Social media websites have evolved from the traditional approach placing greater importance on the mental well-being of their users. A few examples include Snapchat’s partnership with Headspace, a popular meditation app, Instagram enforcing stricter penalties for users sending abusive messages to others, etc. Facebook too has introduced similar features; one such feature that we will be talking about today is – Ia o pauză. In this article, we bring to you a perfect guide that will help understand how to take a break from someone on Facebook or mute someone on Facebook and how Facebook take a break vs unfollow are different.
How to Take a Break from Someone on Facebook
Follow are some difference between Facebook take a break vs unfollow caracteristică.
- When you take a break from a person/profile on the platform, you essentially mut them for an indefinite period.
- Their posts opri appearing on your news feed, and likewise, any posts you make won’t appear on their feed.
- De asemenea, puteți modifica intimitate settings for the posts already on your timeline to prevent the person from viewing them.
- All the mutual tags between you and the person will be eliminat along with posts made on each other’s timelines.
- The person’s profile nu va fi prompted/notified when adding tags, sending messages and also posts made by your friends tagging the concerned person won’t appear on your news feed, etc.
- Acesta este different from unfollow option as the selected person won’t be able to see your posts which doesn’t happen when you unfollow someone i.e. they can still see your posts after you unfollow them.
It is intended to ease users through a change in relationship status without taking serious actions like blocking or unfriending the other person. It does not have a time limit and you can take a break from someone for as long as you wish/need. The person you are taking a break from won’t be alerted about your actions, thus, preventing any awkward conversations. Now after understanding about this feature let’s move to how to take a break from someone on Facebook.
Notă 1: Smartphones don’t have the same Settings options, they vary from manufacturer to manufacture so check the correct settings before changing anything.
Notă 2: For some bizarre reason, the take a break feature is not available on desktop browsers and you can only take a break from someone through the mobile application or by using a mobile browser.
Taking a break from someone on Facebook is quite easy and only demands a few taps as explained below:
1. Lansați Facebook app on your mobile device by tapping on the app icon.
2. Apăsați pe căutare button and type the name of the person you would like to take a break from. Visit their profile.
3. Apăsați pe Prieteni buton. Selectează Ia o pauză opțiune din meniu.
Notă: On some devices, you will need to tap on trei puncte orizontale to view Profile Settings.
Selectați Ia o pauză opțiune din meniu.
4. În cele ce urmează See less of *name of the person* pop-up, atingeți Consultați Opțiuni to fine-tune the settings.
5. From the provided options, select Limit where you see. The person’s posts and the posts he/she/they are tagged in won’t appear on your feed and you also won’t be prompted to message or tag the person after selecting this option. Tap the Economisiți butonul.
6. If you would like to hide your posts from this person, tap Consultați Opțiuni și selectați Hide your post from on the next screen. This option will indirectly add the person to the Restricted Friends list. Remember to tap on Economisiți.
7. To change the privacy settings of past posts of you and the concerned person, tap on Consultați Opțiuni in Edit who can see past posts secţiune.
8. Selectați Edit all of my posts and posts that I’m tagged in și Economisiți. Any posts made by you & the person on each other’s timelines will be deleted and you will be untagged from their posts. You can also choose to individually change the privacy settings of each past post.
You have completed the process of how to take a break from someone on Facebook.
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If you are unable to see the Take a Break option when you tap on Friends as shown in Step 3, make sure your app is updated. To update the Facebook application, follow these steps;
1. Apăsați pe Google Play, pictograma aplicației.
2. Either perform a search for Facebook or tap on your display picture at the top-right corner and then select Aplicațiile și jocurile mele.
3. Check if an update is available for Facebook. If yes, tap on the Actualizează button and wait for the update installation to finish.
4. Once the app has been updated, go ahead and check if the take a break option is available.
Pro Tip: How to Revert Take a Break on Facebook
If after some time you wish to revert the changes, you can set all the above preferences back to their default state and end the break. You will need to manually follow the person (only if you wish to see their posts on your news feed) and remove them from your restricted list. Follow the given points to perform the respective actions.
- To follow the person, simply visit their profile and tap on Urma butonul.
- To remove them from the restricted list, tap on the Prieteni button on their profile and select Editați liste de prieteni (or Add to another list). Open restrâns list and tap on the verifica icon next to the person’s name to remove him/her from the list.
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