Occasionally I like to play games on Facebook. Most games give you more stuff (coins, etc.) if you update your Facebook status automatically. If you are a frequent player, you can blow up your friends’ news feed with your fun. It is simple to be a considerate friend while still playing your games. If you see an update from a friend that indicates her annoyance with game updates, follow these simple steps to stop your game updates from showing up on her news feed.
1) Click the down arrow on Account in the upper right of your Facebook bar. Scroll to Privacy Settings. Click it.
2) Look all the way to the bottom left of the screen. You will see Applications and Websites. Click Edit Your Settings.
3) Click Edit Settings to the right of Game and application activity. Scroll to Custom and click. You have two options: Make this visible to and Hide this from. Add your friend’s name to the Hide box. Save your settings.
Your friend may never notice that you have done this, but she will appreciate your status updates all the more because she is interested in what you say, not what you play.
This post is dedicated to my sparkly and energetic friend, Linda!
Twitter and Facebook, the BIG 2 of the social networking scene, have opened up a whole world of ideas for me by linking me up with interesting writers. One of my favorites, Simon Larter and his accountability partner, Mercedes Yardley have a new and spectacularly fun way of keeping each other on task. Each have set personal goals for word and/or page count each day/week. I’ve enjoyed watching as they hold one another responsible for achieving those goals over the past few months. In their newest endeavor, the two collaborate on a serial blog aptly named Mayhem Monday.
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