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News Feed Driving You Crazy? Restore Facebook Status Updates to the Default (with Pictures)
Personally, I think this Live Feed - News Feed funny business is all about monetizing eyeballs. Maybe if you know most users won't bother to figure out how to customize their feeds and will receive exactly what you tell them is news...well, that surely sweetens the pot. Status Updates must be missing something though. Hmm... photos? apps?
Summary: Quick instructions and pictures how to to remove Facebook Live Feed and Restore Facebook Status Updates. How to get your old Facebook back. Here are a few easy steps to change your Facebook back to something similar to the old Facebook format.
Don’t like the new Facebook format that shows Live Feed and View News Feed?
Me either.
Facebook’s “News Feed” is now Facebook’s determination of what stories Facebook thinks you’ll most enjoy and based on your past history interacting with the site. Facebook makes this choice based on how much activity and attention an item has seen (from friends commenting and liking it) and how likely Facebook thinks you might interact with that post. Here’s how to fix it…
Facebook’s new “Live Feed,” is theoretically the same real-time feed from your friends that you’re used to. If you scroll to the very bottom of the Live Feed Page, You can click “Edit Options” to set the frequency of feeds and adjust which friends you hear more and less from.
Unfortunately, you’ll have to click on “Status Update” at the top of the screen, but at least, theoretically, with the edit options set, you can restore your full flow of feeds.
Step 1: Click “Live Feed” at the top of the Facebook page to activate it. Live feed is most like the original Facebook page.
Step 2: Use the right scroll bar to scroll to the bottom of the facebook home page.
Step 3: Click the “edit options” link to change the options for the Facebook Live Feed
Step 4: Change the “number of friends” setting to a high number to get all the new feeds. Use the text boxes if you want to receive more messages from some friends and less from others.
More steps below for setting your default Facebook Home page.
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FACEBOOK HOME (DEFAULT) APPLICATION
The application at the top of your Facebook list is the default screen when you visit Facebook or when you click the Facebook HOME link. Use the steps below to choose which Facebook screen is at the top of your Facebook list.
- Locate the LIST of Facebook options that are in the top left corner of your Facebook home screen
- Click the “more” link at the bottom of the list
- Click, then Drag to the top of the list, the application you want as your starting, or “home” application
- Click the “Home” link to activate your new default Facebook home page.
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And from Mashable...
The New, New, New Facebook: Hundres of Thousands Organize in Protest
Although the latest Facebook homepage changes seem relatively minor compared to some of the more drastic moves the company has made in the past, there are once again hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of users voicing their frustration.
The most visible group to emerge so far: “PLEASE GIVE US OUR OLD NEWS FEED BACK!” (caps and exclamation point included). The group will likely cross 500,000 members this morning, as more users catch wind of their friends joining it via the News Feed.
While much of the frustration seems like the usual anger and resistance to change you always see when any major website pushes a redesign, I have heard a few valid complaints about the new Facebook (
):
1. The “Live Feed” isn’t all that live. Seemingly, you need to refresh to see new stuff, as there are no alerts when new content is available. That’s not completely true: if you’re viewing the “News Feed,” you’ll get alerts when new content is available, but that’s not immediately clear.
2. The “News Feed” isn’t very good. The goal of the feature is to be a digest of what’s important in your network, much like “Highlights” in the previous iteration. My own opinion: I’d give it a B- … most of the stories seem interesting, though nearly 24 hours old at this point. Given the “Live Feed” now includes more information and is hence more cluttered, it would seem the “News Feed” should be more up-to-date to emphasize important happenings.
3. Facebook didn’t give much warning about the changes. Unlike previous iterations where announcements were prominently placed on member homepages, Facebook seemingly just flipped the switch on this change without doing much to prepare users.
Facebook did address a number of issues that members had with the previous iteration by re-adding information like new friends of friends and changes in relationship status into the feed, and by moving events and birthdays back above the fold. However, those issues seem like they were light years ago and mostly forgotten.
The problem here seems to be that Facebook didn’t add much in the way of new and exciting, but rather just made a few incremental changes that make sense from a UI perspective, but once again frustrate and confuse those that are resistant to change (and don’t read Facebook’s blog … or Mashable (
)).
Will it blow over? You have to think so given Facebook’s history of surviving far more significant revolts. Further, the issues with this latest change seem fairly easy for the social network to address with small tweaks to the product.
Missing Some Friends? How Set Your Live Feed and News Feed Facebook Settings
Have you noticed that Facebook has re-designed the Home Page?
It now displays a News Feed and a Live Feed..
Since this re-design, did you know that Facebook has already chosen which of your friends will be displayed in these feeds and which will be hidden?
You probably haven’t noticed, but Facebook has decided that a lot of your friends won’t be appearing in your News and Live feeds.
This guide will show you how to fix this.. so that all your friends re-appear in your feeds.
What’s the Difference Between News Feed and Live Feed?
Facebook has introduced two views of your News Feed,
- A summary of activity that has happened in the last day
- A real-time view that shows you what is happening right now
News Feed
The News Feed displays the most interesting things that have happened in the last day.. a summary of what has been going on.
Stories are displayed according what Facebook thinks you’ll enjoy.. based on a variety of factors including, how many friends have liked and commented on that story and how likely you are to interact with that story.
Live Feed
After you have caught up on what you have missed.. the Live Feed displays what is happening right now.
You will see posts and updates come through and display in real-time.
Like with the News Feed, Facebook has already determined which of your friends will be displayed, and which will be hidden, in your Live Feed.
