Facebook Fridays - Groups vs Lists? Which One Should You Create?
Welcome to the second week in 2012 for our Facebook Fridays Group. While searching for some fellow Active Rain Members to support today for their Facebook Business Page, I ran across a very interesting topic. Should you create a Group or a List for your Facebook Personal Page? First of all, What is the difference between the two?
Lists are an optional way to organize your friends, sort your News Feed and reach (or exclude) specific people when you share things on Facebook. Your lists are unique to you. With lists you can see News Feed posts from just your closest friends or announce a garage sale to all of your friends in your current city. You are able to setup your privacy options too. The neat thing about this is that you control what comes in that News Feed.
Groups are communities for you and other group members to discuss common interests. Groups are shared spaces, so your soccer team can plan the season's roster together and share each other's photos from the championship.
I have setup two groups and Active Rain is one of them. I like the idea of having “Lists” to organize my friends( high school, military buddies, work friends, etc). Here is a post from Bill Risser on Creating Custom Friend Lists in Facebook. You can have close friends, acquaintances, and restricted lists. Plus, there are smart lists and custom lists. Decide which ones are best for your individual needs.
Now, for Liking and Supporting our AR candidates this week, here are my five. Don’t forget to join our Facbook Fridays Group, if you haven’t already done so.
1. Chris Mayr, QuickerListing - Realtor Tech
2. Pam Hills, Virtual Fundamentals-Web Solutions for the Cost Conscious Entrepreneur
3. Winston Heverly, Winston Realty
4. Jan Green, Green Homes
5. Andre R Aragon, TriState 360
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