Super Simple Social Media Solutions #1
FaceBook Hints-The Hide “Button”
Okay you are new to FaceBook (FB) and you have a few friends that are updating so much that your Home Page News Feed looks like it is wall papered in their information. There is a way to stop this.
The reason I said you are new is that folks that do not have many friends yet (or by choice), their news feeds move slower, less volume of updates. They are more likely to see every post that FB friends make. If you have many friends, your home News Feed moves quickly with a larger volume of use, you probably miss many updates. Either way some of our best online buddies can post so much and so often it is irritating.
The following are the questions I often get from users with this issue:
So how do I stop these people (or Fan Pages) with too many updates? Instead of un-friending the person just use the Hide Button. In your News Feed on your Home Page run the cursor down the right side of the comments or updates (whatever you want to call them) and the Hide Button will appear. If you click on it, it will ask you what you want to hide.
What can I do about people that use those annoying applications all night and post every result? Some people are only annoying because of their use of applications and games. You may not mind viewing their status updates or links. Once again just run the cursor down the side of the update of the application or game you do not enjoy and click. You can even get the option of hiding all of the person’s updates or just updates from that application.
Where does the hidden information go? If you go to the bottom of your Home Page, it will show you how many hidden post you have. If you click there, all the hidden updates will be added to your News Feed in sequence of the time they were posted.
If I change my mind about hiding certain people’s information, what can I do? Of course, you can undo the “Hide”. Again, at the bottom of the Home Page, there is an Edit Options “button”. Clicking there will give you the ability to add a Friend’s updates back to your News Feed.
Can people find out I hid their updates? At this moment, I do not believe so. However, by tomorrow this time someone may have an application that will tell people who is hiding their comments. I would not worry about it. Most people that post a lot or use many applications do not have time to check out what others are doing online (just jokes folks:))
What are the benefits of the Hide button; shouldn’t I just get rid of the person from my friend list? The benefit is that you are still FB friends with the person, giving you both access to each other’s profiles and the ability to message one another. You can still keep a relationship with the person (the whole premise of Social Media) without the viewing the person, realtives or fan pages’ annoying updates, opinions or application use as often.
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