Facebook has redesigned the news feed (again!) and officially launched a ticker in the right-hand side of the screen.
Users have been seeing both of these changes in beta test versions in recent weeks, but today they go live across the site.
While the news feed and ticker at first seem like duplicates of one another, the latter looks like a skinnier version of the former.
The ticker sits on top of the chat feature, and you can move the grey bar separating the two to adjust how much you see of each.
Clicking on anything in the ticker expands it into a fuller-sized version in the space otherwise occupied by the news feed.
The news feed reflects the addition of the recently launched smart friend lists, the subscribe button and the relocated privacy controls on the site; Facebook explains how to use all of them in a new video that we’ve embedded beneath this post.
The feed focuses on the most popular topics among your friends and those you subscribe to; you might see it expand in places where people are commenting, as often as it might scroll down.
The ticker is more current and scrolls down faster than the news feed.
The redesigned news feed also shows larger-sized photos than the previous iteration did, while the ticker consists of only text and links.
Facebook Product Manager Keith Schacht explains that the news feed tries to show you what you want to see — things that have posted since the last time you checked the site, and items from friends pages you prefer over others.
“Through our announcements last week and today we’ve given users a new set of controls so they can tell us what they want to see. You can click on a story and indicate whether you want to see more news from a particular friend. We’ll listen to that feedback and show you that content. This whole set of changes is about not missing important updates,” said Schact in a telephone briefing.
Lest any of us mistake the redesigned news feed and official ticker launch as Facebook giving away the goods before the f8 developers conference this week, Schact said that the company has plenty of other things to announce at the annual event on Thursday.
Of course, users of Facebook will likely grumble about the changed formatting and then decide they like this layout when the next one comes through — that happens every time the site revamps its layouts.
In the mean time, we’ll ask you, dear readers, what you think about the latest version of the news feed and the ticker?
I don't get to see all of my games friends post to help with there games anymore ,Why ?
Comment by sharron hilton — September 20, 2011 @ 3:42 pm
Here we go again! Interesting how Facebook Product Managers always seem to say that the changes are being made in order to show people what they want to see, yet when the general public complains, it's almost always about the new additions and how they don't want to see them. There seems to be a distinct disconnect somewhere.
Comment by sleaf62 — September 20, 2011 @ 3:52 pm
hate them. I have a smart list for a job I deleted and only see things I don't care about. MAJOR FAIL FACEBOOK……as usual. I am hating it more and more daily
Comment by Amanda Pitsenbarger Doherty — September 20, 2011 @ 6:21 pm
The new layout both sucks AND blows!
Comment by ZenGuyofNY — September 21, 2011 @ 12:05 am
The new wall SUCKS…. I am about to say see ya to this crap
Comment by psprejean — September 21, 2011 @ 12:13 am
I just want to see the post from my friends and in the order they were posted like the new ones at top and older bottom and if people like to have the news feed option so we can toggle between the to views why change a good thing I hate this new layout and may cancel my facebook if I cant get it to do what I want it to do….
Comment by kaielement — September 21, 2011 @ 12:24 am
Just when I think I have read the latest updates there are more!!! Thanks for putting this together.
Comment by Julia — September 21, 2011 @ 12:59 am
I HATE IT!!!!!!!!! &*$^@!!!
Comment by Laura Gonzalez — September 21, 2011 @ 1:05 am
Facebook has a ticker….as in heart? Wish the same could be said for Zynga.
Comment by Yaelle Glenn — September 21, 2011 @ 1:10 am
The ticker is severely lacking PRIVACY!!!!!!!!!! I can see what my friends are saying to non mutual friends!
Comment by cheryl — September 21, 2011 @ 1:10 am
Yeah…I am no longer able to view game post, like things my neighbors are sharing. Is there a way to view everything posted for games anymore with the new format?
Comment by kendra — September 21, 2011 @ 1:13 am
Lost the game feed only…hate it!!!!!
Comment by Miss D — September 21, 2011 @ 1:14 am
It's horrible, off the side of the screen so I can't even see it, AND all the game posts by game are gone!!!
Comment by Sheryl Myers — September 21, 2011 @ 1:14 am
WTG!!! now my FB page n homepage looks freaking ugly and I do not understand a single thing on how to operate inside my own page!!! Good Moves FB!
