Facebook is releasing a new Snooze feature. In this article, we’ll explain how to ‘snooze’ someone for 30 days so that their posts don’t appear in your news feed.
30 days of silence
With the new feature, Facebook wants to give its users more control over what they see. “Snooze offers people the opportunity to temporarily not follow another person, page or group,” writes a Facebook product manager in a message. “Are you seeing too many pictures of your uncle’s new cat? You’re not the only one. We have heard from many users that they want to have more influence on what appears in their news feed. ”
By using the Snooze function, you don’t have to permanently unfriend someone else right away. You just indicate that you do not want to see their messages for a certain period of time. The other person will not be notified if the person is snoozed. When the period is almost over, you will receive a notification yourself so that you know that there will be messages in the overview again. It is also possible to allow messages again before the end of the 30 days.
Snooze someone on Facebook
To snooze someone for a month, do the following:
- Open the Facebook app;
- If you come across something in the overview that you no longer want to see, tap the three dots at the top right of the posted post;
- Then tap the feature to snooze someone for 30 days.
Do not follow anymore
It is quite possible that you do not see the position at this time. Facebook has just started rolling out this capability, and the company says it will be available to everyone in the next week.
In addition to temporary snoozing, it has been possible for some time on Facebook to mute someone indefinitely. This can be done via that person’s Facebook page. Under the profile picture, tap ‘following’ to unfollow them. Handy if you want to avoid annoying family members but don’t want to unfriend them. You can always undo this in the same way.
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