How can one have private conversations with people on facebook?

[Mary]

How can one have private conversations with people on facebook?

[uhm idk]

messages / facebook IM

[Butch]

In the bottom right of your facebook page theres a bar that says chat click on that then click on the person you want to talk to and type away treat it as an instant messager press enter after every time you finish your statement. (make sure there online if they are not online they wont show up)

[lala]

Facebook Chat, on the bottom right hand corner.
Click on the Chat(#) button, to see who's online.
You can talk to any of these people by clicking their name, it will open a new chat box.

Or Facebook Messages.
Go to someone's page and say 'Send this person a message'.
Or just go to Inbox, then +Compose and type in your friends name and the message.
When someone sends YOU a message, it will say (1) up at the top next to Inbox.

These options are both private, which means no one on facebook, including your friends can see it (except for the person you are having the conversation with)
Wall posts and comments are possibly viewable by all friends of yours and their, so don't count on these to be private.

[LW]

you can send private messages through your inbox, or you can chat by clicking the chat box in the lower right corner

[Smith]

See if your are using mozilla or internet explorer latest version so there is a chat option available at facebook home page at lower right side. Click on that and get online.

[M4J3B2]

so, quick question, is it possible for people who are INSANELY good with computers to see the private-instant-message-conversations you have with other people? like if they hack your facebook or something?