Often what scares the 'Facebook Haters' is the myth that everyone can see their business. One of the things I like most about Facebook is its advanced privacy settings and the ability for each individual to control every aspect of what the public sees of them.
Over the past year a popular and steadily increasing Facebook fad has been to group friends. This has come about for a few reasons. Firstly I think that so many people now have profiles which means people's Friends lists are growing steadily. There is unwritten Facebook etiquette and it can be hard to cull your friends down for fear of people taking offense or perhaps just because you'd like to be nosy now and then and check out old acquaintances photos.
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Grouping your friends allows you the freedom to decide who sees what. See picture below which shows you how to change which group sees the status or photo you are about to post.
Its helpful to note that once you click on edit or the button top right which says +create list you just need to type in the title of your list and click the blue create button, the next window then allows you to simply highlight all of the friends you wish to be in that group and when you have finished click the button that says finish at the bottom of the page.
For example if you are a mummy you might have a Group just for your friends with babies. You can ask questions about what little Johny should be eating etc.. without everyone including your Uncle Bruce having to see it in their News Feed. Alternatively I have grouped people in my Close Friends group whom I can be somewhat more candid, controversial or vent myself more freely on a frustrating day.
To create your own lists click on the Manage Lists title on the right of the screen. (see below)
Its worth mentioning that you can have people in multiple groups. Another thing worth mentioning is that no one is aware of what group they are in nor the other people in that group. This is with the exception of the Close Friends List which comes pre formated through Facebook and displays a star next to it. With this one if someone is on that list they can, only if you allow, see who else is on this list also. Sometimes this may help them choose how they wish to comment on your update or post on your Wall.
This is just a starting point, and if it feels all too daunting you can start small. Im planning on doing another blog on this topic in the next few days. If you decide to make some changes and run into any problems feel free to message me or type your questions into the google search bar, its what I do a lot and generally my problem is solved pretty quickly.
The most important thing to remember is that each time you update your status it will remember the setting for the last thing you uploaded so each status requires you to click on the drop down bar, a little more labour intensive but I've found it to be one of those things that grows into a habit after a few days.
A nice wee bonus of doing this is that you can still have a high count friends list.