( CNN ) -- Facebook is giving its users more control over the posts and people they see most in their news feeds . On Friday , the company announced new filters in Settings that show the people , pages and groups you follow that posted the most in the past week , along with a summary . If you `` unfollow '' someone in the heat of the moment and decide you miss their cat photos , bring up the list of recently un-followed people and add them back into your feed . There are also new controls so users can opt to see fewer posts from a person or a page ( instead of just un-following them outright ) . Giving more power to its users is a smart move for the social network . Facebook has taken a lot of heat for controlling what people see and when they see it . Facebook wants to bring back the anonymous chatroom . Instead of a straight chronological list of posts from friends and family , the company uses algorithms to show an edited feed . Posts it deems more important , like major life events , are bumped to the top . Sometimes day-old stories are resurfaced . It also looks at your behavior , what posts you like and pages you follow to decide what content to show you . With an average of 864 million people looking at their news feed every day , that 's a lot of power . The company was accused of unethically experimenting on almost 690,000 users ' news feeds in 2012 ( the news broke in June ) . It tinkered with the content of feeds , showing some people more positive content and others more negative posts , and studied how that impacted the emotions and posts of those users . Facebook 's $ 19 billion move you might not notice . One of the most frustrating parts of the company 's controlling approach to the news feed is how difficult it is to customize what you do see . There are options for muting individuals or blocking posts from certain sites , but with hundreds of friends , managing what pops up can be a full-time job . These new settings , available on desktop now and coming to the mobile apps over the next few weeks , is an attempt to make surfing your feed less work .
Facebook is adding settings to the most popular pages , people and groups you follow ! Text: I'm not sure if this has been done before but The new settings are available on the desktop site and coming soon to mobile apps .