Here I do have a screenshot of our first SM TFB kill, first day, 11:42 am mountain time, so 10:42 pst.
http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo117/Fayeana/swtor/HateradeKillsSMTFB.jpg
I think most our or guild magically got sick today and couldn't go to work. And to answer your other question, our raid leader read up on the strategies ahead of time. The rest of us mostly slacked off and just plowed through the encounters after minimal explanations.