HOW TO: Hide Status Updates From Certain People

Using Facebook’s general privacy settings (find these through hitting “account” on the top right of a Facebook page) you can select whether everyone, just friends or friends of friends can see your status updates. However, there's a way to narrow those options down even further.

You can select specific friend lists to see your status (relevant for work, special interest groups, etc.) or even individual people through name, which is useful for anybody organizing a surprise party.

To take advantage of these options, click the padlock icon just below your “what’s on your mind” box on your wall and a drop down menu should appear. Selecting “customize” will bring up more options like “make this visible to” and “hide from” with the option to make your selection a default.