Comments on: 7+ Tips on How to Survive the New Facebook Homepage – A guide if you hate it. http://kristenbrownell.com/2010/02/06/7-tips-on-how-to-survive-the-new-facebook-homepage-a-guide-if-you-hate-it/ A living, breathing contradiction Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:04:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kerry http://kristenbrownell.com/2010/02/06/7-tips-on-how-to-survive-the-new-facebook-homepage-a-guide-if-you-hate-it/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Kerry Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:01:15 +0000 http://kristenbrownell.com/?p=271#comment-144 To answer this question it's important to first acknowledge that there are people behind the layout changes and upgrades. These people are human and imperfect, as are we all. Keep this forefront in your mind, as I explain what I am assuming the problem to be.<br><br>Facebook is having trouble with the coding changeover. It was working fine through the weekend, but a huge new group of users got the update today and that appears to have made the site wonky (a technical term) for everyone. There is no setting to change, or view to choose, to solve this problem. We're just going to have to be patient and wait for the techs to figure out what is wrong and then fix it.<br><br>From what I've seen, they are actively working on it . . . while all the users are actively freaking out. My feed has already corrected itself, after having remained empty all day and I just caught up on all the updates that weren't there earlier.<br><br>My solution for this: Patience. I know, worst advice ever. I walked away from the computer this afternoon, and sure enough, when I came back, everything was working fine again. To answer this question it's important to first acknowledge that there are people behind the layout changes and upgrades. These people are human and imperfect, as are we all. Keep this forefront in your mind, as I explain what I am assuming the problem to be.

Facebook is having trouble with the coding changeover. It was working fine through the weekend, but a huge new group of users got the update today and that appears to have made the site wonky (a technical term) for everyone. There is no setting to change, or view to choose, to solve this problem. We're just going to have to be patient and wait for the techs to figure out what is wrong and then fix it.

From what I've seen, they are actively working on it . . . while all the users are actively freaking out. My feed has already corrected itself, after having remained empty all day and I just caught up on all the updates that weren't there earlier.

My solution for this: Patience. I know, worst advice ever. I walked away from the computer this afternoon, and sure enough, when I came back, everything was working fine again.

]]> By: Kristen Brownell http://kristenbrownell.com/2010/02/06/7-tips-on-how-to-survive-the-new-facebook-homepage-a-guide-if-you-hate-it/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Kristen Brownell Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:34:18 +0000 http://kristenbrownell.com/?p=271#comment-143 How about this issue: I was slapped with the new layout today, and none of my updates, posts, or links have been showing up in the News Feed. They show up on my profile, but not in the News Feed. This has actually been happening since Sunday evening. Which worries me, since, you know, I use Facebook to promote my blog. How about this issue: I was slapped with the new layout today, and none of my updates, posts, or links have been showing up in the News Feed. They show up on my profile, but not in the News Feed. This has actually been happening since Sunday evening. Which worries me, since, you know, I use Facebook to promote my blog.

]]> By: Kerry http://kristenbrownell.com/2010/02/06/7-tips-on-how-to-survive-the-new-facebook-homepage-a-guide-if-you-hate-it/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Kerry Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:45:22 +0000 http://kristenbrownell.com/?p=271#comment-142 Your're welcome, Goodness. And yeah, the pain from this update is going to be temporary, until the next one screws things up even more. The real point is that Facebook isn't going to stop changing things and when they do, if their history is any guide, it's going to keep going in a direction that only about 1000 people care about, without taking the other 399,999,000 users into account. Your're welcome, Goodness. And yeah, the pain from this update is going to be temporary, until the next one screws things up even more. The real point is that Facebook isn't going to stop changing things and when they do, if their history is any guide, it's going to keep going in a direction that only about 1000 people care about, without taking the other 399,999,000 users into account.

]]> By: Goodness http://kristenbrownell.com/2010/02/06/7-tips-on-how-to-survive-the-new-facebook-homepage-a-guide-if-you-hate-it/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Goodness Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:44:20 +0000 http://kristenbrownell.com/?p=271#comment-141 I'm pretty sure I would have figured this all out eventually, but thanks a bunch for the helpful hints. I was getting really tired of everyone complaining about it. I'm pretty sure I would have figured this all out eventually, but thanks a bunch for the helpful hints. I was getting really tired of everyone complaining about it.

