TurtleFan
join:2003-05-03
Wyckoff, NJ | [Rant] Facebook!
WHY do people feel the need to mess with success?
What the hell is the point of the Live News Feed and News Feed?
Am I just too dumb to figure it out? |
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Omega
Displaced Ohioan
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join:2002-07-30
Cheyenne, WY
clubs:  | I really don't understand it either. Live feed seems to have more stuff, it's stupid.
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Jahntassa
What, I can have feathers
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join:2006-04-14
Conway, SC | reply to TurtleFan
Nope. I don't get it either. What's the point of defaulting to the 'News Feed' when it's several hours old and missing mostly everything? |
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Koil
Premium
join:2002-09-10
West Columbia, SC
clubs: | Agreed....for the longest damn time I was thinking I was somehow on the wrong damn page.
How in the hell did this get greenlit? Whats the gain? |
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Technogeez
Gone but not forgetting
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join:2007-01-20 | reply to TurtleFan
---------- Doesn't "get" Facebook... ! |
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Jwobot
join:2002-08-14
Sterling Heights, MI | reply to TurtleFan
I clicked live feed and everything seems to be normal. Is it not suppose to be like that? |
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Last Parade
One of the Brightest Stars
join:2002-10-07
Port Colborne, ON
| said by Jwobot  :I clicked live feed and everything seems to be normal. Is it not suppose to be like that? there's too much junk |
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TearAbite
join:2001-07-25
Rancho Cucamonga, CA | reply to TurtleFan
If they dont change it and give us "improved features" someone else will be here posting a rant "why is Facebook so old fashioned and they never change anything?" |
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thesimonsens
Premium
join:2007-09-14
USA
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I hate the new format. I keep getting notices about what friends have friended whom and also email notifications "Stranger A just commented on Friend A's wall" when I have no idea who the hell Stranger A is nor do I care and I sure don't care that random people are writing on my friends walls or commenting on their pictures |
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Gbcue
E.I.T.
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join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
clubs: | The "Live Feed" was what FB was before they had the news feed.
I actually like the change back. |
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disconnected
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Much of the apps on FB are programmed in Ajax. I don't see the point of it, and it also seems that they haven't quite got the hang of it yet. Many of the functions simply hang, or produce an error. For instance, a friend request: one comes in the mail and you click the 'approve friend request' and it takes to to a FB page that isn't specific to that matter, and worse, it doesn't enable that person's request to be granted.
Certain FB groups can't be joined either, because you only get the join popup when you LEAVE the page. How silly is that?
Lots of frustration with FB over these inane programming flaws. |
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Koil
Premium
join:2002-09-10
West Columbia, SC
clubs:
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1 edit | said by disconnected :
Much of the apps on FB are programmed in Ajax. I don't see the point of it, and it also seems that they haven't quite got the hang of it yet. Many of the functions simply hang, or produce an error. For instance, a friend request: one comes in the mail and you click the 'approve friend request' and it takes to to a FB page that isn't specific to that matter, and worse, it doesn't enable that person's request to be granted.
Certain FB groups can't be joined either, because you only get the join popup when you LEAVE the page. How silly is that?
Lots of frustration with FB over these inane programming flaws.
I gotta agree here. I am amazed that a site so popular hasn't pulled in a team to get their shit cleaned up...their software sucks. Sometimes clicks just lead you nowhere, can't refresh a page for shit, it doesn't remember anything of where you were on a page, so if you're going through a lot of the stuff on your wall, follow a link, and then come back...guess what, back to the top of the page, and have to reload all the older stuff as you come to it at the bottom.
It still feels like some grad students business concept project or something....Glad it isn't just me...lol....
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fishacura
join:2008-01-25
Phoenixville, PA
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So does anyone really know what the difference is? I cannot tell for the life of me. You would think "live feed" might be simply newer posts but there seems to be stuff duplicated on both tabs.
The user experience on FB is HORRIBLE! Do they even do any kind of usability testing? What a tremendous concept but it could be SO MUCH BETTER. Factor in how bad some of the applications are too...they lock up all the time. I get that it is exploding but shouldn't you be prepared prior to rollout?
Oh well, it's free and you can host a lot of free content so who am I to complain.
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lotusracer
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join:1999-11-26
Moline, IL
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Some tips I caught on the Facebook page of Brave Combo:
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Everyone who hates the new FB layout needs to know... there's an easy fix.  -- On the menu at the top left, click on MORE. Then drag STATUS UPDATES to the top, above NEWS FEED. After dragging to top, click on it. That becomes ...your default
another tip says this: Click "more". Go down to "Create New List". Choose who and what you want to show up.
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alg
Just a shot away
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join:2001-04-10
Houston, TX
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I get annoyed by the fact that no matter how many times I check the option to keep the online friends window open, it is almost always closed the next time I log on. 
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Omega
Displaced Ohioan
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join:2002-07-30
Cheyenne, WY
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You know what option I would really like facebook to add? A "block all app invites and live feed postings"
I don't give a shit if you have found a new cow in your farm or became an awesome mobster, and no I don't want to play it.
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Koil
Premium
join:2002-09-10
West Columbia, SC
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by Omega :You know what option I would really like facebook to add? A "block all app invites and live feed postings" I don't give a shit if you have found a new cow in your farm or became an awesome mobster, and no I don't want to play it. +1000000000000000000000
No I don't want to play hippy vampire mobsters
No I don't want to see what you look like as a garbage pail kid
No I don't I don't care what slutty actress you're most like
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disconnected
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That's useful (about drag and drop and changing defaults).
While I was in the 'more' view, I noticed a lot of junk like "lil farm' and social links.. is there a way to remove or delete those? I too am disgusted with the many "black sheep wandered into so in so's farm" messages. I joined FB for business exposure--I don't want all the junk. I'd have joined one of those other social networking sites if I wanted teenie-bopper toys and games. |
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disconnected
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I found the magic link for blocking Farmville:
»www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?s···I&ref=mf
I found it under Settings, Help.... block .. and then found a short list of messages where someone posted the link for blocking that app. It's a major generator of unwanted messages, so blocking it should result in a great deal more productivity with FB. |
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lotusracer
Premium
join:1999-11-26
Moline, IL
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said by disconnected :
While I was in the 'more' view, I noticed a lot of junk like "lil farm' and social links.. is there a way to remove or delete those? I too am disgusted with the many "black sheep wandered into so in so's farm" messages. I joined FB for business exposure--I don't want all the junk. I'd have joined one of those other social networking sites if I wanted teenie-bopper toys and games.
If you go the the right of items like that, you will see the "hide" option appear. If you click on hide, it gives you the option of how to hide it.
I certainly hid all that Farmtown and Mafia Wars stuff.
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