How to Bring Back the Old Facebook Feed

On Facebook a lot of my friends are lamenting last week's switch to the new new news feed. (It's now split: the news feed shows trends from friends while the live feed is real-time.) Personally, I like the change. You can pick one. You're not forced.

Still, if you want the old Facebook back, you can get it- sorta - via this tip which a friend left on my wall...

"To get the "old facebook" back. On your main screen, on your left hand side click 'more' then click and drag 'status update' to the top of the list. Then refresh your page and it should be back to normal."

Easy enough.

40 comments

Oct 26, 2009

Beth Mazur said...

Does this really get the old FB back? Does the status updates option include links posted? Or wall conversations? The old FB home page did.

Me? I missed the live feed when it went away and I'm thrilled it's back!

Oct 26, 2009

Shelly Lodes said...

It seems to be posting links but I did notice that it does not show when one of your friends becomes friends with someone else. My guess is, it might not post any profile updates etc... either. Not that it's that important. But some people do like to see who others are becoming friends with or if they post any profile changes.

Oct 26, 2009

Joel Price said...

After making the change does status updates from a fan page show? Looks like they don't. *sigh*

Oct 26, 2009

val_snow said...

um ya this works only for status. it does not include quizzes or app notifications. it's not normal.

Oct 26, 2009

Michele Quinn said...

Why has this become hard and convoluted? How come they can't give us ONE feed and let us choose WHO we want to know about (and opt out of those who post all the time about sneezing) and WHAT we want to see (I care about Status Updates, Photos and links. I don't care who they just friended (unless I know that person) and I don't care what they just became fans of (when I want this info, I look at their page). Suddenly I feel like I'm reading three different feeds and none of them match in real time.

Oct 26, 2009

ymc said...

what about http://lite.facebook.com/ ?
This seems to show everything.

Oct 26, 2009

Beth Mazur said...

Lite FB doesn't allow you to post links. Go figure!

Oct 26, 2009

Will said...

This excludes all shared photos, videos, links and events, so saying it "brings back the old facebook feed" is incorrect, unless maybe you mean the old old old old old facebook feed. ;-)

Oct 26, 2009

Abhisek said...

That's a good tip. But i am missing the page updates.

Oct 27, 2009

Francine Hardaway said...

This morning I toggled back and forth between status updates and real-time feed on my home page. Maybe FB changed something?

Oct 27, 2009

Gary Farber said...

You're spreading misinformation. Your claim that Status Updates will restore the status quo of the old news feed is COMPLETELY WRONG.

Status updates are EXACTLY AS THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN: they're just status lines. Anything with a link, photo, video, or note, won't be seen by reading your status updates.

See here: http://www.facebook.com/help.php?page=408

See here: http://thefacebookinsider.com/2009/10/how-to-set-your-facebook-news-feed-and-wall-settings/

Try also here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&suggest¬e_id=166374055239

And for god's sake, QUIT SPREADING THIS MISINFORMATION!

Oct 27, 2009

Gary Farber said...

"Anything with a link"

That is, no attached links can be made with a status line; nothing can be attached to a status update.

Oct 27, 2009

Weax said...

You can hide the new annoying messages! Switch to Live Feed, use the following technique and get the almost-classic homepage:

http://weaxdesign.com/blog/2009/10/28/remove-is-attending-became-fan-joined-group-and-now-friends-messages-from-facebook/

Oct 27, 2009

Tim said...

It doesn't work. Some stuff is posting on news feeds, others on photo, the rest on statues. It's ridiculous to have to go through 3 seperate links to check everything. At least the old way, if there was sdtuff I didn't want I simply hide it. That's why I moved from Myspace to Facebook, it was much simpler, now not so much...

Oct 27, 2009

Dave Mc Crazy said...

Bring back the old facebook!
Organizations - General
This link goes directly to facebook, all you need to fill out is the suggestion box and it is emailed directly to facebook. If you hate the new changes like I do let them know! Please also Join this Group as well as send your comments to fb Here is their link
http://www.facebook.com/help/suggestions.php#/help/contact.php?show_form=ui_home

Oct 27, 2009

Dave Mc Crazy said...

Bring back the old facebook!
Organizations - General
This link goes directly to facebook, all you need to fill out is the suggestion box and it is emailed directly to facebook. If you hate the new changes like I do let them know! Please also Join this Group as well as send your comments to fb Here is their link http://www.facebook.com/help/suggestions.php#/help/contact.php?show_form=ui_home

Oct 27, 2009

Dave Mc Crazy said...

Help us bring back the old facebook by joining our group

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=162199032207&ref=mf

Oct 27, 2009

Tim said...

A little more...I joined the bring back old FB page, and sent a link to all my friends. So I went to MY home, and what's this - NO FREAKING POST! Check statues page, NO FRAKING POST. Do a sample statues, yup there it is but NO FREAKING PRIOR POST! Back to feed, NO FREAKING POST!, click live news feed, WHAT THE F*** IS IT DOING THERE! and WHY DOESN'T IT SHOW ON REGULAR FEED? Absolutely sucks, will probably stop the whole FB thing.

