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Facebook<\/a> on Tuesday introduced “smart lists” that automatically sort friends into categories and prioritize news from those dearest to members of the world’s largest online social network.<\/p>\n

The rollout of smart lists commences on Wednesday and comes as rival Google+ seeks to win over users by providing sharing in “circles” that mirror real-world social groups such as family, friends, and co-workers.<\/p>\n

“This is really something we have been working on for four years,” Facebook director of product management Blake Ross<\/a> said as he gave AFP a preview of smart lists.<\/p>\n

“We think this is the way people will make lists going forward,” he continued.<\/p>\n

Facebook began in 2007 letting members individually sort friends into lists for targeted sharing of comments, photos and other digitized snippets of life.<\/p>\n

The smart lists feature spares Facebook users the tedium of creating lists by automatically putting friends into groups, with the first four categories being work, school, family and city.<\/p>\n

“It is silly for you to spend a Saturday afternoon categorizing your friends on Facebook,” Ross said. “We want to make it as easy as possible to organize your friends.”<\/p>\n

Smart lists are created and updated based on information people consent to share with friends on Facebook, according to Ross.<\/p>\n

“Smart lists take all the pain out of organizing friends on Facebook,” Ross said, noting that the feature was optional. “You can always add to or remove people from a smart list after Facebook makes a recommendation.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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