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One day, a dialog popped up on Facebook suggesting people to put on my Acquaintances list, which hides most of their posts from my news feed. It improved my lif

• cliveowen 13y ago
  Second that. Lists were introduced as a response to G+ circles just as the subscribe function was added as a response to the follower model of Twitter. Everyone expected a response from Facebook and they delivered. Then the features were left languishing and were never updated/enhanced. I don't know what's the rationale behind this, lists are actually a wonderful way to catalogue your "friends" and most people would find them very useful, if they knew they're available. Facebook should really consider to make them a more prominent feature and simplify the whole adding process.
  • bpatrianakos 13y ago
    Are you sure that lists were added in response to G+? I remember having lists long before G+ was even a thing. I could be mistaken but I'm pretty sure lists and the ability to share things among certain groups of friends had existed for quite some time but was rarely used.
    • cliveowen 13y ago
      It might very well be, I'm not an expert, I know for sure that they became a thing around the time that Google introduced G+ and its circles.
• cgore 13y ago
  I think you just made Facebook useful to me again.