In this series I am discovering how burdensome my Facebook News Feed had become and I wanted to experiment with Unfollowing people, pages and groups while still maintaining friendship, and the pages I Like.
Did you know that you can Prioritize your News Feed? All you have to do is go to your News Feed icon, click it, navigate to Edit Preferences and then click on Prioritize.
News Feed – Edit Preferences- Prioritize- See First
From here you can choose who to see first on your feed. You can also choose from your friends list by navigating directly to their page; Follow the person if you aren’t already following them, hover over Friend/Follow and choose “See First”. You can only choose up to 30 people or pages to See First.
This is a great way ensure that your Top 30 Favorite people, pages, or groups will be prioritized on your feed.
The “See First” option, differs from close friends. When you select a person or Page to see first, you won’t receive notifications for their posts. However, when you when you select a person as a close friend, you’ll receive notifications for their posts.
To add someone as a close friend, go to your Friends List set up, which can be accessed from the left hand of the screen, under “Explore”, look for “Friends List.”
Click on Close Friends to see who is in that group. I realized I only had one, my dad. You can add people to close friends by typing their name into the add bar on the right side of the screen.
When you navigate here, you will only see posts from people on the Close Friends list.
There are other groups you can add people to, as well, like “Family”, “Acquaintances” and “Restricted.” You can even set up individual groups to keep your old college buddies separate from your current church friends. This can be helpful, if you post things that one group will appreciate, such as an inside joke that people outside of the circle may not appreciate.
This allows you to split your communication by communicating more directly to those who will appreciate your specific posts.
- Top Stories (Default): Shows the most popular stories from friends, Pages and groups at the top of your News Feed.
- Most Recent: Shows stories from friends, Pages and groups in the order that they were posted.
Madge Midgely 