Comment by Rafael Corvínus Correia Medeiro — September 21, 2011 @ 1:16 am
i just think it was fine to begin with… dont fix something until it is broke. i liked being able to view earlier post then going to most recent. now i can not do that. they decide what they think i will like. do they know me?? no they do not. i think i would like to be able to do easy clicks as i am not that high tech and no reason to be. it was fine the way it was with the simple delete, block, or report as spam. i do not need to follow someones post… i am not a stalker! sigh it does not matter what anyone says… they are as bad as netflix not listening to their customer….. wonder how many they will lose to google when they open their doors!!
Comment by Janie Tucker Price — September 21, 2011 @ 1:21 am
Please get rid of the ticker. It's annoying & I don't want to see what games people are playing.
Comment by lbbla — September 21, 2011 @ 1:21 am
so far i have heard nothing but complaints from my friends. not a single soul likes this update. we want it back the way it was plus an option to get rid of the stupid ticker.
Comment by kitty — September 21, 2011 @ 1:26 am
How many Facebook users are gamers? LOTS!!! For you gamers – yes this sucks big time. However, change your language setting to English (UK) and you'll return to the old newsfeed format. I guess there'll be a lot less English (US) in the next few days.
Comment by Angie's Farm — September 21, 2011 @ 1:30 am
When was the last time that FB Product Managers even asked the people who use FB what they really wanted? They haven't. I, for one, hate what FB is doing. The olny thing keeping there is Farm Town and Island Paradise. Both games that I love to play. If those games go, I'm either following them or leaving FB altogether because there is now reason to keep me there. Period.
Comment by Kathryn Wilson — September 21, 2011 @ 1:32 am
Yet again Facebook changes settings and preempts our privacy. Tonight, I read everything that my friends posted in way of comments on comments on other people's walls.. whom I wasn't even friends with. I also witnessed a friend clicking like on about a dozen items in a row.. Just a couple days ago, I changed the "limit past posts" and it's been undone tonight. I have friends who are women/mothers with children whom are hiding from exes online, and each time there is a new change, they fear for their lives. Instead of trying to make people more open so that you can capitalize on their own personal information, try something new.. Protecting people for a change?
Comment by chattanookee — September 21, 2011 @ 1:32 am
Does anyone know if you can disable the ticker or at least have a choice regarding it? I had a short (thank goodness) preview of this last week and the scrolling in the corner of your eye was guaranteed to induce a migraine. It really ought to come with a health warning.
Comment by Lynn — September 21, 2011 @ 1:32 am
The new Facebook sucks. I'm getting fed up with all this changing crap every month it seems. Leave the stupid page alone! Not too much longer before history repeats itself….Facebook = MySpace.
Comment by Britt — September 21, 2011 @ 1:32 am
How do we get out of the ticker whatever happen to PRIVACY i did not ask to be added to the ticker for all my activity to be posted to everyone, i also dont care to see all 2,000 of my friends activity. i do not want this on my page or anyone elses if it invloves me if i want to see someone's activity i will just go to there page. this is bullsh*t. i would rather just not even be a member of facebook anymore if there is not a solution for this….
Comment by Kristen — September 21, 2011 @ 1:36 am
Everyone I know (including me) hates this new news feed page design. Put it back the way it was!!!
Comment by connie teeters — September 21, 2011 @ 1:43 am
the new fb SUCKS.. why dont you ask the ppl of FB what they prefer first instead of making changes most do not like?.. or let ppl have their choice?..all I am interested in is friends' game posts.. could always go check statuses anytime.. grumble is right.. why not.. we dont like the change!!!
Comment by Terra Danley — September 21, 2011 @ 1:47 am
I HATE the new news feed!!!!!! I am fairly new to facebook and do not like the changes every time you turn around leave it alone or I fear alot of people will leave! I want the old news feed back!!!!!!
Comment by bridget vernon — September 21, 2011 @ 1:47 am
Facebook…you suck. Period. If you were so worried about what your users really thought…you'd conduct more research and polls! Put your techs to GOOD use and fix what's already broken!
Comment by yeah right — September 21, 2011 @ 1:52 am
I hate it! I'm only on here to play the games and now I'm missing game posts!! I'm soooo very annoyed!!
Comment by Angie Lock Wood — September 21, 2011 @ 1:53 am
What a disaster…… Why on earth change something which we DID NOT ASK FOR!!!!!!!!!!! ……. You guys must be seriously bored or maybe you want to complicate things so we leave the site …………… I am not impressed with the new settings ….. that scrolling "big brother" on the right side tells everyone who is on FB and what they are doing? sure, you might be able to turn off the exact game you are playing, but how does that change the fact that they just find another way to let everyone know you're here?! I though that was the promise for being able to turn chat off & on……..you could be private when you wanted, yet still be on here. Now it seems you have but 2 choices…… be on and let everyone know it, or just not be on FB?
