The new Facebook feature allows you to block content from select friends on the network without unfriending them on the network.
Social networking site Facebook has
started rolling out a new feature that allows users to unfollow friends
whose comments and updates they want to remove from their News Feed.
The unfollow button replaces Hide all
feature that has been on the Facebook News Feed for a while, but many
people were not aware about it. The unfollow button, however, will be
placed prominently next to 'Message' button and will tell you whether
you are following a friend or not. You can choose to disable it and be
only friends with your friends.
The follow and unfollow button have been
on other social networking sites like Twitter, etc for quiet a while
and Facebook seems to be standardising its language with the new
feature. Facebook is slowly trying to make the distinction between
friends and followers wider now. Facebook started the Follow feature a
while back, allowing users to follow someone without being friends with
them on Facebook. Now, the opposite is also possible you can be friends
with someone without having to share their daily updates and stories on
your News Feed.
"This means you are still friends, but
updates from that person won't appear in your News Feed. The goal of
this change is to help people curate their newsfeed and see more of the
content that they care about," Facebook said in an email.
The world's largest social network is constantly tweaking its newsfeed - the main page users look at on the network - often by reducing clutter, especially from advertising, and bringing to the surface or revealing the posts deemed most relevant to any particular user.
Facebook began rolling out the "Unfollow" button and a related change to its users on Monday. It added a "Following" button next to the usual "Like" button on a page or next to the "Friends" button on a personal timeline, which will also enable users to block posts.
The world's largest social network is constantly tweaking its newsfeed - the main page users look at on the network - often by reducing clutter, especially from advertising, and bringing to the surface or revealing the posts deemed most relevant to any particular user.
Facebook began rolling out the "Unfollow" button and a related change to its users on Monday. It added a "Following" button next to the usual "Like" button on a page or next to the "Friends" button on a personal timeline, which will also enable users to block posts.
Facebook recently added a new feature to chat,
that shows whether your friends are online on the web or through
mobile. The feature will help users interact with each other while they
are on their desktops or on mobile. People of desktops can share longer
messages and media files, while people on mobile phones may be inclined
to give shorter replies.
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