Facebook just launched an amazing new tool today that gives control back to your newsfeed!

For some time now, Facebook has been the one deciding which of your friends' updates you see, and what news stories you read. But now that has all changed.

Today Mark Zuckerberg announced a change to the news feed preferences that will allow you to easily choose the friends and pages you want to see at the top of your News Feed, instead of burying the interesting stuff all the way at the bottom.


We just launched new tools to give you more control over what you see in your News Feed. Now you’ll be able to easily...

Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, July 9, 2015

WPDH is excited about this, because we work hard to make sure you get the latest breaking news from the Hudson Valley as well as the interesting stories that affect all of us here in our area. Now, you can be certain that you're up to date with everything that is happening.

Here's all you have to do:

Click the drop down arrow on the top right of your Facebook page to open your settings menu. Then click "News Feed Preferences".

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After that, simply select "Pages" on the left hand menu, scroll down to WPDH and choose "See First" from the drop down menu.

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Now you'll always be connected to everything that his happening here in the Hudson Valley.  Of course, you can repeat the process for any of your other favorite pages or friends too.

Do you think this will be a useful tool?  Let us know if you've switched your settings to see the WPDH updates first... we love your feedback!

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