If you’d rather your boss NOT see that you’re playing games on Facebook...

Love it or leave it – the new Facebook is here.

That new ticker in the right hand column is akin to Twitter. No more clicking or digging to see what your friends are up to – their real time activity will keep on ticking – and the same goes for you. If you’re worried your boss will see you playing Words with Friends – that’s not likely, unless of course your boss is playing games too. Ticker activity is displayed according to which app category you are in. If you’d rather not be so visible in other people’s tickers, here are a few options:

• Change your App Settings – you’ll find that under Privacy Settings. There you can pick and choose which activities can be viewed by whom.

• Another option is to block one of your actions as soon as it appears in the ticker. Just hover over it and click the “x” and your blocking options will appear.

• There is really no way to prevent your comments and posts from appearing in your friends’ tickers – unless you’ve created friend lists.

If you just hate the ticker all-together – you’re out of luck. We can’t make it go away but we can make it smaller. Click on the bar at the bottom of the ticker column and move it up – you can shrink it all the way down to one item.

If you want the old Facebook back, there are some applications out there that you can download - but do that with caution – scammers are bound to get in on the act. And if you’re wondering why Facebook doesn’t ask its “customers” first before changing everything around, just remember – you are the Facebook PRODUCT – not the customer.