Facebook News Feed changes

Posted on 19. Jun, 2010 by hotlou in Work

News Feed featuring popular images

News Feed featuring popular images

Facebook appears to be testing a new feature and removing a feature from the News Feed.

The images appearing at the top is AWESOME. My posts on my popular pages and my personal profile tend to do much better when images are included and I feel I interact with image posts more frequently. So as both a publisher and a consumer, I love this.

The missing modal News Feed could really disappoint me. The Top News mode is terrific and works pretty well at showing content I’m most interested in, but I always view the Most Recent mode to see if I’m missing something from someone that Facebook doesn’t realize I appreciate. Not to mention, I’ll often view my posts in the News Feed immediately after posting them because the content is often displayed slightly differently there than on my profile wall.

I will hold a candle light vigil for Most Recent mode if it disappears for good. I hope you’ll join me.

Are you seeing this? What do you think?

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UPDATE: Now that this story has been picked up by the Inside Network, allfacebook.com, and the New York Times, some people are asking questions like “how few friends does this loser hotlou have?”

For the record, the account has 13 friends — but they are some of the best test-friends that a test-account could ever ask for. :)

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22 Responses to “Facebook News Feed changes”

  1. Facebook Tests A News Feed For People With Few Friends | International News - Stay up to date with the latest World News, Finance & Business, Green News, Technology and Sports

    22. Jun, 2010

    [...] testing a version of its News Feed customized for users with very few friends. Reader Erik Eliason spotted the test and took a screen grab that we’ve pasted [...]

  2. Facebook Tests A News Feed For People With Few Friends | SHOUTing GORIlla

    22. Jun, 2010

    [...] testing a version of its News Feed customized for users with very few friends. Reader Erik Eliason spotted the test and took a screen grab that we’ve pasted below. Check out the sexy [...]

  3. News Feed Design Test Places Large Popular Photos Atop Feeds For Some Users

    22. Jun, 2010

    [...] feed that displays 3 popular photos above the stream of friend and page updates, as some users are spotting. These photos are sized much larger than any others on the home page and are accompanied by their [...]

  4. News Feed Design Test Places Large Popular Photos on Top For Some Users | Internet Marketing Guide

    22. Jun, 2010

    [...] feed that displays 3 popular photos above the stream of friend and page updates, as some users are spotting. These photos are sized much larger than any others on the home page and are accompanied by their [...]

  5. Binomial Revenue » Blog Archive » Facebook Tests A News Feed For People With Few Friends

    22. Jun, 2010

    [...] testing a version of its News Feed customized for users with very few friends. Reader Erik Eliason spotted the test and took a screen grab that we’ve pasted below. Check out the sexy [...]

  6. News Feed Design Test Places Large Popular Photos on Top For Some Users | Facebook Annoncering - GoSocial.dk

    22. Jun, 2010

    [...] feed that displays 3 popular photos above the stream of friend and page updates, as some users are spotting. These photos are sized much larger than any others on the home page and are accompanied by their [...]

  7. Facebook Tests Featured-Stories For Unconnected Users

    22. Jun, 2010

    [...] users who “have very few friends” as a way to get them engaged. The feature, which was first spotted by hotlou.com, has a design which resembles large online media publications like Gawker media, and even [...]

  8. Facebook Tests Featured-Stories For Unconnected Users | Facebook Annoncering - GoSocial.dk

    23. Jun, 2010

    [...] users who “have very few friends” as a way to get them engaged. The feature, which was first spotted by hotlou.com, has a design which resembles large online media publications like Gawker media, and even [...]

  9. Facebook design tweaks make for a more visual news feed |

    23. Jun, 2010

    [...] Facebook is testing out a new few tweaks thats make the news feed more visual. A screenshot from Hotlou shows that three larger images appear at the top of the news feed, leading into friends’ [...]

  10. Facebook Tests Featured-Stories For Unconnected Users « My Blog

    23. Jun, 2010

    [...] users who “have very few friends” as a way to get them engaged. The feature, which was first spotted by hotlou.com, has a design which resembles large online media publications like Gawker media, and even [...]

