Facebook to provide more control over news feed

Facebook wants you to see more of what you want to see. New tools will help you weed through the clutter of boring, unwanted information, often from long-forgotten acquaintances, and surface the gems from close friends and interesting pages.

Users can now be able choose the friends and pages they want to see on their news feed first each time you log on. To do this, go to the friend's profile. Click on the box that says 'following' and select 'see first.'

Facebook's computer software uses a wide range of information you provide to decide what to show. This includes what friends you interact with and how often or whether you tend to like photos, videos or text updates more.

In announcing the new tools, Facebook acknowledged that its automated system isn't perfect, so it wants to give users a way to set their own preferences. In addition to selecting who or what page you will see first, you'll still to be able to 'unfollow' friends so you won't see them at all.