about these guidelines on <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/community-guidelines/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube's Community Guidelines page</a>.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Copyright strike:</b> If some part of your video includes content from another creator and that creator did not grant you permission, you can get a copyright strike. You can appeal it or take down the video to avoid a possible strike.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nOther things you should know:\r\n<ul class=\"level-one\">\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Mandatory copyright school must be completed:</b> After your first strike, YouTube requires that you take an online course and take a little quiz to be sure you’re up to speed on copyright regulations.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Strikes come down, eventually: </b>As long as you haven’t struck out, community guideline strikes and copyright strikes disappear after 90 days from the time they’re issued. At that point, YouTube restores any channel privileges you lost while you waited out the strike. If you draw three community guideline strikes or three copyright strikes over a 90-day period, your YouTube channel will be terminated.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\"><b>Your fate usually lies with the copyright holder: </b>That person can decide whether the video you uploaded should be removed, flagged in certain regions, or even monetized. Yes, that’s right: Even though the video may contain only a small portion of the person’s material, they're entitled to all monetization proceeds. They can even put ads on your video, if you haven’t added monetization.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2 id=\"tab8\" >Wipe the slate clean</h2>\r\nIf you get a copyright strike from YouTube and you’re positive that you’re in the right, go ahead and appeal the strike with a copyright counter-notification.\r\n\r\nIf you’re not sure whether you can win, maybe it’s better to wait it out until the strike expires. You see, after you appeal the strike, your personal information goes to the copyright holder and that person can possibly sue you for copyright infringement. If the situation gets to this level, you still can work out an agreement directly with the copyright holder and see whether they will file an appeal with YouTube on your behalf if you both agree that you were within your rights to use the copyrighted material. It’s worth a shot.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab9\" >YouTube’s robots are good at finding copyright infringements</h2>\r\nWhether intentional or inadvertent, sometimes the content of other creators gets used in a YouTube video. Sometimes the breach is noticed, and at other times it goes undetected by the original creator. But as YouTube continues to refine its copyright detection system, the system will find infringements more quickly than ever.\r\n\r\nPart of those refinements to YouTube’s copyright detection system include sophisticated algorithms that scan every uploaded video and compare it to similar uploaded content, looking for matches with music, video, or pictures. It seems music gets detected the most. Even if it’s background music, you may get sanctioned. Usually, YouTube blocks the video, and you must submit a dispute form.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab10\" >Copyright is not forever, but it’s forever enough for YouTube</h2>\r\nCopyright lasts for 70 years past the death of the author; after that point, the copyrighted content enters the public domain. When that happens, the content is no longer protected by intellectual property laws, and anyone can use it without permission. 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It's easy to retrieve them. Here's how to do it.","noIndex":0,"noFollow":0},"content":"If you forget your YouTube username or password, don't panic. YouTube has your e-mail address, and you can retrieve your forgotten username or password from them. (When you <a href=\"https://www.dummies.com/article/technology/social-media/youtube/how-to-create-a-youtube-account-206742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first register with YouTube</a>, jot down your username and password, especially if they’re different from those that you use regularly on other websites.)\r\n<ol class=\"level-one\">\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\">Go to <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube.com</a> and click the Sign In link at the top-right corner of the page.</p>\r\n<p class=\"child-para\">Bam — the sign in page appears.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\">Click either the Forgot Username link or the Forgot Password link.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\">Enter your username.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\">Enter the verification code from the multicolored text.</p>\r\n<p class=\"child-para\">Be sure to copy it exactly, using uppercase or lowercase, as shown in the code.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p class=\"first-para\">Click the Reset My Password! button.</p>\r\n<p class=\"child-para\">YouTube sends an e-mail containing your password to your registered e-mail address.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nIf you still can’t log in with what you’re certain is your correct username and password, it’s probably because you don’t have cookies turned on in your browser preferences. If you’re using Chrome, for example, at the top-right corner of the screen, click the three vertical dots icon. Choose Settings. Under Security and Privacy, click Site settings. Scroll down and click Cookies and site data. From here, you can choose Allow all cookies, Block all cookies, or select other options.","description":"If you forget your YouTube username or password, don't panic. YouTube has your e-mail address, and you can retrieve your forgotten username or password from them. 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The last step when uploading a video is to publish it.\r\n\r\nPublishing is all about configuring the privacy settings that are most appropriate for your users and clicking Save during the upload process or by selecting a video on the YouTube Studio Video tab. For most channel managers, that means specifying one of the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Private</strong>: Only you and people you choose can watch the video. You can manually send an invitation, or YouTube can send it to the email addresses you specify. Once you select Private, the Share Video Privately link appears. Click the link and enter the email addresses of your recipients. After you enter the addresses, click the \"Notify via email\" checkbox. When invitees get the invitation via email, they must log into their Google account to view the video.