Since last night Facebook has been all jacked up. On my home screen the most recent updates I see are from yesterday. Then randomly if I refresh I'll see a new update, then it will dissappear with another refresh. Also if I try to post an update, sometimes the "Share" button to submit it will vanish as soon as I start typing. This is happening from multiple computers, and not only when logged in as me but also when my woman is. Anyone else having these problems?
I think I may have figured it out. If you click on "Live Feed" it displays like it did before. What a dumb thing to do.
yeah i having the same issues. man i swear they always fk it up when they try to change things for the better. i am also just now getting inbox messages that were sent like 2 days ago. wtf??
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174305/facebook_gets_another_homepage_makeover.html Facebook rolled out a revamped home page on Friday. The changes once again shake up the information that you see by default when you visit your home page on the social networking site. It demonstrates how Facebook continues to adapt and try to find the right balance of status updates and details to deliver to users. The major changes basically boil down to this: the ‘Highlights' are merged into the News Feed, and there are basically two home page views to choose from-- the News Feed and the Live Feed. The News Feed uses Facebook magic to determine the posts and updates that seem like they would be most interesting to you, and adds back in items like notifications when friends are tagged in photos, or when friends follow fan pages or join new Facebook groups, add other friends, or RSVP to events. By contrast, the Live Feed is literally the live feed of all status updates from your entire network of friends on Facebook. While you are viewing the News Feed, a bubble next to the Live Feed link keeps a running count of the number of new updates in the Live Feed. You can also customize what shows up in the Live Feed by clicking on Edit Options at the bottom of the Live Feed page. The removal of the Highlights section from the right panel also mean that the Events box will shift up where things like friends' birthdays will be more visible. Over the past few months Facebook has morphed through other evolutions in site design and content as well. Facebook added an option to share status updates publicly-- similar to the way Twitter tweets are available to the general public. Facebook updates are still private by default though and require you to manually change the privacy settings to allow them to be shared. It also added Twitter style ‘@' tags, and purchased FriendFeed, a popular niche social networking rival. Social networking has been around for a while, but it is still embryonic, or at least in its infancy. While sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace and others at one time seemed to provide fairly unique services, the lines continue to blur as social networking evolves. Facebook traffic has increased substantially while MySpace has plummeted, and Facebook is continuing to adapt to try and become the Google of social networking rather than turning into the next MySpace. Facebook explained the reason for the changes on its blog. "Some of you may ask why we are changing the home page again. Like you, we know it can be disruptive when things are moved around, but we hope that these changes make Facebook a more valuable experience for you." I have no doubt that Facebook wants to provide a valuable experience, but I think there are ulterior motives in there as well. I am sure Facebook monitors the traffic and usage patterns of users very closely to figure out what works. These changes will foster more cross-traffic and more social interaction. Facebook thrives on the viral aspects of the social network and isn't necessarily trying to be a news site. Facebook also wants to capitalize on its potential of the status update feed with deals like the one with Microsoft unveiled last week at the Web 2.0 Summit. With over 300 million users, Facebook boasts more than 45 million status updates per day, a jackpot for real-time search indexing. I have one piece of advice to offer Facebook for the next home page revamp (at the current rate of change on Facebook that could be as early as Thanksgiving): come up with a better term than News Feed. The Live Feed seems like it would be more appropriately called the News Feed, while the News Feed is more like the highlights or most interesting stuff. The News Feed and Live Feed names are ambiguous.
...." Facbook's for lamers. So ooonly a LOOOOOOOOSER would even know about stuff like this to begin with" jk
I was going to say, "Why don't you just ask Fatty" but felt it was too much of a softball question that you asked there, Harrisment.
Lots of people complain every time Facebook changes anything. "No, Facebook should stay for only college students" "The News Feed feature is so cluttered" "Apps are killing the clean look" "the new home page helps stalking" blah blah blah blah Then people get used to it, and the complaining stopped and Facebook is as popular as ever. Give it a rest. I personally prefer the new look.
Why do you keep sounding so bitter? FWIW, folks, Manny was on MySpace right there with me 2-3 years ago. Even asking advice on how to "pick up chicks." But now that he's married he is "too cool" for this stuff anymore. Quite pathetic, Manny. Negative 1 rep for you.
I wasn't aware that being unable to post updates and having submission buttons and messages randomly dissappear was a new "feature" that I need to 'get used to.' Thank you for showing me the error of my ways. I will learn from your example and accept these new improvements and just 'give it a rest.'
Lighten up, Francis. Glad to see you can assign negative rep to people. Once again, though, you talk out of your ass as usual. It is not that I am "too cool" for facebook because I am married, it is because I don't have the time for it. And other than you, the only person I know that is so into Facebook is my wife's brother's wife (my sister-in-law) and she is so into it that she pretty much neglects her 2 small kids and runs up their cell phone bill to amounts that we won't go there. So, yea I am not big into Facebook, so don't ask or expect me to want to do it just because you do it or think it is "cool". It's a waste of time.
I saw that I didnt receive much activity of late..Then realized that for weeks I've been looking at the "News" feed instead of the "Wall" like a newb. So even if they streamline it there's just gonna be some goobers on there doing it all wrong.
Says the guy who "wastes" time on here. If anything, at least facebook is about talking to people I actually know. Jeez, even my mom is on it. How you choose to use it is your own thing. To me, it is similar to email.
Why bother? This dude listens to music all day to the point of posting about it for the past ten years? He's an imbecile. He doesn't get it. Again, he went from "how do I meet women" to "I'm so over this" in a heartbeat. He has been called out before. Manny, I just feel sorry for someone who acts like you do.
