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Faizan
Many people find it easier to keep up with activity on Facebook when posts are sorted chronologically, using the Most Recent option. For reasons known only to Facebook, the news feed priority often switches back to Top Stories, no matter what setting you previously selected. There are several ways to solve this problem, so that your news feed shows the most recent posts first every time.
Sorting Your News Feed
When you log in to Facebook and see your news feed, there are two options for sorting and displaying posts: Most Recent and Top Stories. You select your preferred setting by clicking “Sort” at the top of the news feed and then clicking on one of these two options. Facebook's default setting is Top Stories. Even when you select Most Recent, the setting sometimes reverts to the default.
Changing Your Bookmark
The easiest way to make sure your news feed always defaults to Most Recent sorting is to change your Facebook bookmark to facebook.com/?sk=h_chr instead of the typical facebook.com link. This Facebook URL has a snippet of code at the end that tells Facebook to sort activity in chronological order. Even if you use this link, you can change your setting to Top Stories if you want, just by clicking “Sort” and making the switch.
Add-Ons and Extensions
Certain browsers have add-ons and extensions that solve this problem. Firefox offers the Facebook Most Recent by Default add-on to change your default setting; if you use the Chrome browser, a similar extension is available called Facebook Most Recent Default. The Social Fixer JavaScript program provides users the ability to permanently change their sort setting and offers a number of other Facebook customizations. Although this program can be downloaded for Firefox and Chrome, it's not available for Internet Explorer.
Considerations
While changing your Facebook bookmark is an easy fix, it's not the only available solution. The recommended add-ons or browser extensions offer additional flexibility, allowing you to access Facebook from any link and still have your news feed sorted in chronological order. Regardless of the method you choose, you can always manually change your sort settings after you log in to Facebook.
Sorting Your News Feed
When you log in to Facebook and see your news feed, there are two options for sorting and displaying posts: Most Recent and Top Stories. You select your preferred setting by clicking “Sort” at the top of the news feed and then clicking on one of these two options. Facebook's default setting is Top Stories. Even when you select Most Recent, the setting sometimes reverts to the default.
Changing Your Bookmark
The easiest way to make sure your news feed always defaults to Most Recent sorting is to change your Facebook bookmark to facebook.com/?sk=h_chr instead of the typical facebook.com link. This Facebook URL has a snippet of code at the end that tells Facebook to sort activity in chronological order. Even if you use this link, you can change your setting to Top Stories if you want, just by clicking “Sort” and making the switch.
Add-Ons and Extensions
Certain browsers have add-ons and extensions that solve this problem. Firefox offers the Facebook Most Recent by Default add-on to change your default setting; if you use the Chrome browser, a similar extension is available called Facebook Most Recent Default. The Social Fixer JavaScript program provides users the ability to permanently change their sort setting and offers a number of other Facebook customizations. Although this program can be downloaded for Firefox and Chrome, it's not available for Internet Explorer.
Considerations
While changing your Facebook bookmark is an easy fix, it's not the only available solution. The recommended add-ons or browser extensions offer additional flexibility, allowing you to access Facebook from any link and still have your news feed sorted in chronological order. Regardless of the method you choose, you can always manually change your sort settings after you log in to Facebook.
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