As anticipated a few weeks ago directly by Mark Zuckerberg, for Facebook A return to the origins is looming with the aim of rediscovering some winning characteristics of the first versions and recovering the lost ground compared to other competing social networks. Precisely in this context, the novelty announced in the past few hours from Meta is inserted, which intends to make the friends’ card more exclusive and direct.
“I am excited to go back to a bit of Facebook OG”in fact he declared the company of the company last Wednesday 29 January on the occasion of the conference call on revenues relating to the fourth quarter 2024, announcing the arrival of changes capable of bringing Facebook closer “The way it was originally used”. And in fact it seems just what is happening with the news on the horizon.
“We are making it easier to connect with friends on Facebook in a simple and fun way”in fact explains the company, thanks to the update of the Friends card. This, from now on, will show only the contents of their friends, completely excluding any kind of suggestion produced by the much criticized algorithm. A form of interaction, therefore, more genuine, capable according to the programmers to report “The joy of what we created for the first time on Facebook”.
In the path that should bring back to the origins, according to what is announced by Zuckerberg, therefore this specific aspect cannot be missing, being the connection with friends the main pillar of the social network targeted: “Over the years, Facebook has evolved to meet in constant evolution needs and has created first category experiences in groups, videos, marketplaces and more”we read again on the site, “But the magic of friends has vanished“.
For the moment, the new area is only available for users of the United States and Canada, but will soon be open to everyone. So far the Amici tab was simply a section in which the requests for friendship and the suggestions of contacts were placed, or the “people you may know”, but with the update it will become a privileged place of interaction.
Inside it, the user will find the stories, the Reels, the posts, the birthdays and requests for friendship of his friends.
The new area is deceived through the navigation bar in the home feed, as well as by the book book section of the app. To add the Amici tab it is sufficient
- Click on the image of the profile in the Feed Home;
- Select “Settings and Privacy”, “Settings” and then “Bag of the cards”;
- Choose to customize the bar, click “Friends” and finally fix the tab.