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Unlisted</strong>: Anyone with the video link can watch the video. The difference between this setting and Private, is that anyone who has the link can share it with others.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Public</strong>: The video will be available for anyone on YouTube that finds your video from the search engine, or stumbles upon it. When you choose this setting, you have the option to Set as instant Premiere, which means you and your viewers can watch it at the same time.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Schedule</strong>: Choose this option and a dialog appears enabling you to set the date and time for when the video will be available on YouTube. When you schedule a video, you also have the option to set it as a Premiere.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAfter choosing an option, you save, publish or schedule the video. If you choose the make the video Private or Unlisted, click the Save button. If you choose Public, click the Publish button. If you choose Schedule, click the Schedule button.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-290138\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/youtube-channel-visibility-options.png\" alt=\"YouTube channel visibility window\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" />\r\n<p class=\"article-tips warning\">Be sure to keep <a href=\"https://www.dummies.com/article/technology/social-media/youtube/10-things-to-know-about-copyright-and-youtube-143446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube's copyright rules</a> in mind, and follow them carefully. YouTube takes copyright infringement very seriously and there will be consequences if you violate the rules.</p>\r\nAfter you publish videos, you have the option to unpublish them or delete tone or more videos To accomplish either task, log into YouTube, click your avatar and then choose Your Channel from the drop-down menu. 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The video disappears in a cloud of virtual smoke.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-290140\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/youtube-channel-delete-video.png\" alt=\"YouTube channel delete video option window\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" />\r\n\r\nTo delete multiple videos:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Open the Channel content page as outlined previously.</li>\r\n \t<li>To select videos for deletion, click the check box to the left of any video you want to delete. You can select contiguous or non-contiguous videos.</li>\r\n \t<li>Click the More Actions link. A drop-down menu appears with the option to delete forever. If you choose one video, you also have the option to download the video.</li>\r\n \t<li>Choose Delete Forever. After choosing this option, YouTube displays a warning that you are about to delete (the dialog lists the number of videos you are about to delete) forever.</li>\r\n \t<li>Click the checkbox to acknowledge that deletion is permanent can cannot be undone. Your only other option is Cancel.</li>\r\n \t<li>Click Delete Forever.\r\nThe videos are lost in cyberspace.</li>\r\n</ol>","description":"As a YouTube channel manager or content creator, your work may well be done when you’ve uploaded your videos and set the metadata. The last step when uploading a video is to publish it.\r\n\r\nPublishing is all about configuring the privacy settings that are most appropriate for your users and clicking Save during the upload process or by selecting a video on the YouTube Studio Video tab. For most channel managers, that means specifying one of the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Private</strong>: Only you and people you choose can watch the video. You can manually send an invitation, or YouTube can send it to the email addresses you specify. Once you select Private, the Share Video Privately link appears. Click the link and enter the email addresses of your recipients. After you enter the addresses, click the \"Notify via email\" checkbox. When invitees get the invitation via email, they must log into their Google account to view the video.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Unlisted</strong>: Anyone with the video link can watch the video. The difference between this setting and Private, is that anyone who has the link can share it with others.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Public</strong>: The video will be available for anyone on YouTube that finds your video from the search engine, or stumbles upon it. When you choose this setting, you have the option to Set as instant Premiere, which means you and your viewers can watch it at the same time.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Schedule</strong>: Choose this option and a dialog appears enabling you to set the date and time for when the video will be available on YouTube. When you schedule a video, you also have the option to set it as a Premiere.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAfter choosing an option, you save, publish or schedule the video. If you choose the make the video Private or Unlisted, click the Save button. If you choose Public, click the Publish button. If you choose Schedule, click the Schedule button.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-290138\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/youtube-channel-visibility-options.png\" alt=\"YouTube channel visibility window\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" />\r\n<p class=\"article-tips warning\">Be sure to keep <a href=\"https://www.dummies.com/article/technology/social-media/youtube/10-things-to-know-about-copyright-and-youtube-143446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube's copyright rules</a> in mind, and follow them carefully. YouTube takes copyright infringement very seriously and there will be consequences if you violate the rules.</p>\r\nAfter you publish videos, you have the option to unpublish them or delete tone or more videos To accomplish either task, log into YouTube, click your avatar and then choose Your Channel from the drop-down menu. 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LinkedIn LinkedIn Profile Optimization For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-28-2022