Comment by Amanda Taylor — September 21, 2011 @ 2:11 am
please stop with all the changes facebook orked just fine ty
Comment by marcy — September 21, 2011 @ 2:19 am
ABSOLUTE CRAP! Just have a look at Locke Michaels FB page… scroll down to the "HATE the new FB news feed" picture.. there are over 600 comments and over 1300 likes of the "hate" I dare someone from FB to have a look, and READ what has been said by the USERS of FB.. THEN and ONLY THEN think that maybe this wasnt such a flash idea after all…
Comment by Sam — September 21, 2011 @ 2:28 am
leave it the fuck alone ! it was fine why do you people keep messing with it it isnt google+ nor myspace PEOPLE LEFT MYSPACE FOR THIS SAME TYPE OF SHIT!!!!
Comment by PiisedoffFBuser — September 21, 2011 @ 2:29 am
It SUCKS…and there are many, many thousands of posts on various FB pages to prove that it is NOT being taken as an "improvement". I have yet to see ONE single positive comment. Google + is about to get a LOT of new members thanks to this FB fail on a grand scale.
Comment by AB in Lou — September 21, 2011 @ 2:30 am
im wonder if they didnt sell out to a company that just dont care we say something and it just get ignored!
Comment by pissedoffFBuser — September 21, 2011 @ 2:31 am
Not every 'smart' update or change is going to be a success. Why not admit this is a fail and learn from it. People do not like being dictated to.
Patronising much?
"Of course, users of Facebook will likely grumble about the changed formatting and then decide they like this layout when the next one comes through — that happens every time the site revamps its layouts."
Comment by Bambette — September 21, 2011 @ 2:43 am
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Nobody likes this new set up! Look at the pages, People are PO'd about it, and changing to the English (UK) to get the old settings back. I have not heard one good comment, some are going to delete their pages because of the less privacy factor of the new side ticker. This is not a popular move for facebook.They want to know where the recent button is!
I just thought I would tell you how my friends on my page are reacting, it is not good.
Comment by Ruth — September 21, 2011 @ 2:54 am
This doesn't work for me at all. I use Facebook for work. Over 1000 pages, and 800 friends, I don;t have TIME for this shit for one, and what I look at and who I talk to, or what I'm paying attention to, changes from week to week. This DOES NOT work for me.
Comment by michelle — September 21, 2011 @ 3:12 am
I use facebook 90% for games. This new format makes it nearly impossible.
Comment by Jenni McCallum — September 21, 2011 @ 3:15 am
The new system assumes that no one wants to see everything. There is no easy option to ensure that you see all posts. Facebook needs to provide an option to one click subscribe to all posts from everyone. Additionally, I've never used top stories and was always annoyed when the page would display "top news" instead of "most recent." I only want my news feed in a time ordered list. And no, the ticket doesn't cut it. Other than allowing a stalker to be lazy, the ticker is a waste of space as it moves far too quickly and does not contain enough information to quickly scan.
Essentially, this is a huge failure because there is no opt out from facebook attempting to determine what I want to see and limiting what I do see. Facebook thinks they are providing us with greater control over who we interact with, yet they've taken away the basic ability to not have them determine what is valuable information
Comment by Tony Gerber — September 21, 2011 @ 3:17 am
A social network is all about communication. And when this communication is crippled, it doesn't make much sense anymore.
