+Thayios Subscriber² Posted May 16, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted May 16, 2014 Now you have to go into the more tab, then hit feeds, then hit recent (as if the auto resetting garbage they shoved down everyone's throat wasn't bad enough last time). The feeds button reverts right back to the top stories, so it's now useless. I think Facebook is on a course of self destruction - they keep consistently breaking things and now this. :angry: Apparently I'm not the only one though as they have a 1.5 star on version 10 with 5,422 votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted May 16, 2014 Veteran Share Posted May 16, 2014 Not just that, but sometimes Most Recent doesn't show up as the first option - you may have to click on More > to expand your entire feed list. That's on top of scrolling down past your pages and apps under the More tab. I don't get how the previous solution was a problem? Now they're really persistent on making it a pain in the ass to view your list in chronological order. I get that you'll miss old stories in Most Recent, but maybe that was my intention to begin with? (Or it could be that sponsored ads appear in the main News Feed, hmmm...) I'm usually not one to complain about Facebook redesigns, as it inevitably happens anytime Facebook shifts the location of anything. But this time, their arrogance is showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Scrip Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Now you have to go into the more tab, then hit feeds, then hit recent (as if the auto resetting garbage they shoved down everyone's throat wasn't bad enough last time). The feeds button reverts right back to the top stories, so it's now useless. I think Facebook is on a course of self destruction - they keep consistently breaking things and now this. :angry: Apparently I'm not the only one though as they have a 1.5 star on version 10 with 5,422 votes. Yep... I hate it too. "Top Stories" is not the way I want to browse Facebook. "Most Recent" makes the most sense to me. Besides... Facebook can still show just as many ads in either feed... so why not give us the choice? Hell... I'd let them show me TWICE the amount of ads if they will let me default "Most Recent" I don't know what's so wrong with a reverse-chronological feed. Twitter does it... Instagram does it... every blog in the world does it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Thayios Subscriber² Posted May 16, 2014 Author Subscriber² Share Posted May 16, 2014 It's all about ad revenue. They are pushing for more sponsored stories to be made at the top. If I cared about what most posts facebook found as "top news worthy" I would just go visit imgur, because apparently have of Facebook is just crappy memes anyways...over...and over....and over........and over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 For me most recent usually sticks, and I can hit the FB button and it'll go back to the front page set at most recent every time. It only resets when I have to close and log in again. It does inform me at the top that omg I happen to be in most recent mode which is apparently a horrible mistake and I should consider hitting this convenient link to get to top stories so that no new story will ever show because the top story is the only one anyone ever see, and thus it's always the top story.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Scrip Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 It's all about ad revenue. They are pushing for more sponsored stories to be made at the top. Yeah I understand that. Facebook makes money by selling ads. That's how the internet works. What I don't understand is why they are so against a reverse-chronological feed. These are the posts I saw when I opened up the Facebook app just now: 3 hours ago 1 hour ago Sponsored App Ad Yesterday 1 hour ago 1 hour ago 3 hours ago The ad was there... and I don't have a problem with ads. But why is it surrounded by OLD status updates and posts by my friends? Like I said before... they can show me ads... but please make "Most Recent" the default. EDIT: I just refreshed the app and now here's what I see: Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday 36 minutes ago 2 hours ago Sponsored Ad 3 hours ago Ugh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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