Oct 28, 2009

robert said...

uhhh,,,, what are you all complaining about??

the 'live feed' is no different at all from what it was before. they only added things to it, they didn't take anything away. they added notifications for when people become friends or fans of things.

the only difference is they removed the highlights, which sucked anyways, and added the completely useless 'news feed' as a replacement for the highlights i guess even though it appears to be arranged totally randomly.

but you don't have to even use the useless 'news feed'. just use the live feed and it works perfectly, just as it did before. the only thing i can imagine anyone complaining about is the fact that they removed the highlights section.

Oct 28, 2009

Dave Mc Crazy said...

i HATE THE NEW FACEBOOK!: Join this new group and contact facebook directly and tell them how you feel about this terrible change. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=162199032207&ref=nfPlease send this to all of your friends :)

Oct 29, 2009

Farnoosh Brock said...

It can't get any easier than that. Thank you. I like the old, for now :)!

Oct 31, 2009

Kinna Jonsson said...

Well I tried but it is impossible to move any of those kategories to the left...and I don't like the new way of news feed.

Nov 03, 2009

Con Frantzeskos said...

I quite like the "new" Facebook, because it allows three options.

1. News Feed
The "new" curated feed

2. Live Feed
This option needs to be modified somewhat to get the "old functionality back. Simply click "Live Feed" and then go down to "Edit Options" down the bottom. Then change the number in the field from 50 to 5000. It will then provide a full live feed of everything your friends are doing on Facebook - from links to apps to status updates.

3. Status Updates
As you said in the post above, Steve...

The thing I don't like is that Facebook hasn't made it completely obvious how to do this, so people are confused.

Nov 17, 2009

Laila Noubani said...

Dear Sir, i faced a problem today with facebook, i can't open my account it appears account unavailable, noting that i use facebook few hours ago i don't know what to to please please please help

Nov 27, 2009

rajat said...

facebook lite is not nice

Dec 22, 2009

william said...

the old facebook was so much better because all the pop up did come up and the old face book loads up much faster so i wish they would bring it back

Jan 09, 2010

ElKa said...

OMG dude thank u sooooooooooooo mutch !!

Jan 17, 2010

aaron said...

i hate dis new facebook

Jan 20, 2010

Shaheen safedien said...

The new facebook SUCKZ!.. I want the old 1

Jan 24, 2010

Josh said...

I used to hate the new Facebook. Check out an article I wrote about embracing the new design: http://joshvandervies.com/blog/22_jan_2010.html

Feb 05, 2010

zavi iatei said...

Here's a simple n easy way 2go back 2 de old facebook...:Click on the SETTINGS tab on the upper end of da screen n den select REGULAR FACEBOOK n den SAVE>>>!!!!!

Feb 06, 2010

robert scott said...

i would like the old feed back this new i dont like at all

Feb 09, 2010

Sarah said...

Okay, i get how you drag it up.. under more.. but under more.. i dont have anything that says status update.. so how do i change it?

Feb 09, 2010

robert scott said...

i really dont like this new feed

Feb 09, 2010

ahite said...

i dont care i just want the new facebook back not some cheep knock off this new thing sucks and they are gunna start charging people to use face book

Feb 09, 2010

Missy said...

So if you are like me and you just have to have easy access to your Friends' Status Updates instead of the crap in the News Feed, here are several steps to make that happen. If you are already using your "Contact Information" "Website" area under the INFO tab, it's not ideal.

Click on the Home Page after you are logged in.
On the Left Navigation Pane, click "Friends"
Under Friends, click "Status Updates"
Right click on "Status Updates"
Select "Copy Link Location"

Click on your "Profile" page
Click on your "Info" tab
Click on "Edit Information"
Under the "Contact Information" section, click in the "Website" text box.
Right Click in the text box
Select "Paste"
Click "Save Changes"

Now, you have added the "Status Updates" to your Info. You now have to make sure "Website" is something you see on your profile page.

On the Left-Hand side under Information, click the pencil icon.
Make sure there is a "check mark" beside Website.
Refresh your screen and click the link.

This works for me, so hopefully it works for you. If you already have a website listed, then you'll just need to continuously need to
Click "Friends" from the Homepage
Under Friends, click "Status Updates"

I'm more of a 1 click person!!!

Feb 09, 2010

Zach said...

Does it change back the bar at the bottom of the page?

Feb 15, 2010

christopher said...

how do u get staus update

Feb 19, 2010

WP dave said...

I don’t know if this method will work anymore. I’ve found one that seems to have done the trick: go to
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/group.php?gid=355200016040 for a
link to the tutorial. you have to fill out a quick ad first but it
works… did for me anyways.

Feb 19, 2010

shikhar said...

does any1 noes how to switch to old one????

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