Top news is completely useless… recent news is what we all want, on the condition that it works. Today the posts in recent news aren't chronologically sorted anymore. I have posts from a few minutes ago mixed between posts of several hours ago…
Imagine standing in a big group… that's you and your facebook friends. If then you want to say something to that group (by posting a new status) you would want all your friends to see that immediately. But in this new feed facebook uses some kind of obscure algoritm that decides who will see your post, and when… I don't call this effective communication…
And in the top news feed I see loads of posts of people I hardly ever communicate with… while my best friends almost never appear there… I think you should go back to work… or give us the option to select the way the news feeds work… by a configuration setting that DOES NOT change every night…
Comment by Eric — September 21, 2011 @ 4:21 am
Go to account setting. Select language as English(UK). You will get the old format back. :]
Comment by E.S — September 21, 2011 @ 4:31 am
Facebook, you’re not near as smart as you think you are. Your algorithms for deciding what I want to see, who I want to talk to or what I think is important are 99.999% of the time the exact polar opposite of what I want. Everything you do to try to simplify things only complicates things more. Every attempt you make to improve things inevitably ends up in a HUGE step backwards. Take for example the new way Facebook displays pictures when clicked on that now appear initially as a compressed blurry mess reminiscent of the internet circa 1990. Something as simple as a Friend Request is now just a headache of options. The chat, instead of just showing everybody that’s online now is broken up into segments that YOU GUESS I want to talk to, more often than not displaying many that I rarely want to chat with and many that aren’t even online. Do I have the option to just display everyone that IS online? Nope, because as history has taught us Facebook isn’t about viewing or doing things that I want, it’s about Facebook coming up with some ludicrous idea of how things “should” be and than ramming it down it’s users throats. I echo the sentiments of others that have cited that it is this kind of mentality that killed MySpace, a reminder that Facebook should never consider themselves “too big to fail.” You’re not.
Comment by Amanda Taylor — September 21, 2011 @ 5:00 am
Because you haven't read the help menu or related articles on the web.
Comment by larry waters — September 21, 2011 @ 5:06 am
Most of the changes FB has made in the last two years have been good. People usually panic but then adjust. FB needs to do a better job of informing & instructing its users about the new features way ahead of time via the news feed.
Comment by larry waters — September 21, 2011 @ 5:28 am
All I want is my news feed to be in linear chronological order. This new news feed is messing with my brain!
Comment by Ryan Marchman — September 21, 2011 @ 9:04 am
HATE IT!!!! I liked being able to choose if I wanted to look at most recent, top news, photos, etc.
Comment by Kathy Beers — September 21, 2011 @ 9:16 am
I tried changing it to uk and it didnt work for me
Comment by casandra — September 21, 2011 @ 9:17 am
I have friends on my page that have already deleted because they said they are done with all the changes all the time~~~This one is not a good change at all. I understand every time you guys change fb ppl complain and mostly end up liking or just get use to what you guys changed but this on just dosen't make since at all!! Please change it back.
Comment by casandra — September 21, 2011 @ 9:19 am
This "new layout" sucks…. PLEASE CHANGE IT BACK!!!!
Comment by Tamara Bass — September 21, 2011 @ 9:20 am
I don't care for FB compromising my and others safety and security. I feel it is a huge security issue for others I don't know to be able to view my pictures and status updates if they use the scrollbar. What is the purpose of privacy settings if nothing's private anymore. Imagine how many child molesters out there are enjoying being able to scroll through pictures of people's children. At least give people the option of disabling it. Google+ has a new fan in me and if this option continues, consider me an ex-Facebook user.
Comment by Butterfly — September 21, 2011 @ 9:20 am
The change is mostly fine, but they should have left us an option for 'most recent' like they had already. I think the biggest complaint isn't that they offer a filter, it's that they don't offer an unfiltered view. There are times each day when I want both. It is such an easy problem to solve.
Comment by Michael Ver Duin — September 21, 2011 @ 9:25 am
How do I get rid of the ticker? Don;t mind the other changes.
Comment by pam — September 21, 2011 @ 9:39 am
Completely AGREE!!!!!!
Comment by Kelli — September 21, 2011 @ 9:51 am
IS ANYONE FROM FACEBOOK READING THESE COMMENTS? We don't like the changes, didn't want them, didn't ask for them. I sometimes feel that there's someone at fb, saying " Oh, bless them. They think they don't like it. Thank goodness WE know better. "
Comment by Andy White — September 21, 2011 @ 10:09 am
The worst thing about the new newsfeed on the upper right hand side of your home page: It's full of those #(#(&(^(**#( game playing updates that I've worked so hard to expel from the newsfeed in the center of the page.
Comment by HateTheNewNewsFeed — September 21, 2011 @ 10:14 am
I hate it, also!!! I want to see what my friends posted a minute ago–not what somebody else deems "important". Put it back or me and a million others will find an alternate site.
Comment by sheila — September 21, 2011 @ 10:16 am
In order to read all your posts, the new format either forces you to scroll past the "Top Stories" to the "Recent Posts" or read the "Top Stories" and then read them again in "Recent Posts". I'd love to know why facebook thinks it can decide what is important to me; why don't they leave me that task?
