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From Linda Roeder, Former About.com Guide to Personal Web Pages

Keep Your Online Status a Secret on Facebook

Tuesday October 20, 2009

Want some friends to see if you're online and others not to? Here's how you can hide your online status from some of your friends but not others. I know I have some friends that I don't want to chat with and it bugs me that they even know when I'm online. When I'm online I'm there for a reason, not to be bugged by them. Other friends I always have time for.

Here's a really easy way to set it up so that some of your friends can see when you're online, and others can't. That way you can still chat with your friends and your boss or spouse will think you're hard at work, not playing around on Facebook.

...(How To Do It)

o How To Chat on Facebook
o Facebook Instant Messenger
o Block Facebook Friends From Chat

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