Facebook's New Tool

"Facebook has started to test tools on how much ex-partners see of one another and their posts.These tools are being tested in Facebook mobile applications in the United States." (AFP, 2015) This tool give the capability of making it possible to not see certain things about your ex in your news feed, without having to go and unfriend or block them.

Product manager, Kelly Winters said, "We are testing tools to help people manage how they interact with their former partners on Facebook after a relationship has ended." (AFP, 2015) The goal of this tool is to eliminate a former partner from unfriending or blocking their ex. Couples will be promoted to these tools when they change their relationship status. "This tool will allow you to see less of a former partner's name and profile picture. Posts by the ex will no longer show up in your newsfeed and individuals will be able to "untag" themselves from posts with former partners." (AFP, 2015)

I think this new tool will be interesting because now individuals won't have to unfriend an ex or block them because they don't want to see their posts. I know this is a very common thing and the other individual always knows when they've been unfriended or blocked, especially if they try to go to their ex's page to see what's going on in their life. I believe there will be adjustments made to the tool, as it's used more. For now I think this is a good start for Facebook when dealing with individuals who are ending their relationship, especially when the relationship made an appearance on Facebook.  

This tool was just released yesterday, so it will be interesting to see how tool impacts the social media world and what improvements will be on the tool as individuals begin to use it. Can't wait to hear what the reviews are of this tool and how users feel about the tool and being able to control what they do and don't want to see of their ex.