Comment by Chicago Charles — September 21, 2011 @ 10:17 am
This is very very bad! I hope they change it back!! The ticker is very invasive and I dont care what others are doing on others peoples pages, not my concern. And the news feed is impossible to understand. just change it back. Will you send this to them please? UNHAPPY
Comment by Debbie — September 21, 2011 @ 10:34 am
Defect to Google +! It opened to today.
Comment by HateTheNewNewsFeed — September 21, 2011 @ 10:40 am
It is amazing to me all the changes come out the day after google+ goes live…. Privacy is now totally out the window I do not want to see friends friends posts in a ticker I do not want them to see my friends friends posts in the ticker. Due to most comments I see on my feed, when I can find it, facebookers will be testing out google+ … Way to piss people off !!!!
Comment by Sharon Swanzz Womack — September 21, 2011 @ 10:51 am
The only thing I LIKE about the new ticker is that I can comment w/o losing my spot in my News Feed. However… I don't care what Friends are posting on their friends' walls. They are not my friend, I don't care.
Suggestion: This TICKER would work better to replace the NOTIFICATIONS 'tab'. Then when there is an update to something I have commented on or CARE about I will see it and be able to make a comment without leaving my spot on the News Feed.
And regarding the NEWS FEED: First, I am the one who chose my friends and 'subscriptions' therefore I want to see ALL posts from them, not just what you think I want to see. Here is what I'd like to see: I would like to have all the posts since I last signed on showing up in CHRONOLICAL order. I cannot follow posts when they are all mixed up (10 min ago, 17 hours ago, 2min, 6 hours…). Bring me to the LAST post I saw (even if you have me 'mark my place' with a click. Then I can come back RIGHT WHERE LEFT OFF and not have to scroll forever.
Comment by Linda Wood — September 21, 2011 @ 11:05 am
I hate it! Why cant you just leav it alone!!!
Comment by Trish — September 21, 2011 @ 11:05 am
"Of course, users of Facebook will likely grumble about the changed formatting and then decide they like this layout when the next one comes through — that happens every time the site revamps its layouts."
This is typical, if faulty, programmer logic. It's not that fb users magically decide they like something. It's that they merely become resigned to it and get used to it. I still prefer the original fb layout without all the bells and whistles.
The ticker is obscenely distracting, constantly drawing your attention to that area of the screen and interrupting whatever you are doing. I may eventually get used to it, but I won't suddenly like it.
Facebook should learn from Friendster's and MySpace's fails. Endusers will only be resigned up to a point and then they will let their fingers to the talking by walking away to a more user friendly site.
Comment by Feisty — September 21, 2011 @ 11:07 am
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Comment by britt — September 21, 2011 @ 11:12 am
More importantly, they need to provide an opt-out feature.
Comment by HateTheNewNewsFeed — September 21, 2011 @ 11:59 am
I agree!
Comment by @daveposh — September 21, 2011 @ 12:09 pm
I just looked at the "HATE the new FB news feed" picture at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101502917...
and it now has 3,572 comments and 7,801 likes of the "hate".
This is definitely sending a message to the FB designers.
Comment by @daveposh — September 21, 2011 @ 12:20 pm
BOOOOOOOO to facebook………wrong again…as usual!!!
Comment by Bev — September 21, 2011 @ 12:26 pm
CHANGE IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Amanda — September 21, 2011 @ 12:27 pm
I play games on there and the game feed is gone!!!! So not cool! Don't be stupid, change it back the way it was. Thats what we all want!!! If this crap keeps up, Google + will work just as good as this crap.
Comment by Amanda — September 21, 2011 @ 12:31 pm
I HATE the new news feed design. HATE. I always want to see the most recent posts, and that choice has been taken away from me. It seems I now have to click more things to find what I want. That's extremely user-unfriendly, and will keep me from visiting as often — or at all. I really hate how they undermine privacy.
Comment by Sourismom — September 21, 2011 @ 12:42 pm
DO NOT LIKE
Comment by grumblemeyer — September 21, 2011 @ 12:44 pm
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I'm getting used to this already. All my favorite people are right on my main feed now and if I want anymore I can watch the scrolling box on the right. Sometimes change is unpleasant at first but better in the end. This gets rid of all the needles feeds on my main page saying this is a friend of this one etc….I'm looking for the positives & trying to adjust.