Your LinkedIn profile is more than just your resume! It’s your digital introduction and first impression to the world. Make sure that first impression is a good one by optimizing your profile. This handy Cheat Sheet offers quick references to tools and tips to help make optimizing your profile efforts easier.

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General Social Media Twitch For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-18-2022

Twitch is an exciting entertainment platform. With Twitch, you can watch broadcasters show off their talents as they live-stream themselves playing video games, playing music, showing off their hobbies, and so much more. And you can set up your own channel and start broadcasting your own content. The great thing about Twitch is that you can interact with your audience while streaming, which builds a sense of community.

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Instagram How to Find Your Contacts on Instagram

Article / Updated 03-15-2022

If you're new to Instagram, you may be wondering where to start. Instagram (and its daddy, Facebook) is happy to help you make connections. You can find people in a few different ways. Finding your Facebook friends Facebook has a vested interest in making Instagram grow, so it tries to encourage you to round up your Facebook friends and bring them over to Instagram. It’s an easy way for you to find people. To find friends on Facebook, follow these steps: Go to your Instagram profile page by tapping your photo at the bottom right of your phone’s screen. Tap the person with a plus (and possibly a red number) at the top left. Tap the Facebook link at the top of your screen. Confirm your Facebook login by tapping OK. The screen displays how many Facebook friends you have on Instagram. Tap either Follow All or Follow. To follow every one of your Facebook friends on Instagram, tap Follow All. If you’d rather be more selective, especially because you'll likely be promoting your product or service, you may want to follow friends one by one. Simply tap Follow next to each friend you’d like to connect with, and keep scrolling and following! Some of your friends may have set their accounts to private. In this case, you see Requested after you tap Follow. They need to approve you before you can view their profile and posts. Syncing your contact list Instagram can also connect you with the contacts stored on your phone or tablet. After you activate this feature, your contacts are periodically synced with Instagram’s servers. Instagram does not follow anyone on your behalf, and you can disconnect your contacts at any time so that Instagram cannot access them. This feature may be best as a one-and-done in the beginning versus a constant connection for privacy purposes. To connect your contacts, follow these steps: Go to your Instagram profile page by tapping your photo at the bottom right of your phone’s screen. Tap the small person with a plus (and possibly a red number) at the top left. Tap the Contacts link. The next screen tells you that Instagram will find people you know, and you're given the option to follow them. To proceed, tap Connect Contacts. Another pop-up asks whether Instagram can access your contacts. Tap Allow Access. A pop-up appears asking you to allow Instagram access to your Contacts. This is your last chance to cancel your decision to allow Instagram to access your contacts. Tap OK. The pop-up goes away, and the Contacts screen appears. Follow all your contacts on Instagram by tapping Follow All, or choose which contacts to follow by tapping Follow next to each one. If you change your mind at some point and want to disallow Instagram’s access to your contacts, tap the wheel icon on your profile page, scroll down to Settings, and then tap Contacts. Tap the Connect Contacts toggle to return it to white, which terminates Instagram’s access.

