How to Make Content Available on Facebook Pages Only to People Who Like Them

Facebook provides members with a way to hide messages sent to them from their friends. Typically used as a way to block certain types of messages, this function allows members to avoid seeing groups of messages, such as game requests or other application requests that they do not care to see. In the latter part of 2011, Facebook took this one step further and added the ability for members to control who can see the content of their own messages. This gives members a way to post status updates as normal, but provides them with a way to control who sees the content as well.

Instructions

1. Click on the “Friends” button located in the Update Status block on your homepage. A drop-down menu appears.

2. Select which group of people you want to see your status update. For example, you may wish to set the status update to include “Friends” or click on “Customize” to choose only certain people from your friends list.

3. Check the "Friends" button to ensure that it has updated to the group that you wish to display your status update to.

4. Write your status in the Update Status block. Click on the blue “Post” button to send your new status to the people you have chosen.