Use Your Facebook See First List to Identify Close Friends

If you scroll through Facebook to find posts from your favorite friends or pages, there's an easier way. With its See First list, Facebook lets you prioritize posts from friends or pages you choose. Here's how to select friends and pages to appear first in your News Feed.

These instructions apply to Facebook on the desktop and the Facebook mobile app for iOS and Android.

Select Friends or Pages to See First

Create your See First list from News Feed Preferences or someone's profile.

From News Feed Preferences With Facebook on the Desktop

Open and log in to Facebook on a desktop computer.
Select the arrow in the upper-right corner of your Facebook page.
Select News Feed Preferences from the drop-down menu.
Select Prioritize who to see first.
A new screen displays thumbnail images of your friends and the pages you follow.
Select the thumbnails of the people you want to see at the top of your News Feed when they post. A star is added to the thumbnail.
Select Done.
To review your list, go back to Prioritize who to see first > All > People you see first. Your choices display.

Add up to 30 people or pages to your See First list. The selections you make are not ranked. For example, the person or page you chose first won't necessarily be seen first.

From News Feed Preferences With Facebook Mobile App

These instructions apply to the Facebook iOS or Android app.

Tap the three horizontal lines.
Scroll down and select Settings & Privacy.
Tap Settings.
Scroll down and select News Feed Preferences.
Tap Prioritize who to see first to make posts from people or pages appear at the top of your News Feed.
Tap the thumbnails of the people or pages whose posts you want to see first, then select Done.
Your See First list is now set.

Change See First Settings on a Profile or Page

If you are on a person's profile or a page, easily add them to your See First list from there. Hover over the Following or Liked button near the cover photo, then select See First.

Adding a page to your Facebook See First List

From the Facebook app, tap Follow or Following near the cover photo, then select See First.

When you put friends on your See First list, they aren't notified that you have done so, and you don't receive notifications when they post.

How to Add a Person to Your Close Friends List

Putting someone on your See First list is different from identifying them as a close friend. When you add a friend to your Close Friends list, you receive a notification every time they post on Facebook.