Do you hate the new Facebook layout?

[andrewducker]

1) Look for 'lists' on the left-hand side of this page. Hover over the word LISTS and you'll see 'more'.
2) Click 'more', then click 'create a list' in the top right of the next page that comes up.
3) Name your list (whatever you want to call it) and then click 'add friends' on the next screen that comes up.
4) A pop up box with everyone in your friends list will appear. Click on each person (or everyone you want to see status updates from) and then click okay.
5) Now, every time you come to facebook, click on the list you created. You'll find it on the left-hand side under 'lists'. The updates page for your list will look like the old facebook and will give updates from everyone, in reverse chronological order, without any abstruse fuckery.

(With thanks to werejud, who took my original pointers, and turned them into followable instructions).

Alternatively, you can find me on Google+.

Or you can just write on Livejournal. Or Dreamwidth. Or somewhere else that gives you some control over what your writing and reading pages look like.

Comments

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

I just figured that out myself before seeing this but it doesn't quite work as a substitute for the old newsfeed if you also follow Pages because you can't add them to list as far as I can see.

[skington.livejournal.com]

Cheers; reblogged on Facebook, after creating a list called "Fuck you Facebook".

The fact that you can't delete the default lists is also annoying. I'm not going to split my friends list arbitrarily into Close friends and Acquaintances!

[kurosau.livejournal.com]

Thanks, befriending you on G+ now. I'm Alexander, btw.

[tysolna]

Thanks; adding you on G+ (I'm Susanne).

As a matter of fact, Google+ opening their doors to everyone on the day Facebook changes the way friends lists are displayed is a stroke of genius.

[undeadbydawn.livejournal.com]

hmm. I recognise your username as someone I've had interesting conversations with, if I don't recall exactly what about.

maybe catch you elsewhere sometime.

[tysolna]

Wolves In The Throne Room. ;)

[undeadbydawn.livejournal.com]

goodness!

Opeth's Heritage is also excellent. A considerably calmer and more pleasant release than Watershed [which felt like everyone involved trying far too hard]

[19-crows.livejournal.com]

I already had lists set up, so once I found out you can hide their boilerplate ones, I was okay.

Added you on Google+; I'm Elizabeth.

[undeadbydawn.livejournal.com]

what?

I've long been using interface plugins for facebook, and have no idea what the thing itself looks like. It's been probably a year since I had to deal with it.

I'll have a tour sometime soon and try to figure out what has randomly changed since the last lot of random changes I totally ignored.
[I do not use fb much, having become very tired of having to ignore random changes, most of which were hidden by the plugins]

[undeadbydawn.livejournal.com]

Oh. OH.

right. those changes.

once again I posted too soon. I think I'm going to just stop using facebook. Thanks for the warning.

[lalajia.livejournal.com]

You don't know me, but thank you :) Added you on G+ anyway, I'm Natalie

[andrewducker]

Glad to help. Have added you back on here too.

[lalajia.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I think we have RL friends in common (ashfae) but bizarrely I actually started reading you after seeing you on the Ferret's recommendations :)

[saithkar.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that, most appreciated.

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

With a passion!