Facebook to let friends become mere acquaintances
Is your Facebook friend list as bloated as a whale carcass on Georgia’s official marine mammal exhumation beach?
The best ideas are often stolen.
Well I’ve got some good news for you: You can demote all of those “friends” you barely care about to a new, less lofty “acquaintance” status.
Facebook, on its blog, released the joyous news Tuesday. The change will be rolling out to users “this week.”
Placing your distant cousin Geech on the acquaintance list means you will hear about his tick-related ailments less often.
If you put the almost-GF from college on the new “Close Friends” list you will see pictures of her children (or cats, depending on her reproductive choices) more frequently, says Facebook.
It’s a move that’s long overdue.
Also new are Smart Lists, which can automatically sort your friends according to the work, school, family and city information they provide.
Since most of my friends tend to fill their personal info page with random and wrong information, I’m not sure how useful that will be, but I have high hopes, though it sounds a bit like Google+ “Circles.”
So get out there and demote some friends! You know you want to.
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50 comments Add your comment
Old Geezer
September 13th, 2011
6:20 pm
The AJC Facebook page will be my first victim.
Bible Beater
September 13th, 2011
6:50 pm
I don’t do Facebook. It’s a sin.
Tea Party Activist
September 13th, 2011
7:14 pm
What if you have no friends or acquaintances?
-The Tea Party
Mohammed
September 13th, 2011
7:27 pm
lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Matty Ice
September 13th, 2011
7:41 pm
What if someone made you look bad in your 1st game of the season? Can I demote the Bears entire defense?
Liberal Inner City Mom
September 13th, 2011
7:58 pm
I can finally get rid of these evil Conservative rich people. At least after I get all their money for my welfare kids!
La'Quishraniqua
September 13th, 2011
8:09 pm
I don’t have a Facebook friend yet (sniff) so it’s too soon to demote anyone.
Fred
September 13th, 2011
8:22 pm
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Fred
September 13th, 2011
8:27 pm
Who do you have picture of George with a live animal or a dead boy? This “blog” is so meaningless. And before anyone uses the “why do you come here then” excuse, let me explain. It is almost ALWAYS featured on the front page of AJC.com WITHOUT saying where it’s going. I go to what I think is REAL news and I get this untalented asshat that obviously is either kin to the Cox family or blew someone repeatedly.
I have nothing against this drone on society other than the fact I keep getting directed here from the front page. Leave this useless crap on the “other bogs” section where it belongs and quit hosting it like it is news. But then we can’t do THAT can we? I mean I was correct in one of my first two assessments……….
catlover
September 13th, 2011
8:33 pm
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.