How to Set Up Your Own Facebook Account
Order of the Eastern Star Australia has a new Facebook page which includes news and thoughtful posts. It helps connect our community and promote our organisation and work we do to the general public.
To follow our page, go to and search ‘Order of the Eastern Star Australia’ and hit the ‘Like’ button. If you do not yet have a Facebook account, setting one up is effortless. All you have to do is follow the instructions below, it only takes a few minutes. It is free to join.
Facebook is for people of all ages, it is a wonderful way to keep in touch with us as well as your family and friends.
Be sure to invite your friends to like our page, it is a wonderful way of letting them know about your commitment to enriching the lives of others.
How do I create a Facebook account?
If you don't have a Facebook account, you can create one in a few steps:
- Go to
- If you see the signup form, fill out your name, email address or phone number, password, birthday and gender. If you don't see the form, click Sign Up, then fill out the form.
- Click Sign Up.
Once you sign up, you'll need to confirm your email or phone number.
If you already have a Facebook account, you can log into your account by entering your email or mobile number and password and clicking Log In.
If you have a smart phone, you can even download the app (search ‘Facebook’ in the App Store) and logon using your chosen email address and password that you chose when you set up your new account.
The latest Facebook facts and statistics
Here are some fascinating numbers on a range of Facebook facts to share in your presentations and wow your next dinner party guests.
- Every second there are 20,000 people on Facebook. This means in just 18 minutes there are 11 million users on Facebook.
- On average there are 486,183 users a minute accessing Facebook from their mobile.
- 79% of all users are accessing Facebook from their mobile.
- There are 745 million daily mobile users
- Facebook is adding 7,246 people every 15 minutes or 8 per second
- Every minute there are 150,000 messages sent
- Every 15 minutes there are over 49 million posts. To be precise 49,433,000 or 3 million posts per minute
- There are 100,000 friend requests every 10 minutes
- There are 500,000 Facebook “likes” every minute
- People share 1.3 million pieces of content on Facebook every minute of every day
- Photo uploads are 350 million per day
- Users spend 21 minutes per day on average on Facebook
- 31% of US senior citizens are on Facebook
- 66% of all millennials (15-34 year olds) use Facebook
- People spend 927 million hours a month playing Facebook games