Survive the New in Facebook
8:35 AM // 1 comments // mmigo // Category: Facebook , good to know // Facebook promised a number of changes to appease user concerns about the latest homepage re-design. Users have been noticing these improvements being pushed live to their homepage over the last day or so, and this morning, I finally got them enabled on my account. After doing a bit of tweaking, I’m definitely enjoying my Facebook homepage more than I was the past couple weeks with version 1 of the redesign. I thought I’d share with you a few of these tweaks – designed primarily to reduce information overload – so you can try them on your own account, unless of course you’re happy with the new, new Facebook as-is. This problem probably only applies to those of us that add hundreds of friends, but let’s face it, if you’re reading this article, that’s probably you! I’ve always used Facebook’s custom friend lists, but now, since they’re front and center, it’s time to really take advantage of them. What I’ve done is create lists for “People I Know” (folks I could actually identify if I ran into them walking down the street), as well as “Colleagues,” “Close Friends,” and “High School,” which, should be self-explanatory. You can create new lists from the “Create” link at the bottom of your list of friend groups on the left side of the Facebook homepage.Custom Friend Lists
If you don’t do this, Facebook will just default to “News Feed,” which shows updates from everyone you’re friends with.
Tweaking These Lists
Hiding Application Notifications
One common complaint with the new Facebook was the influx of information from third-party apps likeFlickr, YouTube, and Last.fm, ala FriendfeedOne common complaint with the new Facebook was the influx of information from third-party apps likeFlickr, YouTube, and Last.fm, ala Friendfeed. With the homepage improvements, you can now hide not only people from your feed, but specific application alerts as well.In this example, I’ve decided to hide alerts from Last.fm, so I no longer see the songs that my friends are loving:
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mohamed
March 6, 2010 at 11:38 PM