I have two types of facebook friends:
1) those I’m interested in their status updates
2) those good acquaintances for whom I’d like to see their profile/photos/posts/groups, but DON’T want to hear their status updates
I’m now only adding friends for (1). The question I ask myself: “Am I interested in what this person is doing today?” Only if I can answer yes do I add them.
I love facebook status updates, they are a fascinating window into the lives of many. I read them in my RSS feeder. But I’ve got a few “friends” where it feels like too much info for someone I hardly know.
In the new facebook you can bring up the invisible “preferences” button on your home feed and choose “I want to see less of Person X” – does that solve your dilemma?
hi Will,
That would help solve it. I can’t see that I’m option, I’m on the new facebook. I actually don’t use facebook much, I just read it via rss and monthly log in to see if new friends are in the queue.
I’ll keep looking for that option, it might be my dodgy internet, but alot of the stuff on the new facebook doesn’t seem to work – click and nothing happens…
Thanks,
Wayne