Facebook improves friends list

Facebook have announced that in due time, when this update finally gets into all Facebook profiles, a new and improved friends list is coming. They call it an improvement because creating and organizing your friend list is tedious and requires effort that bores you. The new friends list has new features like "Smart Lists" where Facebook automatically creates a list of your friends and you don't have to do anything.

Here is what Facebook will be bringing into your Facebook:

• Smart lists - You'll see smart lists that create themselves and stay up-to-date based on profile info your friends have in common with you--like your work, school, family and city.
• Close Friends and Acquaintances lists - You can see your best friends' photos and posts in one place, and see less from people you're not as close to.
• Better suggestions - You can add the right friends to your lists without a lot of effort.

I will be getting snippets from Facebook's blog so that you can better understand these new features.

Smart List

Managing lists is boring. That's why smart lists do the work for you. To start, we'll offer you smart lists for:

• Work
• School
• Family
• City

For instance, if you list Boston College as a school you've attended and your friends John and Sarah do too, then you would instantly have a smart list called "Boston College" with John and Sarah on it. This means that if you're having a grad party or a college reunion, you can easily share photos with just your college friends, without bothering other people you know.

Close Friends and Acquaintances Lists

• Close Friends list - Add your best friends to your Close Friends list and you'll see everything they post in News Feed. You can even jump straight to a view of your News Feed that only shows their photos and news. You can also receive notifications when they post updates, so you don't miss anything important.
• Acquaintances list - Add friends like old classmates or business contacts to your Acquaintances list and you'll see less of them in your News Feed. We'll still show you important things they post -- like when they get married or move to a new city -- so you don't lose touch completely.

Better Suggestions

We provide suggestions for your smart lists, Close Friends, Acquaintances, and your own lists, making them easier to create and update.

When you add someone as a friend or confirm a friendship request, you'll be able to add the friend to any of your existing lists.

See and Share With Exactly Who You Want

Each of your lists has its own News Feed, where you can see just the photos, status updates and other posts from the people on the list. To view list News Feeds, look for the Lists section on the left side of your homepage and click the list you want to see.

Whenever you feel like sharing something with a narrower set of friends, simply use the dropdown audience selector in the sharing tool and pick one of your lists.

In addition to all these Facebook will also allow you to customize who sees your post (or a specific post for that matter) using the lists that you have created or Facebook automatically created. In my own opinion, Facebook is becoming more like Google+.

These new features should be available starting next week and will be rolled out to mobile devices in the next few weeks.

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