Mystie
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Post by Mystie on Jun 8, 2016 21:24:02 GMT
Several years ago, I placed a few FB friends into a status where I was still their friend but I wasn't seeing everything they posted. I can't remember what this status was called. I don't think it was unfollowing, I think it was more nuanced than that, like I would only see when they posted something "important," whatever that might be.
Now there are a couple of those people who I would like to restore so that I can see everything they post (mostly so I can see their cute kids.) I cannot figure out how to do that. When I go to their pages, it tells me I am following them, and that's it. But obviously I am not following them far enough, because I'm not seeing anything they post! The only option I can find is to move them to the top of my FB feed, but I don't want to go that far.
Anybody know how I can get these people back ito my regular FB rotation? I really do like FB, but figuring out how to manage what I do and don't see is kind of frustrating.
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 8, 2016 21:37:10 GMT
They changed it and now you have a choice of close friend or acquaintance. Go to your friends list and click on the box next to the name and you can choose. You can also click on get notifications.
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Post by ladytrisha on Jun 8, 2016 21:38:50 GMT
I have several of those types LOL As above, you can click whatever boxes you want to change, and if you're restricted any that you didn't want to see your posts, you just unclick the box too.
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Post by joblackford on Jun 8, 2016 22:09:24 GMT
The other aspect to this is that Fb THINKS it knows what we want to see, so their algorithm hides things it thinks we're not interested in and shows more of other things (in my case, usually posts by strangers who are friends of my friends who I have no desire to interact with). One of the ways you can train it to show you more of certain things is to interact with that person more - like their posts, or even better, actually comment on them. If you don't interact very much they will drop down in how much you see. BUT the system is very imperfect and will still fail to show you things you want to see (like when one of your best friends announces that they're having a 2nd baby - how did the algorithm not notice the hundreds of "congrats" comments and show it to everyone??! I don't know). I would start by going to some friends pages who you want to see more of and leaving them some comments and liking the posts that you like.
Good luck! Hopefully Fb will decide to let you see what you want to see (although honestly you won't know if it's still hiding stuff unless you go to each friend's page periodically to check). Otherwise you might have to use that "move to the top" or "get notification" option on the friends you care most about.
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Post by Ellie on Jun 8, 2016 22:09:42 GMT
...and when you learn this method, they'll change it again! Ha!!
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Mystie
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Post by Mystie on Jun 8, 2016 22:21:42 GMT
They changed it and now you have a choice of close friend or acquaintance. Go to your friends list and click on the box next to the name and you can choose. You can also click on get notifications. Thanks! I knew they had changed something, just couldn't figure out what. I've adjusted some things...we'll see what happens! |
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Post by Mystie on Jun 8, 2016 22:22:30 GMT
...and when you learn this method, they'll change it again! Ha!! Truer words were never spoken!  |
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Post by Mystie on Jun 8, 2016 22:26:17 GMT
The other aspect to this is that Fb THINKS it knows what we want to see, so their algorithm hides things it thinks we're not interested in and shows more of other things (in my case, usually posts by strangers who are friends of my friends who I have no desire to interact with). One of the ways you can train it to show you more of certain things is to interact with that person more - like their posts, or even better, actually comment on them. If you don't interact very much they will drop down in how much you see. BUT the system is very imperfect and will still fail to show you things you want to see (like when one of your best friends announces that they're having a 2nd baby - how did the algorithm not notice the hundreds of "congrats" comments and show it to everyone??! I don't know). I would start by going to some friends pages who you want to see more of and leaving them some comments and liking the posts that you like. Good luck! Hopefully Fb will decide to let you see what you want to see (although honestly you won't know if it's still hiding stuff unless you go to each friend's page periodically to check). Otherwise you might have to use that "move to the top" or "get notification" option on the friends you care most about. That's what infuriates me about FB--it thinks it knows me better than I do. It shows me crap that's three people removed from me, but I miss stuff from my sister or my best friend.  |
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Post by joblackford on Jun 8, 2016 22:57:09 GMT
The other aspect to this is that Fb THINKS it knows what we want to see, so their algorithm hides things it thinks we're not interested in and shows more of other things (in my case, usually posts by strangers who are friends of my friends who I have no desire to interact with). One of the ways you can train it to show you more of certain things is to interact with that person more - like their posts, or even better, actually comment on them. If you don't interact very much they will drop down in how much you see. BUT the system is very imperfect and will still fail to show you things you want to see (like when one of your best friends announces that they're having a 2nd baby - how did the algorithm not notice the hundreds of "congrats" comments and show it to everyone??! I don't know). I would start by going to some friends pages who you want to see more of and leaving them some comments and liking the posts that you like. Good luck! Hopefully Fb will decide to let you see what you want to see (although honestly you won't know if it's still hiding stuff unless you go to each friend's page periodically to check). Otherwise you might have to use that "move to the top" or "get notification" option on the friends you care most about. That's what infuriates me about FB--it thinks it knows me better than I do. It shows me crap that's three people removed from me, but I miss stuff from my sister or my best friend. Yup! Exactly that. I've been trying to train it by "hiding" every random person and page it shows me (your friend liked this new profile picture of their casual acquaintance from high school! your other friend was angry about this disgusting animal cruelty case you show no interest in looking at !) and still, it shows me crap I don't want to see and hides important updates from my friends... I would love to break up with Fb but it's become really hard to keep in touch with certain people any other way. And I do get some valuable local news there. I've been tempted to disappear/unfollow everyone and then come back and only use it for essential stuff. ugh. |
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Post by Mystie on Jun 8, 2016 23:29:38 GMT
That's what infuriates me about FB--it thinks it knows me better than I do. It shows me crap that's three people removed from me, but I miss stuff from my sister or my best friend. Yup! Exactly that. I've been trying to train it by "hiding" every random person and page it shows me (your friend liked this new profile picture of their casual acquaintance from high school! your other friend was angry about this disgusting animal cruelty case you show no interest in looking at !) and still, it shows me crap I don't want to see and hides important updates from my friends... I would love to break up with Fb but it's become really hard to keep in touch with certain people any other way. And I do get some valuable local news there. I've been tempted to disappear/unfollow everyone and then come back and only use it for essential stuff. ugh. I know, it's irritating to be so reliant on such an imperfect system...but I am and I make no apology for it! I have a huge extended family and this is the way I can keep up my cousins all over the country and see their kids grow. Plus keeping up with my friends who are far away. So I just put up with the irritation because the enjoyment outweighs it! (So far. :-p) |
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Post by Loydene on Jun 8, 2016 23:32:02 GMT
I've also done this with the "hidden" button. I wasn't going to be able to be friends anymore if I kept seeing some of their posts!
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Post by artsydaisy on Jun 9, 2016 0:56:16 GMT
It is really frustrating, and they keep taking away the things that help you refine what you see. But, if you make a list and add certain people to it, you can click on that list and you will see more of their status updates than if they are just buried in your feed. So make a list with "friends with cute babies" and that should help.
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 9, 2016 11:42:03 GMT
I have very few people as close friends so I see much more of what they post and then of course some acquaintances post frequently so I see that as well but basically my feed doesn't have much on it.
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