Online status on Facebook

Edit the "Close Friends" list on Facebook

at Facebook automatically the "Tight." friends"created so that you can quickly and easily narrow down your best friends. You can also use this list to narrow down your online status.

1. To do this, you may have to edit the "Close Friends" list first. To do this, log in to Facebook a.
2. In the upper left area you will find a navigation menu in which you can find links to your profile, Find your news or events. Look for the entry "Close Friends" and click on it. If you cannot find it, click on "More" in the menu at the bottom.
3. A new page will now be loaded where you can see the latest news from the Facebook friends who are in this list. At the top right you can see the people who have been added so far under "On this list".
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4. If you have not yet added any or not all of your close friends, you will find an input field below "On this list". Click on it and start typing in the name of the person you want.


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5. After a few characters, the desired friend should be displayed so that you can select it either with the arrow keys and the enter key or with your left mouse button.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have added all the people you want to your close friends.

Edit online status visibility

Once you have completed the "Close Friends" list, you can set your online status with just a few clicks so that only your close friends can see when you are online on Facebook.

1. If your sidebar is not displayed because you have minimized it, click on "Chat Offline "to activate it again.
2. Click on the little gear in the lower right next to the "Search" input field to change the chat options.
3. Then select the entry "Advanced Settings" in the middle.
4. Then activate the middle option "Only some friends can ...".
5. An input field will then appear underneath which you can use to select the people you are allowed to see online. There, type in "Close Friends" and then click on the entry.
6. As soon as you click "Save", you will be shown to all Facebook friends as offline, even if you are online. Only the Facebook friends you have added to "Close Friends" can see your real online status.

You can of course also carry out this procedure for other lists or only for certain people.