Facebook Finally Gives Us A Chronological Feed For Friends & Groups
Following sustained demand from users, the Facebook app on Android and iOS has finally restored the chronological feed from friends and Groups. Facebook's 'Home' tab shows an algorithmic feed of 'top stories' rather than a chronological one, frustrating users everywhere. While some complain about missing important posts from their friends and Groups, others claim that the News feed very often includes nothing of interest for them. The latest change is now likely to stop some of these complaints.
Facebook remains the world's largest social media site despite the growing popularity of other platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and Meta's own Instagram. According to data from Statista, the platform had 2.93 billion monthly active users as of the first quarter of 2022, having surpassed the two billion figure mark back in 2017. What's surprising is that Facebook's popularity remains seemingly undiminished despite several controversies over the years. The platform is most popular in India, where it has almost 330 million users, while the U.S. accounts for 179 million. Facebook also has a large number of users in Brazil and Indonesia.
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The Facebook app on Android and iOS has been updated to include a 'Feeds' tab at the top of the homepage. This is in addition to the existing Home, Friends, Watch, and Notifications tabs that were already part of the app prior to the update. Announcing the change, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the addition of a chronological feed was «one of the most requested features for Facebook» as it would help make sure that users don't miss posts from their friends.
It is worth noting that the app would still open to the default algorithmic
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