{"id":160270,"date":"2025-03-27T19:26:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/apple-2\/facebook-launches-friends-tab-a-new-feed-that-ditches-algorithmic-junk\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T19:26:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:26:35","slug":"facebook-launches-friends-tab-a-new-feed-that-ditches-algorithmic-junk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=160270","title":{"rendered":"Facebook launches Friends tab: a new feed that ditches algorithmic junk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Facebook is trying to go back to its roots <a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2025\/03\/bringing-magic-of-friends-back-to-facebook\/\">with a new \u201cFriends\u201d tab<\/a> that filters out the algorithmic recommendations that have taken over its main feed. The new tab is rolling out in the US and Canada, and will show your friends\u2019 stories, reels, posts, and birthdays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">In a blog post announcing the feature, the company says, \u201cOver the years, Facebook evolved to meet changing needs and created best-in-class experiences across Groups, Video, Marketplace and more, but the magic of friends has fallen away.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Facebook previously housed friend requests and friend suggestions within the Friends tab, but now it\u2019s been replaced by a dedicated friends-only feed. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ll find many recent posts there, but it might be a reprieve from the sponsored content and random group posts that have drowned out all other content on my home feed. Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/4\/24261170\/facebook-recommendations-explore-local-tab-tiktok\">Facebook announced that it\u2019s adding new<\/a> \u201cLocal\u201d and \u201cExplore\u201d tabs with even more content recommendations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">You can access the Friends tab from the navigation bar in the Facebook app. You can also pin it to your navigation bar by selecting the app\u2019s three-bar icon and then selecting the settings icon. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">From there, choose <strong>Settings &gt; Tab bar<\/strong>, and choose the tabs you want to pin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook is trying to go back to its roots with a new \u201cFriends\u201d tab that filters out the algorithmic recommendations that have taken over its main feed. 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