Facebook is looking to help you get over break ups easier

This might be Facebook’s strangest feature yet, but still a handy one. The social networking giant is looking to help users get over break ups easier by showing you less content from your ex-relationships without having to unfriend that person.

It works fairly simply. Once you go into your Facebook profile and change your relationship status, Facebook will prompt you with a new set of options on blocking content from your ex-partner. In essence, this is more of a convenient way of unfollowing someone or hiding their posts. You have your standard options–see their posts all over Facebook, limit how much you can see, and even stop seeing their posts entirely.

Additionally, you can limit how much information of yours they can access by hiding your profile and posts from them. Facebook is testing these new features in the US on mobile right now, and if all goes well, they should expand the features to other countries soon.

The social networking giant also recently announced self-destructing messages coming to its Messenger app.

Facebook is introducing these features as its effort to help those that are going through difficult situations. It’s a nice gesture, and will certainly prove helpful in those nasty break ups. And on top of that, these new features will help with the awkward situation of deciding whether to keep your ex-partner as a friend on Facebook or not.

source: Facebook

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