New Facebook Subscribe Button Feature ~ Techy Student

All updates: Everything your friend posts
Most updates: The amount you'd normally see
Important updates only: Just highlights, like a new job or move

Facebook recently unveils their new feature, the subscription button on users profile where anyone who subscribed will see updated news feed from that person. A subscription button that sits below the profile picture will enable any facebook user to subscribe to receive updates for every post, photos, games, or info even if you're not friends. Facebook has becoming more like tweeter's follow button, where anyone who follows will receive updates.

Here's what the official facebook blog writes about it:

With the Subscribe button, we're making it easier to do both. In the next few days, you'll start seeing this button on friends' and others' profiles. You can use it to:

Choose what you see from people in News Feed

Hear from people, even if you're not friends

Let people hear from you, even if you're not friends

Choose What You See in News Feed
You're already getting your friends' posts in News Feed. With the Subscribed button, you can choose how much you see from them:

All updates: Everything your friend posts

Most updates: The amount you'd normally see

Important updates only: Just highlights, like a new job or move

You can also decide what types of updates you see. For example, you could see just photos from one friend, no stories about games from another, and nothing at all from someone else.

How To Enable the Facebook Subscribe Button Visible In Your Profile

When you login to your Facebook account you'll be able to see the image below. All you have to do is to click Allow Subscribers button.

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On the next options is to Edit Subscriber Settings - simply set the following options appropriately to your liking.

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Click Okay button when you're done. Go check your profile and try the view as feature to see how the subscribe button works. Here's how:

1. Click on Profile button then click View As