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Facebook How to Activate the Follow Button on a Facebook Personal Profile

Article / Updated 03-15-2022

There are good marketing reasons to have a Facebook profile with the Follow button activated. If you already have lots of Facebook friends who are more like potential customers or clients, and you haven’t taken the time to create a business page (and probably won’t), this approach is for you! Here’s how to turn on the Follow button on your personal profile: Click the down arrow in the upper-right corner of Facebook. A drop-down menu appears. Select Settings. Click Followers on the left sidebar. Select Everybody from the drop-down menu next to the Who Can Follow Me section. Adjust the settings to your liking for Follower Comments and Notifications. Enabling the Follow button is optional. You can enjoy a profile and share with only friends and family; you don’t have to turn on the Follow button. But a profile’s Follow system offers these benefits: After someone follows you, that person sees your Public updates in their News Feed. People may also discover your profile through the People to Follow box on the right side of their News Feed or through their friends’ News Feed stories. Followers can share your Public posts, which broadcasts your post and profile to a larger audience. You can have an unlimited number of followers (no more 5,000-friend limit). You're still able to block potential followers by adjusting your Privacy Settings Block List. You can connect with people on Facebook who prefer subscribing to a business page to liking it. When your Follow button is open, anyone who requests to be your friend automatically becomes a follower unless you block them. You know they’re getting your public updates; you don’t have to friend them unless you want to also get their updates. When you unfriend someone, they remain a follower unless you block them. You can unfollow a friend. You are still friends, but you do not receive their updates in your News Feed. Personal profiles get more exposure in the News Feed due to Facebook’s News Feed algorithm. You have a better chance of being seen if you’re also using your personal profile to post about your business. For more information about the Follow features, see Facebook’s Help section.

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YouTube YouTube Channels For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-25-2022

YouTube has definitely changed the entertainment playing field by globalizing the viewing experience. Any viewer who wants to see any video anywhere in the world only has to go to YouTube in their favorite browser, search for the video they want to see, and click the Play button — and there it is. As easy as it is for a viewer to take full advantage of YouTube, it’s almost as easy for a contributor to become part of the YouTube mix. After setting up an account, it’s a snap to start uploading video. And, if the video you’re uploading takes off, you could become famous and even earn a good chunk of change from your YouTube exploits.

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General Social Media Discord For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-23-2022

The idea behind the Cheat Sheet is to give you a quick shortcut on what you may want to jump into, research further, or implement straight away when getting started on Discord. The Cheat Sheet is also a quick reminder of details you may want within reach like “What can I integrate with my Discord?” or “What were those tips on interviewing guests?” Your Cheat Sheet is a flash card for what you need at a glance.

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Instagram Instagram For Business For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-22-2022

Before you start using Instagram to promote your business, you may want to learn the lingo that Instagrammers use. Instagram doesn't like accounts that act spammy or over-engage in certain behaviors, so you need to become familiar with a number of restrictions as well as the appropriate image or video size to showcase your products and services. When you follow other Instagram profiles, you can share posts and even entire profiles in a direct message to another Instagram user.

