Facebook, it is a popular social media platform that is capable of serving billions of users and contains a great number of functions allowing follow other users, pages, and public persons. It opens up a unique feature that shows the posts of these profiles without having to be friends with the profile. This detailed guide is for android users, you will be able to follow or see your followings easily once you follow the steps as described here.
Step 1: Open the Facebook App
The first action that needs to be taken is launching the application; specifically, we must launch the Facebook application on the Android platform. If you have not done that already, you can download the application from the Google Play Store. To access Facebook, just type ‘Facebook’ then download the application and you can access it by clicking the ‘icon’.
Step 2: Log into Your Account
Once the application is launched, make sure you are logged in to your account if you were not automatically logged in. Afterward enter your email address or your phone number and your password, then click the “Log in” button, it will take you to your News Feed where you can be able to view your friends wall posts, pages and groups posts among others.
Step 3: Access Your Profile
To open your profile, find the profile picture icon. Most organizations using a Facebook app will place this icon either on the top left side of the home screen or in the lower right hand corner of the home screen. To go to the profile page with your posts, photos, and other necessary details, tap on the icon.
Step 4: Navigate to the “Following” Section
After getting to your profile page you will need to locate where your list of followings is indicated. This section might be slightly hidden, so follow these steps carefully:
Scroll Down to “See More About Yourself”: On your profile page, there is always a link that provides an option “See more about yourself.” It is often placed beneath the picture and few details of the owner.
Tap on “See More About Yourself”: If this is selected, a broad view of the profile of the user will be revealed with sub-headers including Friends, Photos, Check-ins among others.
Locate the “Following” Tab: It is in this new look, that the “Following” tab can be located. This tab shows all the people, pages, and other public persona you have friended or followed in this social media.
Step 5: Explore the List
When you click on the text “Following”, you will get the list of all people and things you follow in the Facebook. This list is typically categorized into different sections:
People: This concerns research subjects such as people you have ‘liked’ on your timeline and follow but you are not FRIENDS with on Facebook. Tagging lets you become a follower of another person so that you can view only updates that the person has marked as public.
Pages: These are business/company pages, other organization pages, celebrity pages, and any other public figure/Entity. Pages can also write messages, share photographs and occasions and even much more.
Public Figures: This section includes friends: celebrities, social media accounts of other people that one follows to monitor their actions and published materials.
Step 6: Managing Your Followings
It is good to be able to discover who you are following, but then it is equally good to be able to manage this list. Here’s how you can adjust your followings:
Unfollowing Profiles or Pages: To unfollow someone or a page that you are following just look for them in the list of people and pages that you follow. Beside every name, there will be a “Following” button. Touch it once and you will get a list of figures. Select ‘unfollow’ to make them unfollow you and this will help in making them be out off your followers list. It unlists their post to your News Feed preventing you from coming across their post.
Adjusting Notifications: You can also determine how you prefer the profiles and pages you are a fan of to notify you in regard to updates. Click on the ‘Following’ button after that select ‘Edit notification settings’ or the similar one. This enables you to decide of the kind of update you would want to be viewing, if it is basically all, or mere highlights or none at all.
Step 7: Privacy Considerations
When subscribing to the specific profiles and pages in Facebook, think your privacy profile. Initially, the list of people or pages that you follow can be set as public for other people to see. If you want to keep this information private:
Go to Settings & Privacy: Press on the icon, usually three horizontal lines, that is situated in the upper right corner of the application.
Select Settings: Hovered over and clicked on the option that says “Settings” which is on the dropdown menu.
Privacy Settings: When you are in the “Privacy Settings” tab, there is a setting that you need to configure to allow people to see your list of followings. You have an option to set this to ‘Only Me,’ ‘Friends,’ or ‘Public’ according to your preference.
Conclusion
To manage the activity list on Facebook on Android devices, it is very easy to see who following you or not. Following the outlined procedures should allow you great control over your followings and thus, news feeds to serve your interests well. By occasionally going through this list, one is in a position to interact with the profiles and pages of most importance while still having the privacy of the wall and the news feed of the social media site. So, always remember that what you get from Facebook depends on what you and those whom you are following and friending are willing to share.