  11. Facebook is testing a News Feed for loners | Internet News for Geeks

    23. Jun, 2010

    [...] facebook user ‘hotlou‘ seems to have picked up on a new Facebook feature! Unfortunately, other than the picture [...]

  12. Facebook trialling new interface | Peter Fletcher. Internet Marketing Consultant

    23. Jun, 2010

    [...] options. In their place is simply Newsfeed. But the big change, as can be seen in the pic below first published on Hotlou, are large images highlighting interesting stories. It’s understood that Facebook wants those [...]

  13. Facebook is testing a News Feed for loners | ThaiDC.com

    24. Jun, 2010

    [...] Facebook user ‘hotlou‘ seems to have picked up on a new Facebook feature! Unfortunately, other than the picture [...]

  14. Bronwyn Phelps

    02. Jul, 2010

    I hate it,change it back!

  15. How to Become a Quora Killer | hotlou

    09. Jul, 2010

    [...] that read my post about the new News Feed feature that Facebook is testing for users with few friends will be pleased to see this form: Apply to be a Facebook beta tester. [...]

  16. Jason

    17. Jul, 2010

    Bring back the “Most Recent”. I hate what Facebook have done to my home page. I have 41 friends. How many friends is too few???

    I need to be able to see whats going on at any one time in chronological order, so I know I haven’t missed anything. Since when was showing a post that happened a week ago and I have had to read 8 times already more important than anything else?

    Change it back Facebook, or at least give us the option to show things “Most Recent” if we want too, and allow us to choose which view we want as the default.

    Vent finished.

  17. rock harvey

    17. Jul, 2010

    This test format to get me to discover interesting content and create an instantly valuable experience has got to be the biggest bunch of malarkey I’ve ever seen. The three large pictures remain unchanged for days on end (usually 3 to 5 days) and most often are of absolutely no interest to me. The so called news feed is anywhere from 10 hours ago to 21 days ago and I’m never up to date with my friends. My desktop computer where I have more “friends” is still using the normal format and stays up to date with all my friends. The test format is quickly driving me to search for another social networking service. I joined Facebook because it gave me good control over the content I view. With no option to opt-out of the test format, I am no longer in control of anything I view on Facebook except my profile picture. Change it back or lose me!!!!!

  18. Tavia Thomas

    21. Jul, 2010

    I have over 360 friends, and, as of today, I can’t sort by recent news, only having a “more stories” option which appear in a nonsensical order. There is absolutely no point to Facebook, if I can’t view chronologically.

    I have been a strong supporter of FB, I use it for both personal and professional purposes, I administer a number of business pages and many groups. I have done paid advertising with FB as well. I am so angry that my blood pressure is shooting through the roof. This is a completely asinine change and makes me want to cancel my account.

  19. Cindy

    23. Jul, 2010

    I have 300 friends, that is too few? This change is absurd and not sure who thought it was a good one. I want to be able to see my posts in chronological order. The arrogance of FB continues. Arrogance is always the downfall. Change this back and stop using us as guinea pigs to test your ideas. People are telling you they hate it, listen to them.

  20. Agustin

    26. Jul, 2010

    Yes, change it back! This is very strange. How can they change a product without asking the users, or even telling them? You just wake up one day and discover the system doesn’t work like it used to, which means showing posts in a logical, chronological way. The way tt works now is so less useful, not to mention comprehensible. Who knows? Maybe FB thinks it’s too big to fail. But beware, the next new thing is already being used by kids somewhere, and this big bloated arrogant program will wind up with MySpace on the trash heap of social networks.

  21. Darryll

    26. Jul, 2010

    I have 300 friends also. This new format is HORRIBLE and if I do not get “most recent” back, I will stop using FB.

  22. Debra

    28. Jul, 2010

    I do not like it, just because I have few friends why should that change how the page looks, please change it back

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