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YouTube 10 Things to Know About YouTube Copyright Rules

Article / Updated 01-25-2022

When someone infringes on copyright — whether it’s someone doing it to you or you doing it to someone else — there will be consequences. YouTube takes the breach seriously and will take down the infringing video. It also penalizes the offender with a strike. And as in baseball, if you get three strikes, you’re outta there! YouTube boots you and your channel if it gets to this point. To ensure that it doesn’t happen to you, follow this advice: Remember who owns the copyright It’s fairly simple: If you created the video, the copyright belongs to you; if you upload content created by someone else, the copyright belongs to that person, and you better get their permission before you upload it it. As soon as the work is created, so is the copyright, and since 1992, there’s no longer a renewal process. Copyright lives with the creator — and even lives on for a period after the death of the creator. Attribution does not absolve a copyright violation Some people steal other people’s work and claim it as their own, and that’s blatant infringement. But it’s no less of an offense when you use content and then add a line saying, “Created by so‐and‐so," or "No copyright infringement intended," or "All rights belong to their respective owners." It’s still a breach that can earn a strike and a block of the video. If you use someone else’s work in your video without that person’s permission, it doesn’t make it less of an offense just because you give the person credit. You’re still in violation because attributing the creator doesn’t absolve you if you don’t get permission. Know the consequences Two things can happen if you commit a copyright violation, and though they sound similar, they’re completely different: Takedown notice: If someone spots content they’ve created being used without their permission, they can send YouTube a complaint. If it’s a breach, YouTube takes down the video and issues the offender a copyright strike. If you feel compelled to lodge a complaint, just be extra sure that it’s your content and that the breach is accurate, because you’re initiating a legal process. Content ID match: Content ID is a system YouTube uses to automatically match content that violates copyright against the millions of videos uploaded every month to the site. For Content ID to work properly, copyright owners have to upload so‐called reference files — original versions of their work that prove they own the rights. Normally, record labels, movie studios, or TV stations go through this process for all the work they publish, so individual artists don’t have to worry about it. Every new video uploaded to YouTube is checked against this huge library of reference files, and if there is a match, YouTube automatically files a copyright claim for the owner of the work. No matter how a copyright violation may have been discovered, if you breach another content creator’s copyright, that creator is in a position to have YouTube take down your content. In the event of a mistake, you can send YouTube a notice saying that an error occurred, but you had better be darn sure about it. If the claim ends up being proven correct, or if you were untruthful in any way, you may find yourself in much bigger trouble, including legal action. The profit motive is irrelevant Some folks will say, “Hey, it’s all right if I use someone else’s content, because I’m not looking to make any money.” Say that before the judge and the verdict will still be “Guilty of copyright infringement!” Whether you intend to make money from the video or you simply want to share your masterpiece with the world, it still doesn’t mean that you can violate copyright law. You need to get permission from the copyright holder. Getting permission for using copyrighted material Getting permission to use someone else’s copyrighted material is often well within the realm of the possible. A nicely written note explaining how you would use the content usually is enough for a rights holder to grant permission. Just remember that it can get dicey, because sometimes permission comes with the caveat that you cannot monetize the overall video. That restriction can hurt big‐time if your intention is to quit your day job, but it may end up being a bittersweet solution if you’re merely looking to add flavor to your video. Fair use is complicated Albert Einstein never failed math, unicorns don’t exist, and fair use is anything but easy — or fair — to understand. Debunking the first two of these myths is easy. All right, maybe the first is, but when it comes to fair use, that’s a single‐horned horse of a different color. Many misconceptions exist surrounding fair use, among them the notion that you can use anything you want as long as you don’t go beyond some arbitrary time constraint. But it’s much more complicated. In some editorial situations, you can use copyrighted material without permission, but you must fully understand those situations to avoid future trouble. If you feel the need to exercise fair use, and the use is for nonprofit and educational purpose, here a few acceptable uses to consider: Criticism: Reviewing a movie or some form of music makes it perfectly acceptable to use copyrighted material without permission, for example short clips on the work you critique. Parody: If you’re poking fun at