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I logged into Facebook today. The changes I saw don't seem as drastic as I was expecting, from what I had heard.
I followed the instructions on this page to create a list including all my FB friends, and then compared that page to the default page.
[ 2014/05/25 Copied here for reference, and updated based on new FB UI:
1) Look for 'FRIENDS' on the left-hand side of this page. Hover over the word FRIENDS and you'll see 'More'.
2) Click 'More', then click 'Create List' in the next page that comes up.
3) Name your list (whatever you want to call it) and then click 'add friends' on the next screen that comes up.
4) Begin typing in the names of your friends, and they will be listed. Select each one to add them.
5) Now, every time you come to facebook, click on the list you created. You'll find it on the left-hand side.
... if you add new friends, remember to add them to your custom list too.
]
The differences I saw were:
1. the default page marks some stories as "top stories" and puts them at the top of the list.
2. the default page makes you click extra links in order to expand some entries which are hidden to begin with.
3. the list page I created doesn't include posts from pages which I follow.
4. the default page doesn't continue as far back in time as the list page I created. (this was an intermittent problem I had before too, so it may be a fluke)
#1 seems the same as the previous default view that I would get after logging into FB. I always had to click the "Most Recent" link in order to view the posts in the correct chronological order. Why would people be upset over this change, unless they were in the habit of always clicking the "Most Recent" link, like I was?
Maybe there were other changes made that aren't apparent to me, due to the low number of people that I follow?
I don't see the "Ticker" thing that some pages mentioned. Maybe because no one I'm following is posting right now. Or maybe they changed it to off by default.
I followed the instructions on this page to create a list including all my FB friends, and then compared that page to the default page.
[ 2014/05/25 Copied here for reference, and updated based on new FB UI:
1) Look for 'FRIENDS' on the left-hand side of this page. Hover over the word FRIENDS and you'll see 'More'.
2) Click 'More', then click 'Create List' in the next page that comes up.
3) Name your list (whatever you want to call it) and then click 'add friends' on the next screen that comes up.
4) Begin typing in the names of your friends, and they will be listed. Select each one to add them.
5) Now, every time you come to facebook, click on the list you created. You'll find it on the left-hand side.
... if you add new friends, remember to add them to your custom list too.
]
The differences I saw were:
1. the default page marks some stories as "top stories" and puts them at the top of the list.
2. the default page makes you click extra links in order to expand some entries which are hidden to begin with.
3. the list page I created doesn't include posts from pages which I follow.
4. the default page doesn't continue as far back in time as the list page I created. (this was an intermittent problem I had before too, so it may be a fluke)
#1 seems the same as the previous default view that I would get after logging into FB. I always had to click the "Most Recent" link in order to view the posts in the correct chronological order. Why would people be upset over this change, unless they were in the habit of always clicking the "Most Recent" link, like I was?
Maybe there were other changes made that aren't apparent to me, due to the low number of people that I follow?
I don't see the "Ticker" thing that some pages mentioned. Maybe because no one I'm following is posting right now. Or maybe they changed it to off by default.