Tip #44 - Friend Lists in Facebook

100 Computer Tips in 100 Days

Tip #44 - Friend Lists in Facebook

A list in Facebook is a way of controlling who has access to posts on your Facebook wall. They are really easy to create and use. You already have, thanks to the Facebook people, three lists: close friends, acquaintances and restricted:

Close Friends: You can add your best friends to this list to see more of them in your news feed and get notified each time they post. You also have the option to turn these extra notifications off.

From your news feed, click Friends in the left column. You might have to click More to see the Friends section.

•  Click Close Friends to view the list.
•  Click the Notifications drop-down in the top-right corner.
•  Choose whether you want to turn off these extra notifications.

Acquaintances: This list is for friends with whom you don’t need to stay in close touch. People on your acquaintances list will rarely show up in your news feed. You can also choose to exclude these people when you post something, by choosing Friends except Acquaintances in the audience selector pull-down menu when you create a post. By default it says “Friends”.

Restricted: This list is for people you've added as a friend but don’t want to share with, like your boss. When you add someone to your Restricted list, they will only be able to see your Public content or posts in which you tag them. Public includes anyone on the internet --people who are not your friends on Facebook, as well as people who are not in your school or work networks, whether or not they have Facebook.

To see which list someone is on click the More link in the Friends section on the left of your screen and then click the See All Friends button at the top. All of your friends will be listed with an icon indicating which primary list they are on. You can also add them to additional lists here.

Let’s create a new list. 

• Click the Home link (along the top-right of every Facebook page)
• In the left column click the More link next to Friends
• Select the list you want to edit or click Create a List
• Search for your friends in the search bar at the top of the page, or add people from the List Suggestions on the right

Now when you post an update, choose the group who can see it from the list menu.

Happy computing!