something, it’s acceptable to use content without first gaining permission. Commentary: This one depends on how you use the material. If it’s used just enough to illustrate your point, it’s acceptable. For instance, gamers on YouTube often record themselves playing a new video game and offer funny observations. This is, within limits, fair use. Academic: If you're creating educational content, it's considered fair to use to reference other works in certain situations. And now for the misconceptions: You can use 40 seconds of anything: It’s completely untrue. You can’t use even 4 seconds if it doesn’t comply with the circumstances in the preceding list. As a best practice, use the least amount of copyrighted material to get your point across, and always credit the original copyright owner. The notion that you can decide fair use for yourself: Fair use is complicated for many situations, so you may not be sure exactly what you’re allowed to do. The thing is, if you stretch the limits of fair use too far, and harm the original copyright owner's ability to profit from their work, you can be sanctioned by YouTube. That’s why a copyright attorney should decide any serious question over fair use. Don’t let copyright issues on YouTube lead to a strikeout Three strikes and you’re out is a common understanding when playing baseball. But in baseball, you get another chance after another eight batters have had their try. YouTube doesn’t share this benevolence, so if they give you three strikes — especially for copyright issues — that means a lifetime ban from its partnership program. That’s something you don’t want on your record; worse yet, once that happens to you, you won’t be able to recover any of your videos. So, you want to avoid getting strikes at all costs. There are two types of YouTube strikes: Community guideline strike: This type can result from a variety of causes, ranging from uploading objectionable content to having a misleading thumbnail or caption. You can learn more about these guidelines on YouTube's Community Guidelines page. Copyright strike: If some part of your video includes content from another creator and that creator did not grant you permission, you can get a copyright strike. You can appeal it or take down the video to avoid a possible strike. Other things you should know: Mandatory copyright school must be completed: After your first strike, YouTube requires that you take an online course and take a little quiz to be sure you’re up to speed on copyright regulations. Strikes come down, eventually: As long as you haven’t struck out, community guideline strikes and copyright strikes disappear after 90 days from the time they’re issued. At that point, YouTube restores any channel privileges you lost while you waited out the strike. If you draw three community guideline strikes or three copyright strikes over a 90-day period, your YouTube channel will be terminated. Your fate usually lies with the copyright holder: That person can decide whether the video you uploaded should be removed, flagged in certain regions, or even monetized. Yes, that’s right: Even though the video may contain only a small portion of the person’s material, they're entitled to all monetization proceeds. They can even put ads on your video, if you haven’t added monetization. Wipe the slate clean If you get a copyright strike from YouTube and you’re positive that you’re in the right, go ahead and appeal the strike with a copyright counter-notification. If you’re not sure whether you can win, maybe it’s better to wait it out until the strike expires. You see, after you appeal the strike, your personal information goes to the copyright holder and that person can possibly sue you for copyright infringement. If the situation gets to this level, you still can work out an agreement directly with the copyright holder and see whether they will file an appeal with YouTube on your behalf if you both agree that you were within your rights to use the copyrighted material. It’s worth a shot. YouTube’s robots are good at finding copyright infringements Whether intentional or inadvertent, sometimes the content of other creators gets used in a YouTube video. Sometimes the breach is noticed, and at other times it goes undetected by the original creator. But as YouTube continues to refine its copyright detection system, the system will find infringements more quickly than ever. Part of those refinements to YouTube’s copyright detection system include sophisticated algorithms that scan every uploaded video and compare it to similar uploaded content, looking for matches with music, video, or pictures. It seems music gets detected the most. Even if it’s background music, you may get sanctioned. Usually, YouTube blocks the video, and you must submit a dispute form. Copyright is not forever, but it’s forever enough for YouTube Copyright lasts for 70 years past the death of the author; after that point, the copyrighted content enters the public domain. When that happens, the content is no longer protected by intellectual property laws, and anyone can use it without permission. Of course, for many people on YouTube, that content isn’t available to use without permission until we near the next century. Of course, if the creator (or the creator's heirs) files a copyright extension, they can hold on to the rights — that way, the video of your dog dressed as a spider can stay in the family for as long as possible.

