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We're delighted to spotlight another LiveJournal feature that you didn't discover immediately and you can't live without. This week we're talking about Custom Friends Groups. This feature allows you to create subsets of your friends to share specific posts. If you post an entry or comment to a Custom Friends Group, only members of that group will be able to see it. You can create a Custom Friends Group by following these simple steps (described more fully in this FAQ):

• Visit the Manage Custom Friends Group page
• Click the 'New' button under the box on the left, labeled 'Your custom friends groups'
• Choose a name for your Custom Friends Group (e.g., Big_Bang_Theory_fanfic); Please note that there is a 40 character limit
• Select the friends you wish to add to your Custom Friends Group from the box labeled 'Not in group' and use the [>>] button to move them to the 'In group' box
• When you're finished moving friends around, be sure to click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page
• Now, whenever you post an entry, you can choose a custom security level and select a Custom Friends Group, and only those friends in your custom group will be able to see it
• You can also create a custom reading filter, by clicking Filter Friends and choosing your Custom Friends Group from the group list

Are there any other ways you use Custom Friends Groups that we haven't mentioned? Tell us in comments. We'll be back next week with another fun tip!

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