Stop missing updates from friends on Facebook

Stop missing updates from friends on Facebook

Instead of scrolling through your entire Facebook timeline for updates from your closest friends or family, try using this list instead.

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If you have a lot of friends on your Facebook profile, then you know how crazy it can get when trying to keep up with everyone's status updates. You may have tried using the Most Recent mode for your timeline, but the posts you want to read get lost in a sea of game updates and location check-ins.

To keep track of the most important updates, you should add people to your Close Friends list. The main reason for using this list provided by Facebook, instead of making your own, is notifications. You can also adjust the types of notifications you receive for people on the list. Ready to get started? Here's how:

The list manager on Facebook.Screenshot by Nicole Cozma/CNET

Step 1: Open the Facebook list management page, then click on Close Friends.

The Manage List button lets you add many friends to your your list at once.Nicole Cozma/CNET

Step 2: When the list page displays, click the Manage List button and then choose Edit List.

Click the pictures of friends you want to add to your list.Nicole Cozma/CNET

Step 3: In the pop-up window, click the drop-down menu labeled On This List and select Friends. Now you can click on the pictures of friends you want on the list, or search by name. Click Finish.

Uncheck the updates you don't want to receive about Close FriendsNicole Cozma/CNET

Step 4:Click the Manage List button, then click Choose Update Types. The menu will load a list of update types; make sure there are checkmarks next to the updates you want to receive. For instance, you may want to remove Game updates -- unless you like them.