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Where did the most recent tab go on Facebook 2022?

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July 22, 2022

Facebook is rolling out an update that enables its 2 billion daily users to more easily view their friends’ posts in chronological order.

The new feature is the company’s latest attempt to keep people coming back to its social network amid intensifying competition with its trendier rival TikTok.

The changes announced Thursday will offer up two different perspectives. When Facebook users open the app, they will initially see the usual news feed featuring posts selected by an algorithm that the company says is designed to highlight topics and friends most likely to appeal to each individual’s tastes and interests. The main feed on the newly dubbed “Home” section will also include an option to look at short videos called Reels — Facebook’s clone of TikTok.

But many users have expressed frustration with the feeds forced upon them by Facebook, while critics of the Menlo Park, California, company have blasted the algorithm for spreading misinformation and creating polarizing echo chambers.

Facebook, owned by Meta Platforms, is trying to address those concerns with a new Feed tab located to the left of the notifications tab on the shortcut bar in both the iPhone and Android versions of its mobile app.

After clicking on the Feed tab, users will be able to toggle over to a chronological presentation of their Facebook favorites, Facebook groups they have joined or feeds consisting exclusively of posts from all their Facebook friends in the order they were shared.

The new option is designed to address complaints from users who believe they have been missing interesting posts because Facebook’s algorithm omitted them from their feeds.

“One of the most requested features for Facebook is to make sure people don’t miss friends’ posts,” Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in the announcement.

Facebook is giving users more control at a time when it has been struggling to grow, partly because other social media such as TikTok have become more popular, particularly among young generations. That stagnation, in turn, is making it more difficult for corporate parent Meta to boost its profits from the digital ads that appear in users’ feeds.


Facebook’s new ‘Feeds’ tab chronologically displays posts from your friends and groups

Where did the most recent tab go on Facebook 2022?

Facebook is revamping its main news feed and launching a new “Feeds” tab where users can see posts from their friends, groups, pages and more in chronological order, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today. The Feeds tab won’t show any “Suggested For You” posts. Zuckerberg also announced that “Home” is the new name of the tab you first see when you open Facebook. The Home feed is where you will see TikTok-like personalized recommendations for Reels and Stories. The two tabs will be accessible from both the iOS and Android versions of the Facebook app.

“One of the most requested features for Facebook is to make sure people don’t miss friends’ posts,” Zuckerberg said in an announcement post. “So today we’re launching a Feeds tab where you can see posts from your friends, groups, Pages and more separately in chronological order. The app will still open to a personalized feed on the Home tab, where our discovery engine will recommend the content we think you’ll care most about. But the Feeds tab will give you a way to customize and control your experience further.”

Where did the most recent tab go on Facebook 2022?

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Facebook differentiates between the two feeds by noting that Home is a discovery engine for you to find new content and creators through algorithmic recommendations, whereas the Feeds tab provides an easy way to access content from the people and communities you’re already connected with on Facebook.

It’s worth noting that there may be some overlap between the two feeds, as Facebook says some of your friends’ posts may still appear in the Home tab, and that the Feeds tab will feature some ads as well.

The new Feeds tab is a return to Facebook’s basic social media experience where your feed is mainly focused on activity and posts from your friends and groups. However, the revamped Home feed shows Meta’s continued desire to chase TikTok, which is its current biggest threat. Given the fact that the algorithmic Home feed is what users will see when they first open the Facebook app, it’s easy to see where Meta’s priorities lie.

How do I get most recent tab back on Facebook?

To sort your Feed posts to show the most recent ones, navigate to the left-side menu and select the Most recent option. Now your Feed is sorted to show you the most recent posts first. The top of your Feed should say "Most Recent."

What happened to Facebook's most recent option?

You are right, the Most Recent option has moved. When you open the latest version of the Facebook app, at the top of the news feed, you will see three options namely > Home, Favorites, and Recent. To see the most recent posts, simply tap “Recent”.

Did Facebook do away with most recent posts?

More than a decade after Facebook updated its patented News Feed to default to showing “top stories” rather than a chronological list of posts from friends and pages, the company is restoring the ability to “easily see the most recent posts from your friends, Pages and groups”.

How do I see most recent posts on Facebook 2022 IPAD?

To see recent posts on iOS and Android devices, you can tap on the Feeds tab. All of the content you see in that tab and the filters within it are the most recent posts from the people, Favorites, Pages, and groups you follow, meaning you'll see the newest posts first.