Comment by Roger Lee Sparks — September 21, 2011 @ 12:46 pm
Agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Teena — September 21, 2011 @ 1:12 pm
here here… and they know people will grumble.. and it appears they really dont care.. so .. tell someone who does.. their sponsors.. tell them you wont buy their products..
Comment by Riknc — September 21, 2011 @ 1:23 pm
Facebook, you fools. Everyone's going to switch real soon. You're pulling a myspace. doing too much stuff and no one cares for it. How about you pay attention to the people using it instead of assuming that people will like it"and then decide they like this layout when the next one comes through ." You're ruining your own company.
Comment by Mar — September 21, 2011 @ 1:24 pm
i want "game" and "recent" buttons back. too hard to find what i need now. too time consuming and not eye appealing!
Comment by Deb — September 21, 2011 @ 1:28 pm
WHEN THESE CHANGES WERE IMPLEMENTED FACEBOOK DID NOT TAKE IN TO CONSIDERATION HOW THESE CHANGES WOULD AFFECT THEIR MEMBERS…SO NOW LET'S SEE HOW LONG THESE MEMBERS STAT AROUND…I FOR ONE WILL BE LEAVING FACEBOOK.
Comment by Robbin Runtas — September 21, 2011 @ 1:37 pm
I dont like it as we have lost game feeds.Makes it pointless to play them now.
Comment by Andrea — September 21, 2011 @ 1:41 pm
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I honestly can't see any differences.
Comment by Kai — September 21, 2011 @ 2:04 pm
plz put it back, no-one likes it so put it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Helen Stenning — September 21, 2011 @ 2:22 pm
DISLIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I could unfriend Facebook. Why do they keep changing stuff without giving us an option to keep things the way we like them? Why not have options so each person can choose what they want on their Facebook page? Is Facebook becoming the new Communist Regime?
Comment by Karen Oliver-Paull — September 21, 2011 @ 2:31 pm
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I just want my privacy.. I don't want to comment on anyone's status anymore because ALL of my friends will see what I have to say.. It's ridiculous.. seriously thinking about getting rid of facebook now. I got rid of myspace for too many changes.. facebook is getting as dumb as myspace was..
Comment by Beth — September 21, 2011 @ 2:40 pm
It would be great if they would give us options set it up the way we want. Since some things appeal to various people, if they let us build our profile to our own preferences, it would be so much easier!
Comment by Ldz — September 21, 2011 @ 3:03 pm
OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
Comment by Robbin Runtas — September 21, 2011 @ 3:05 pm
CHANGING YOUR LANGUAGE TO ENGLISH (UK) ONLY WORKED FOR A SHORT PERIOD…I DID THAT AND WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING ENGLISH (UK) WAS EXACTLY THE SAME WAY
Comment by Robbin Runtas — September 21, 2011 @ 3:08 pm
I bet if you make a list of game friends it will put all the game stuff there in one place so you don't have to search for them.
Comment by Matthew Woods — September 21, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
they don't really care about privacy. You should know that by now.
Comment by Matthew Woods — September 21, 2011 @ 3:31 pm
The ticker removes any semblance of privacy that ever existed on Facebook. I hate it. I no longer post or "like" anything since I don't want everything I say or do broadcast to the world. This used to be a good service, but it just sucks now. I'm afraid to even send a message on there as they'll probably broadcast the contents of the message in the stupid ticker. Facebook could be great if someone who cared about privacy were to run it.
Comment by Phyllis — September 21, 2011 @ 3:32 pm
It is a little bit of work to set all the new stuff up but once you do it is a lot easier. As long as nothing changes for a while I am ok with it. I do wish FB would actually announce and explain things BEFORE they launch it rather than calling the launch an announcement and making obscure videos after the fact. Facebook, hire me and I will do all the announcing and explaining for you!!!
Comment by Matthew Woods — September 21, 2011 @ 3:35 pm
Agreed. I'm scared to post anything at all now. I won't even hit the "like" button because God knows who all sees it. I never ever ever want anything I do to appear on a timeline.
Comment by phyllis — September 21, 2011 @ 3:38 pm
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I HATE IT. Ticker is a big Fail. News Feed is the most important thing on Facebook and they ruined our homepage. Instead of making it more clear and simple (but not making missing important information) they make it more complex, and there is full of junk things on my homepage. What should I watch ?
We want clear, detailed, simple, chronological NEWSFEED, we don't want 3 news feeds (top news, recent activity and ticker). Who invented this ?!
