Facebook is showing others my latest new added friends, saying something like "Aiwnas is now friends with X." Is it possible to stop Facebook from doing this? Or make it private for a customized list of my friends?
22.8k 12 12 gold badges 83 83 silver badges 104 104 bronze badges asked Oct 29, 2012 at 8:20 119 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 3 3 bronze badgesFacebook loves to change placement and/or behaviour of settings. As of March 2013, @mark4o's answer is still correct, but the way of reaching the settings is as follows:
As of January 2020, you also have to click on the sub-filter "added friends" or the control will not show
Commented Jan 16, 2020 at 19:56Click on your name at the top of the page, then Activity Log, and set the filter to Friends. Use the gear menu and uncheck the places where you do not want friend activity to appear.
The only way to stop facebook notifying your friends of your friendship changes is to make your friends list private. Go to your friends list page. At the top right section of the page click on Edit button. There you can choose who can see list of your friends (only me, custom, friends, everyone). Whoever can see list of your friends can find out whom you just became friends with.
So if you need to hide friendship notifications from some of your friends you need to make a custom list.
answered Oct 29, 2012 at 10:12 Manoochehr Manoochehr 816 2 2 gold badges 11 11 silver badges 17 17 bronze badges Any explanations for a negative vote?! Commented Oct 30, 2012 at 7:23Because it's incorrect. Who can see your friends list has no bearing on the update that shows up in the Ticker, which is public by default.