]]> By: Jé Maverick http://kristenbrownell.com/2010/02/06/7-tips-on-how-to-survive-the-new-facebook-homepage-a-guide-if-you-hate-it/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Jé Maverick Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:29:23 +0000 http://kristenbrownell.com/?p=271#comment-139 Haha...yeah, if I posted those pics, I'm thinking that Facebook might just take a wee bit more interest in me than they usually do. ;) Haha…yeah, if I posted those pics, I'm thinking that Facebook might just take a wee bit more interest in me than they usually do. ;)

]]> By: Jé Maverick http://kristenbrownell.com/2010/02/06/7-tips-on-how-to-survive-the-new-facebook-homepage-a-guide-if-you-hate-it/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Jé Maverick Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:28:03 +0000 http://kristenbrownell.com/?p=271#comment-140 Sharing the link was the least I could do. I'm glad you guys took the time and gave up your digs to host this little soiree. The world needs people who think of others, and you're both doing in right! :) Sharing the link was the least I could do. I'm glad you guys took the time and gave up your digs to host this little soiree. The world needs people who think of others, and you're both doing in right! :)

]]> By: Kerry http://kristenbrownell.com/2010/02/06/7-tips-on-how-to-survive-the-new-facebook-homepage-a-guide-if-you-hate-it/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Kerry Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:51:55 +0000 http://kristenbrownell.com/?p=271#comment-138 Jé, I would hate if anyone stopped posting the plaintive status updates, because it's the only way I know it's time for me to jump into a phone booth, returning to heroically save the day. But, if you do get a chance to beat the frat boys with m̶y̶ their empty tequila bottle, be sure to post the pics to facebook (and include me in the group of "people who care").<br><br>And Kristen, be careful what you wish for. ;) Jé, I would hate if anyone stopped posting the plaintive status updates, because it's the only way I know it's time for me to jump into a phone booth, returning to heroically save the day. But, if you do get a chance to beat the frat boys with m̶y̶ their empty tequila bottle, be sure to post the pics to facebook (and include me in the group of “people who care”).

And Kristen, be careful what you wish for. ;)

]]> By: Kristen Brownell http://kristenbrownell.com/2010/02/06/7-tips-on-how-to-survive-the-new-facebook-homepage-a-guide-if-you-hate-it/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Kristen Brownell Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:11:58 +0000 http://kristenbrownell.com/?p=271#comment-137 It was my pleasure, and thank *you* for sharing the link. It's a lifesaver to have a friend who's so tech-savvy. If we're lucky, maybe Kerry'll do another guest blog sometime. It was my pleasure, and thank *you* for sharing the link. It's a lifesaver to have a friend who's so tech-savvy. If we're lucky, maybe Kerry'll do another guest blog sometime.

]]> By: jemaverick http://kristenbrownell.com/2010/02/06/7-tips-on-how-to-survive-the-new-facebook-homepage-a-guide-if-you-hate-it/comment-page-1/#comment-136 jemaverick Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:39:54 +0000 http://kristenbrownell.com/?p=271#comment-136 Thank you, Kerry. And thanks to Kristen for lending you the space to let us know all about the black arts that surround profile sorcery. Awesomeness. Sheer awesomeness. And yet, I'm still gonna post my plaintive status updates - just because I'm not allowed to hunt down frat boys and beat them senseless with their own empty tequila bottles. Thank you, Kerry. And thanks to Kristen for lending you the space to let us know all about the black arts that surround profile sorcery. Awesomeness. Sheer awesomeness. And yet, I'm still gonna post my plaintive status updates – just because I'm not allowed to hunt down frat boys and beat them senseless with their own empty tequila bottles.

]]> By: Kerry http://kristenbrownell.com/2010/02/06/7-tips-on-how-to-survive-the-new-facebook-homepage-a-guide-if-you-hate-it/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Kerry Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:44:46 +0000 http://kristenbrownell.com/?p=271#comment-135 Haha Will, enjoy these last few days of familiarity, because they are numbered and soon you too will join the rest of us in our frustration! I kid, of course, because the changes are an improvement. But seriously, take note of the part that explains where the "Logout" button is, because they sure did hide the heck out of that one. ;) Haha Will, enjoy these last few days of familiarity, because they are numbered and soon you too will join the rest of us in our frustration! I kid, of course, because the changes are an improvement. But seriously, take note of the part that explains where the “Logout” button is, because they sure did hide the heck out of that one. ;)

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