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YouTube What to Do If You Forget Your YouTube Username or Password

Article / Updated 01-25-2022

If you forget your YouTube username or password, don't panic. YouTube has your e-mail address, and you can retrieve your forgotten username or password from them. (When you first register with YouTube, jot down your username and password, especially if they’re different from those that you use regularly on other websites.) Go to YouTube.com and click the Sign In link at the top-right corner of the page. Bam — the sign in page appears. Click either the Forgot Username link or the Forgot Password link. Enter your username. Enter the verification code from the multicolored text. Be sure to copy it exactly, using uppercase or lowercase, as shown in the code. Click the Reset My Password! button. YouTube sends an e-mail containing your password to your registered e-mail address. If you still can’t log in with what you’re certain is your correct username and password, it’s probably because you don’t have cookies turned on in your browser preferences. If you’re using Chrome, for example, at the top-right corner of the screen, click the three vertical dots icon. Choose Settings. Under Security and Privacy, click Site settings. Scroll down and click Cookies and site data. From here, you can choose Allow all cookies, Block all cookies, or select other options.

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YouTube Publishing and Unpublishing YouTube Videos

Article / Updated 01-25-2022

As a YouTube channel manager or content creator, your work may well be done when you’ve uploaded your videos and set the metadata. The last step when uploading a video is to publish it. Publishing is all about configuring the privacy settings that are most appropriate for your users and clicking Save during the upload process or by selecting a video on the YouTube Studio Video tab. For most channel managers, that means specifying one of the following: Private: Only you and people you choose can watch the video. You can manually send an invitation, or YouTube can send it to the email addresses you specify. Once you select Private, the Share Video Privately link appears. Click the link and enter the email addresses of your recipients. After you enter the addresses, click the "Notify via email" checkbox. When invitees get the invitation via email, they must log into their Google account to view the video. Unlisted: Anyone with the video link can watch the video. The difference between this setting and Private, is that anyone who has the link can share it with others. Public: The video will be available for anyone on YouTube that finds your video from the search engine, or stumbles upon it. When you choose this setting, you have the option to Set as instant Premiere, which means you and your viewers can watch it at the same time. Schedule: Choose this option and a dialog appears enabling you to set the date and time for when the video will be available on YouTube. When you schedule a video, you also have the option to set it as a Premiere. After choosing an option, you save, publish or schedule the video. If you choose the make the video Private or Unlisted, click the Save button. If you choose Public, click the Publish button. If you choose Schedule, click the Schedule button. Be sure to keep YouTube's copyright rules in mind, and follow them carefully. YouTube takes copyright infringement very seriously and there will be consequences if you violate the rules. After you publish videos, you have the option to unpublish them or delete tone or more videos To accomplish either task, log into YouTube, click your avatar and then choose Your Channel from the drop-down menu. Click Your Videos to display the Channel content page, which lists all your videos starting with the most recently published. To unpublish a video: Double-click the video thumbnail. The Video Details page appears. In the Visibility section, click the down-pointing arrow to the right of current visibility state. The Visibility options appear. To delete a video: Open the Channel content page as outlined previously. Click the Options icon. It’s the three dots to the right of the video thumbnail. Choose Delete Forever from the drop-down menu, as shown in the Figure below. YouTube displays a warning dialog that this action is undoable. Click the checkbox to acknowledge that deletion is permanent can cannot be undone. Before you delete a video from YouTube, you have the option to download it. Click Delete Forever. Poof. The video disappears in a cloud of virtual smoke. To delete multiple videos: Open the Channel content page as outlined previously. To select videos for deletion, click the check box to the left of any video you want to delete. You can select contiguous or non-contiguous videos. Click the More Actions link. A drop-down menu appears with the option to delete forever. If you choose one video, you also have the option to download the video. Choose Delete Forever. After choosing this option, YouTube displays a warning that you are about to delete (the dialog lists the number of videos you are about to delete) forever. Click the checkbox to acknowledge that deletion is permanent can cannot be undone. Your only other option is Cancel. Click Delete Forever. The videos are lost in cyberspace.

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