How to Customize What You See on Facebook

by Crystal Collins on February 20, 2012

Facebook customers are becoming increasingly more and more frustrated that they cannot see what they want to see in their home feeds. I myself am continually frustrated every evening when I open the Facebook app on my phone to see the same updates I saw eight hours prior. With all the friends and Facebook pages I follow, there have to be more than just 5-10 updates in an eight-hour period.

Until Facebook fixes this issue (if they ever do), Lists are a great way to organize your content and follow the updates you want to. Here are some simple list names you can come up with to follow the content you are interested in:

  • Friends
  • Brands
  • Local (Usually there is an automatic list created for local people in your area)
  • Deals
  • Politics
  • Savvy People
  • Whatever Else Interests You the Most

Create your lists and add people and pages to the lists by following the how to create Facebook lists post. After you’ve created your lists, go to the lists page and add them to your favorites so that they show up on the left side of your screen. This will happen both in your browser and on the app if you use both.

The app:

On the Facebook website:

 

The thing I really like about lists, is that I don’t have to waste time seeing the same things over and over again in my home feed (no matter how many times I’ve tried to customize it). Browsing via lists is a much more productive use of my time on Facebook.

What are some of the list names you use/will use on Facebook to keep things organized?

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{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

judi @ farmnwife.com February 20, 2012 at 11:40 am
family/friends
farm bloggers
ag people
photography
Similar to what I have on g+

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Crystal Collins February 20, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Totally diggin’ your “ag people” list name. I may have to do that one.

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Rebeca @ The Average Parent February 20, 2012 at 6:59 pm
I don’t have the option to create a list any more. I had several created when facebook made changes back in September…but they’re gone now.

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Camille February 21, 2012 at 2:49 pm
I’m not seeing how to add a Page to a list. Even the post from September doesn’t seem to have the correct info anymore. I’d love to add many, many pages to various lists! In general, though, these FB changes have been quite frustrating (although on the plus side, I spend a lot less time on Facebook!).

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