Adding Friends Back into the News Feed
To add friends so that they re-appear in your News Feed.. scroll to the bottom of the News Feed page and click on Edit Options,
(NB – if the <Edit> button does not display.. try hiding someone first.. then when you scroll down it should now be displayed. To hide someone, please refer to the section below)
The following friends are hidden from your News Feed.. to add them back in, so their activity is displayed in your News Feed.. click on <Add To News Feed>,
Do the same for Pages and Applications.. by clicking on <Add to News Feed>.
Once you have added those items to display in your News Feed again.. click on <Close> to save your changes.
Hiding Friends in the News Feed
To hide any friends in your News Feed, just hover your mouse to the right of their story and click on <Hide>,
Adding Friends Back into the Live Feed
The friends and updates that are displayed in your Live Feed can be displayed independently of your News Feed.
Since Facebook’s re-design many of your friends now won’t display in your Live feed.. they have been hidden.
To unhide them and to choose for yourself who is displayed.. scroll to the bottom of the Live Feed screen and click on Edit Options,
(NB – if the <Edit> button does not display.. try hiding someone first.. then when you scroll down it should now be displayed. To hide someone, please refer to the section below)
Facebook has already determined which of your friends will appear in your Live Feed.. but you can change that so you can choose which friends to display.
You will notice that the Number of Friends section has been pre-populated with 250,
I don’t want to be capped at 250.. so I am going to change this to 5000 which is the maximum amount of friends that Facebook currently allows you to have,
That way, as my friends list grows over time I still get to see all of their real-time updates come through and not be capped at seeing only 250.
Next click on the View Recommended Friends link,
You will notice that some friends are displayed in light-blue and others in white,
The ones displayed in light-blue are those friends that Facebook thinks you want displayed in your Live Feed.
The ones displayed in white are those friends that Facebook thinks you don’t want displayed in your Live Feed.
So to choose who you want displayed in your Live Feed.. just click on those friends.. and they will turn dark-blue,
When you have selected those friends (I re-selected all of them) you want displayed in your Live Feed click on Back to Settings,
On the News Feed Settings, I am also going to remove everyone from the Hide section.. so that everyone’s updates will be displayed.. when this is done click on <Save>,
Hiding Friends in the Live Feed
Just like the News Feed above, to hide any friends in your Live Feed, just hover your mouse to the right of their story and click on <Hide>,
Finally..
So there you have it.. all your friends activities and status updates will appear in your News Feed and Live Feed.
And not just the ones that Facebook thinks you should have!
Facebook now has a LIVE feed (happening now) and a NEWS feed (popular highlights)
From: http://blog.facebook.com/
Facebook now allows you to have two views of the news feed: (1) a summary view of the most interesting activity that's happened in the last day and (2) a real-time view that shows you what is happening right now.
You will be able to catch up on what you may have missed while you were away from Facebook and then easily switch to the real-time stream when you want to see posts as soon as they're shared. Here's how it works:
News Feed
When you log into Facebook, you'll see the most interesting things that happened in the last day in the "News Feed" view. News Feed picks stories that Facebook thinks you'll enjoy based on a variety of factors including how many friends have liked and commented on it and how likely you are to interact with that story.
Live Feed
Once you've caught up on what you missed, you can click through to "Live Feed" to see what's happening right now. As long as you remain logged into Facebook, you'll continue to see posts and activity from your friends in real-time. You can edit what appears in this view by clicking "Edit Options" at the bottom of the home page.
ER visit
I'm at an emergency room right now for a freakishly high body temperature this morning. Ah it definitely will be a short week - sucks that I'll spend it sick.
My little room is right next to a lady with severe back pain that's been bothering her for nine months. (btw, I wasn't eavesdropping. the curtains are so thin that I could hear everything). I feel really bad because she needs to see a specialist for her condition and she doesn't have medical insurance. Her situation screams healthcare reform. It's sad that in a country like the US, some people don't have the means to really care for themselves or address medical issues they may have. As much as I am disliking my job right now, I've got to be greatful for having medical coverage. But this model sucks so I really hope the healthcare reform will, one day, provide Americans more options.
Wish me well - I have my family from Canada visiting this week and I really want to hang out with them.
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lsat class session one
interesting experience thus far. good people, at least they seem like it. there's one golden bear! yay.
we shall see how this goes! more update on this later. back to my class marathon til 7pm!! and again tomorrow...for the next three weekends! phew. i'll conquer this! wooot.
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iSurvived
very fun white water rafting adventure. definitely had it's scary moments but it wasn't long until we got to the swang of thangs! I'm glad I got to go and I can now proudly say I've done it (:
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live blogging from kernville
why I love iphone and posterous! Live blogging about to go white water rafting. Kernville, CA! Wherever this is. Pics to be added later.
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growing up is (still) hard to do
almost out of school for 2 years now but i feel like i haven't really mastered the whole growing up deal. it feels like i'm always catching up with life: opening mail, paying bills enlosed in those mails, disciplining myself to budget (creating and sticking to it), and just organizing my life. am i not balance or organize enough which is the reason why i'm always behind? it's not like it's my 1st time dealing with life stuff because i was trained enough in college.
maybe it's a balance issue after all? balance and discipline? whatever it is, things have to change for the better. and they must change soon.
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post op appointment
i'm at my oral surgeon for my post-wisdom teeth extraction consultation. i wanna call out one of the staffer - she's so unfriendly on the phone. hello dummy - review your friggin job description.
and what the hell, people come out of this place with a lot of pain and the last thing patients in pain want is to deal with someone like her. oh and yeah, 8-9% unemployment rate right now so be glad u got a job, so u best do it well! ugh.
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