Favorite Facebook Tips and Tricks

I get asked a lot about the usability of Facebook and about how to execute certain tasks. However, sometimes when trying to answer these questions I discover tips and tricks that I think would be helpful to any Facebook user. Some of the readers may think these tips are amateur and some may have no idea what I am talking about. But regardless, I hope these will be helpful. Here are some of my more recently discovered Facebook tips and tricks:

1. Make different friend lists- You can add different friends to different lists and edit the security settings for each group. When you receieve a friend request you can chose what group a person belongs in. As you can see, I have a professional group for people I work with. It’s really helpful also if you want to share photos with just certain people. You can also message each of your lists from the main friend page.

2. Add your friend’s status updates to your RSS feed- If you are like me and love to read your friend’s status updates, you mine as well add them to your RSS reader and read them along with your favorite blogs, news, etc.

3. Sort gifts by price- If you go to the gift application you can sort gifts by price and see the ones that are offered for free. Sometimes it’s fun to send a few free gifts to your Facebook friends.

4. Less about- I know some people who can’t stand their news feed. The poor news feed gets a bad rap because it is constantly reminding people of their ex-boyfriend’s new pictures or the middle school mean girl’s college success. A feature on your news feed now allows you to make the news disappear without having to de-friend a person. Just click on the pencil next to an object on your newsfeed and click “less about.”

Comment and let me know about your favorite Facebook tips and tricks!