New #Facbook settings may having you missing updates.

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

Let me start by saying that I love love love LOVE the new Facebook fanpages - way incredibly helpful for little ol businesses like me.  

But they did change something that I’m not entirely in love with.  Settings were changed so you no longer see everyone’s posts, instead you will only see the posts of people and pages that you recently interacted with.  So if you aren’t seeing some updates from your friends, and pages you have liked, don’t you worry, I’ll fix you up right.

Scroll down to the bottom of your newsfeed, and click on Edit Options.  In that box at the top you can change Show Posts From: Friends and pages you interact with most to All of your friends and pages.

This is also the box that allows you to unhide someone’s feed (hiding feeds is the most brilliant Facebook feature EVER - hover over the X in the right of someone’s post, click it and select Hide this post or Hide all by...now you don’t have to unfriend someone that reposts every piece of religious political craziness they find!).  

There ya go - just another filter to let us view the good stuff that is more likely something we are interested in.  Thanks Marky Mark!

What do you mean that's not the real Zuckerberg?  Don't be ignorant.  Oh, wait, no, you're right. 

Check @JenSquard out on Twitter if you liked this little nugget.

"Like" pages get an upgrade ...

AWESOME timing! I was literally just finishing reading the article on Mashable explaining about the page upgrade, RIGHT as the TNTML page prompted me for an upgrade. Ohhh life, you're fab!

It was funny, when it first happened in December, I happened to be sitting on Facebook (duh)- and was fortunate enough to watch the accidental launch happen. Thank you screenshots!

Either way, I was really curious to see the effect the new layout was going to have on FBML (facebook mark up language), basically all the pretty stuff that people add in to their pages.

For our page, I created mock Facebook profile accounts with all the reviews people had given us in the early days. HEHEEHEHE I set it to 1969 .. HEHEHEHEHEHEHEEHEHEHEHE!!

It's still there, they just moved the navigation over to the left. It looks a little less appealing, since at least before you could edit the display tab. I haven't been able to figure out if the change in navigation would also change the setting of the landing page for new users. For example, if you're not a liker of TNTML on Facebook, it automatically directs you to the FBML page instead of the wall ... that's intentional.

I'm super super super stoked to see what people are going to do with the tagged images up top. I feel like that'll be HUGE as far as the general display is concerned, even now potentially more so than any FBML that people have added.

ALSO!!! I got the photo upgrade on Facebook as well this morning. All pictures are done through a shadow box type display:

I liked it at first ... dug the display, WAYYY better than having to wait for it to load on some pics, or have me click an untag, or tag before as clearly not all images are the same size and my fingers move SO fast while navigating through pictures ... that was until I realized I couldn't copy those pictures!!!!!

Facebook put a friggen lock on images now!!! 

I know that's for our "safety" and yada yada ... I should be happy, I'm sure it'll impede a few people from making fake accounts - but dude, it is SUCHHHH a pain now having to screen shot pics I steal from Facebook for posts. GRRRRRRRRRR!!! Oh well, give and take ... give and take.

Thanks so so much Marky Mark and your Facebook bunch! I superly duperly appreciate the new page redesign and can't WAIT to see what you have up your disc sleeve next.

ohhh baby I love it when you pout at me like that *drool*

#nerdsunite

#Facebook Answers Question Regarding Commenting Privacy

Alrite, recently Facebook changed the commenting privacy on your wall from stating that you had merely posted on someone's wall to now, actually displaying the entire comment. Yeah ... sucks ... fortunately, Marky Mark and his Facebook bunch have now provided us with an answer on exactly who can see said comment posting. Take it a wayyyyyyyy Marky Mark!

The only people that can see the story about your comment are those who can see the content you commented on. For example, if you commented on a photo that only you and your friend can see, only you and your friend would be able to see the story on your Wall.

Okayyyyy ... I'm still confused. My profile is completely public. So does that mean that every single person that comments on my wall, will have posted on their wall, the comment since my wall is entirely public? Does that make sense? Cause I'm not gonna lie ... this is making my head hurt. I still think this is kinda douchey, dude - and still plan on deleting all the comments just for shits and giggles. I just don't like it. I'm all for open communication, which is clearly why I like twitter - but this just irks me. I don't know why ... but I'm owning it. BAHH!! Please please please Facebook allow us to set the privacy back to "posted on so and so's wall." Really not liking thisssssss!!!

#ThatIsAll

#Facebook Like pages get a makeover

WTF just happened?!

I clicked on the TNTML Facebook like page, and was brought to this ...

 I noticed Facebook being buggy all week, especially with the number of likers; it kept bouncing back and forth between 5-10 likes. Super weird ... either way, this could be a bit of a game changer for Facebook page admins. The default FBML that I have as our landing, now seems secondary and doesn't even have a tab option up top - its over on the left hand navigation.

BAHHH!! What is going on?!?!

It's barely even loading at this point, so gimme a few ... I'll play around with it.

Tweet me though your thoughts @JenFriel - I'm curious to see what you guys think, even if you have it yet.

#nerdsunite

 

Update on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 12:51PM by Talk Nerdy To Me Lover

 ....  and now this is happening with our Facebook widget ...

BAHHHHH!!! No me gusta! I go into SUCH mom mode when anyone messes with TNTML! BAHH! Sit tight Jen ... sit tight ... it'll alllll be over soon ... yes ... there there ...

Update on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 1:02PM by Talk Nerdy To Me Lover

HOLY CRAP!!! THE ENTIRE NEWSFEED IS BASED STRICTLY UPON THE PAGE!!!! WHA! WHA! WHA!! Like pages now become secondary to your actual account!! LOOK!!

Update on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 1:06PM by Talk Nerdy To Me Lover

HOLY CRAP!! It's high res display!!!

Update on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 1:22PM by Talk Nerdy To Me Lover

.... and now Facebook is DOWNNNNN!!

#Facebook promotes "Places" in right hand navigation

HMMMMM ... looky looky what I just noticed on my Facebook page ...

In the right hand navigation above the ads, they posted something called "Friends' Popular Places." This is clearly an attempt to get more peeps to use their location based social media service "Facebook Places," but I'm just not buying it. Facebook Places sucks! I have yet to be able to even USE the damn thing on my Droid!! It's gotta be a problem with the GPS or something in the app ... but for real, I've updated it, done all of my own trouble shooting - it's just a piece of crap. Furthermore, Foursquare has the gaming component, which the nerds love, so it clearly adds value. What value does Facebook Places have right now?? It's just not there yet. There's no incentive, and no friggen established value.

Facebook Deals has promise, and I get it ... but we're still just not there yet. Facebook's response to that I guess was by drumming it up via the bandwagon effect. Dude, 59,333 checkins at the SFO airport? Is that just in my own network? What does that figure represent? Furthermore, and this one could be a stretch, but did you pick up the fact that I just checked in to two airports yesterday? I updated on Facebook that I wasn't molested by TSA, and tweeted about it obviously ... but I found the timing of it made me suspect.

Oh Marky Mark and your Facebook bunch!!!! You're just so good at keeping us guessing!!

Oh baby, I love it when you pout at me like that ...

#Drool