“Facebook has had the Friend Lists feature for a long time, but few users actually know about it, and even fewer use it. Clearly the social networking giant is figuring out a way to fix the problem.
You also have smart lists that update themselves for coworkers, classmates, and local friends. You can add or remove anyone to these lists at any time.
(Coworker icon) This will be a list of friends who work with you.
(Classmate icon) This will be a list of friends who attend school with you.
(Local icon) This will be a list of people who live within 50 miles of your current city.
These lists appear to have two major uses. The first is for sharing content with: you can choose a list you created manually or one that was created for you from the drop-down menu in the bottom right of the “What’s on your mind?” status box. The second is for the News Feed: you will be able to filter your News Feed to only display content from one (or more?) of your friend lists.
These changes are clearly an answer to Google+ Circles. Two months ago, four Facebook engineers built Circle Hack, which lets you build friend lists on Facebook exactly how you build Circles on Google+.”
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