3 Ways How to Limit Facebook Posts from Certain Friends

Facebook has now been used by many people to post either their matters or work-related matters. Over time, some of your friend’s post might seem to be overwhelming to you. But because they are your friend, you do not want to unfriend them on Facebook. Fortunately, Facebook has several ways where you can limit the posts from certain friends that you do not want to see on your Facebook Newsfeed.

WHY LIMIT FACEBOOK POST?

There are many reasons why you should limit the posts in your news feed, here are some of the top reasons:-

1. TO AVOID MARKETING SPAMS – Hate it or not, sometimes your friends are an avid marketer who likes to use their personal Facebook to market their product every day.  So, instead of getting annoyed by this consistent marketing ploy by your friends, you can just choose to limit their post from showing in your news feed.
2. TO AVOID NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP – Like it or not, some of your friends may be posting things that you are agreeable with. This

Here in this article, we will show you three simple ways how to do just that.

Here are the three simple ways

USE THE SNOOZE FUNCTION

One of the quick and temporary settings you can do is the snooze function. You can decide to snooze your friend’s post from showing up in your news feed.

Here are the steps

Step 1

At your friend’s post in your newsfeed, tap the three-dot icon there

Step 2

A pop-up menu will be shown. Tap “Snooze [your friend’s username] for 30 days

You will no longer see posts from the particular friend in your Facebook newsfeed for 30 days

Your friend also will not know that you have snoozed them

UNFOLLOW THEM

Another method of limiting your friend’s post without unfriending them is by unfollowing them.

Here are the steps

Step 1

At the pop-up menu, you can also tap “Unfollow [your friend’s username]”

Once you unfollowed them, you will still be listed as friend’s with them on Facebook

However, you will not see any of their posts unless you visited their profile or news feed

PRIORITISE YOUR NEWSFEED

Another method to limit your friend’s post is by prioritizing which friend’s post you want to see first.

Here are the steps.

Step 1

In your home menu on Facebook, tap the three-line icon below to enter the Settings

Step 2

In the Settings, scroll down and tap “Settings & Privacy”

Step 3

In the Settings & Privacy, tap “Settings”

Step 4

In the Settings, scroll down and tap “News Feed preferences”

Step 5

In the News Feed preferences, tap “Prioritise who to see first”

Step 6

Tap on the friend’s that you want to see their post

This way the friend’s post that you do not want to see will appear less often in your newsfeed

So, there you have it – three simple ways how to limit the Facebook posts from certain friends that you do not want to see.

Please leave us a comment below on what are the reasons you do not want to see some of your friend’s post in your Facebook news feed.

Please also read our previous article on how to block and unblock friends on Facebook.