Comment by memm — September 21, 2011 @ 4:37 pm
don't like it
Comment by Joanne — September 21, 2011 @ 4:50 pm
ok sharron, what you do is go to the homepage, go all the way to the left where it says lists, hover over lists, and click more. On the next page, click "Create a List" (I named mine games). Once you create it, on the top right click "manage list". Go down to "Choose Update Types", and from there you can change it to where you only receive game updates. From this list, you can also choose what friends you want to receive updates from. Hope this helps!
Comment by Shelby — September 21, 2011 @ 5:38 pm
Robin is correct Angie. FB fixed the crack rather quickly, now there is no Fb way around the monster they've created. Further, IF gamers try to use an app 'game feeder' with a news feed as we had before… their neighbors will dump them as 'cheaters'. I'm looking forward to seeing what Google has to offer also!
Comment by Lori HomeBiz — September 21, 2011 @ 6:13 pm
DISLIKE!!!! the ticker absolutely SUCKS! if i want everyone to see what i comment on, like, game i'm playing, etc. i wouldn't have set up groups. i don't not like the invasion of everything i'm doing for all to see. i don't care to see that 'johnny likes jane's underwear' or 'jane is mad at johnny.' i did figure out how to remove the ticker from my profile, but would like to know how to change my privacy settings so whatever i post NO ONE can read it in theirs.
Comment by Lorie — September 21, 2011 @ 6:21 pm
[...] change the site makes dates back to the original launch of the news feed five years ago; but has the latest round of kvetching set a new record for [...]
Pingback by VOTE: Are Facebook Complaints Setting A New Record? — September 21, 2011 @ 6:36 pm
Hate this! Change it back, please!
Comment by Penny — September 21, 2011 @ 11:20 pm
Isn’t one of the basic principles of business to give consumers what they want, especially if they are existing customers? Did your customers ask for these changes, or based on what research did you make them? Facebook users, I’d like to believe, are generally intelligent people, so we are perfectly able to decide for ourselves what our top stories are and what we want to see. A far more useful change would be to allow people different individual options with regard to what they want to see as their ‘top stories’.
Comment by Karien Gerber — September 22, 2011 @ 1:10 am
I don't like the new update of fb….
((((((
before I can easier to check the updated posts of each game by clicking the games button….., after, they change the new format… Then…. I can only click the games, applications, links, notes, pages… to find what I want to check up…. But now, they changed again…. It's very hard to find out the games' posts…. how can I change back to the old format?????
Comment by Kenbe — September 22, 2011 @ 10:30 am
This is what I hate about it the most!!!!!!!!!!!!! at least with the old version i was able to not show recent activity on my wall…I HATE IT!
Comment by Nancy Maldonado de Rodriguez — September 22, 2011 @ 1:47 pm
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GET RID OF THE TICKER!!!!!!!
Comment by kLh — September 22, 2011 @ 4:15 pm
The privacy I so want is now GONE – if I can see everything people I don't know who are friends of my friends then I am pretty darn sure they are able to see me!!!!! I have very high security settings for a REASON!!!! Why in the world would you allow anyone to see anything????? BIG FAIL!!!!!!!
Comment by kLh — September 22, 2011 @ 4:20 pm
the new home page bites! Why do I have to go through 4 pages to see my friends. Can I have my old page back? oh, and did I mention the new format SUCKS!
Comment by Kevin — September 22, 2011 @ 4:32 pm
Yeah, the new ticker so intense! I made a parody animation about it to illustrate it's many features.
DOUBLE FACEBOOK OMG!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rbJ1m8wBNQ&hd...
Comment by Jason Michael King — September 22, 2011 @ 6:49 pm
Hey Keith Schacht & all employees of Facebook……YOU DON'T KNOW ME!, so don't tell me you did the format changes on facebook for my benefit. Nor will I be happy with the new format changes next.
I'm only on facebook for the games, same as my friends. Maybe Zynga should get their own web site instead of using Facebooks.
Everyone…… Pogo.com plays games for Free and also has a chat, and they don't get up in your business
Comment by Judith Orand — September 22, 2011 @ 9:17 pm
Seriously DISLIKE the new changes. I am all for change, when it makes sense, but this is just ridiculous ! Please change FB back to how it was.
