I wrote a post about this a while ago, and it’s been quite popular.  Facebook has recently changed things again and everyone’s in a tizzy about it.  Here’s some ways to get your Facebook news feed looking like it used to look:

OPTION 1:  Increase the number of Friends in your feed

The new default newsfeed on Facebook puts a heavy emphasis on what’s popular.   How does Facebook know what’s popular?  It counts comments and “likes” and puts those posts at the top of your feed.  Additionally, by default, it only puts 25o of your friends in your feed.   To change this, follow these steps:

1. Go to your HOME page. Make sure you are in “View Live Feed” mode.
2. Scroll all to the bottom of your screen, click “Edit Options.”
   
3. You will then see an option for “number of friends.” Change the 250 to 5000 for Facebook’s friend limit.

If you have a lot of friends, increasing this number to 5000 will greatly improve your default newsfeed.

OPTION 2:  Change your Default Feed to only show friends Status Updates

1. On the menu at the top left (right under the Facebook logo), click on MORE.
2. Find STATUS UPDATES and drag it to the top, above NEWS FEED.
3. After dragging it to the top, click on it. Now your default feed will only show status updates.  You can switch to the other modes just by clicking.

Enjoy!