Facebook News

Facebook “Interest Lists” is the latest feature on Facebook. It is a feature that allows you to personalized News Feed according to your requirements.

Here is a short guide on creating and using it.

You will find “Add Interest” button on your left-hand bookmark, or you can go directly to it by clicking on the link facebook.com/addlist

Searching and Subscribing to Interests List

1. Enter a topic in the search bar. “Cooking” for example will brings out a list of Interests Lists’ titled as “Cooking”. Those are Lists created by other users. The list will have other information such as the creator and the number of subscribers.

2. Click on the “Subscribe” button to subscribe to it, or click on the list name to browse.

Creating Interests List

1. Click on the “Add List” button.

2. A dialog box will appear where you can see all the pages you liked, and your subscriptions and friends.

Select the ones you would like to include in your list. You can also use the search bar to search for topics/public figures/interest. Once you are done, hit the “Next” button located on the bottom left.

3. Enter a name for the List and select the settings for it. The settings – Public, Friends, and Only me – are pretty self-explanatory.

4. Click on the “Done” button to create the list or hit the “Previous” button to edit the list. “Close” button to discard.

You will now see your new List on the left-hand bookmark in your Home page. Just click on it to see the feeds of the list (See image below).

a) You can change the settings by clicking on the settings icon just below the name of the list.

b) You can add more topics to the list either by using the search box or adding them from the automatic suggestion. Both can be found on the right hand side.

c) Click on the “see all” option or also use the “Edit List” option available in the drop down list of “Manage List” button. Use the search bar in the dialog that opens up to search and add new topics to the List or hover over the added items and click on the ‘X’ that appear to delete it from your list.

If you find a Page interesting, you can add it to your List directly without having to go to your Interests Lists. If you want to add without “Liking” the Page, click on the settings icon and select “Add to interest List” option. All your Lists will be displayed. Click on the list you want to add the Page to.

Or else “Like” the Page. After that, hover over the “liked” button. All you Lists will be displayed. Click on a List to add the Page there.

There may be other ways too. Haven’t found them yet. If you know of any, feel free to share with us.

Deleting Interest List

1. Hover over the Lists name on the left-hand bookmark.

2. Click on the “Pencil” icon that comes up.

3. Select “Delete List” option.

Managing Interests List

Since this post is getting long, I will try to write a bit about managing list in a separate post. So, don’t forget to check back later.

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