Comment by nicole — September 22, 2011 @ 10:12 pm
Bring the statys button back – get rid of the ticker
Comment by Brad Driggers — September 23, 2011 @ 12:26 am
The new FB changes totally SUCK! I don't even want to log on anymore…you have taken the enjoyment & fun out of it. PUT IT BACK!!!
Comment by Knight — September 24, 2011 @ 10:25 pm
AMEN to this!!!
Comment by knight — September 24, 2011 @ 10:28 pm
The new style is very nice to operate.
Comment by Invoice Templates — September 26, 2011 @ 8:07 am
with farmivlle adding neighbors without being a facebook friend, I cannot see any game feeds!!!!!
Comment by kathy — September 26, 2011 @ 10:24 pm
I agree
Comment by joy — September 29, 2011 @ 2:29 pm
Interesting that the brand pages I follow are not showing up anymore (except for the Facebook owned pages). Could this be a ploy to garner more advertising dollars from brand pages who are no longer appearing???
Comment by joy — September 29, 2011 @ 2:33 pm
[...] The ticker on the right-hand side of the home page automatically shrinks to take up less real estate on the screen wheneer friend activity on the site subsides. Some have observed the ticker move beneath sponsored stories. [...]
Pingback by MORE CHANGES? Facebook Refines Appearance — September 30, 2011 @ 1:47 pm
SO USERS ARE GOING TO GRUMBLE FOR A WHILE, ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT HALF THEIR FRIENDS ARE THINKING AT ALL…
..AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE **ANY** OF WHAT THE OTHER HALF OF THEIR FRIENDS ARE THINKING ARE WE?
F.U.! (TO THE AUTHOR OF THIS RIDICULOUS AND USELESS PAGE) GO JUMP OFF A CLIFF INTO THE SEA, YOU PRATT!
Comment by Bob — September 30, 2011 @ 4:04 pm
SO USERS ARE GOING TO GRUMBLE FOR A WHILE, ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT HALF THEIR FRIENDS ARE THINKING AT ALL…
..AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE **ANY** OF WHAT THE OTHER HALF OF THEIR FRIENDS ARE THINKING ARE WE?
F.U.! (TO THE AUTHOR OF THIS RIDICULOUS AND USELESS PAGE) GO JUMP OFF A CLIFF INTO THE SEA, YOU PRATT!
Comment by John — September 30, 2011 @ 4:04 pm
This..more than anything else they're "upgraded" (read to mean "downgraded")…is making me consider, seriously, leaving this site, which is increasing becoming a complete piece off <censored>
I joined just over 2 years ago. The joy of it was seeing what my friends were thinking/feeling at the moment.
Now, that function has been rendered COMPLETELY useless!
If they don't change the newsfeed to show all my friend's status updates, I am going to learn to do without farcebook! And they can whistle for my advertising money!!
Comment by Jim — September 30, 2011 @ 4:12 pm
THIS NEW FORMAT SUCKS… I HATE IT… CAN'T FIND ANYTHING… MY GAME FEED IS GONE.. THE TICKER IS AN INVASION OF OUR PRIVACY… PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS PLEASE.
Comment by HATE HATE HATE IT — October 15, 2011 @ 5:36 pm
I want to see the posts made by all my friends on my news feed in the order in which they are posted, not limited to those Facebook thinks they are important to me. In addition, my own posts are not appearing on my own news feed.
Comment by akmk — October 22, 2011 @ 5:23 pm
And the default setting for friends is to get "most" updates, not all updates…I have over 300 friends, I don't want to go in and manually change all of them individually!
Comment by Guest — November 16, 2011 @ 5:10 pm
So I seem to be the only one who likes a new fb)) I understand you are used to old version but new one isn't that much bad, just it takes time to be used to it too)
Comment by Marcis Gasuns — December 3, 2011 @ 12:14 pm
[...] The ticker has added movement to people’s homepages with the scrolling updates about all friends’ activity on the site, differing from the engagement-oriented news feed taking up the wider middle column. [...]
Pingback by 10 Upgrades That Revolutionized Facebook This Year — December 23, 2011 @ 6:33 pm
You people need to shut the fuck up and stop bitching and crying about a fucking news feed ticker. Get the fuck over it or get the fuck off Facebook. Also, there is a greasemonkey script to hide the ticker.
Comment by SHUT THE FUCK UP — February 6, 2012 @ 5:53 pm
Despite the confusing and inconvenient modifications in the Facebook interface, it remains to be the number social networking site to date.
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Comment by Caleb Dawes — February 7, 2012 @ 3:27 am