1. Add chatterboxes to your “Acquaintances” list
So, you added a long-lost friend you remember fondly from high school, but now they’re constantly peppering your news feed with random links about their favorite TV shows, silly cat photos, and endless snapshots of their kids.
It’s not that you want to slam the door on all their updates, mind you—just, well, most of them.

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Want to see a little less of a friend in your news feed? Just add them to your Acquaintance list.
Here’s a quick, relatively painless solution: add your distant yet ever-chatty friend to your Acquaintances list.