For users preferring the ⏳ Old Chronological Feed layout: ❓

Are you aware that you can adjust (Customize) you're Post Feeds settings, to have almost the same experience as the Old Feed?
[i](Asking, as we have been seeing users complaining about this for a long time.)[/i]

We even made it easy for users to do this:

[b]Home Feed > Customize Feed > Presets > [u]All Users, Time Based[/u][/b]

With that setup, you should see even more recent posts (Chronologically) than what is shown in the "New Feed".

(For those who simply wish to see "as many posts as possible" - Your feed content will be more "Random" and Less Relevant, however.)

Users are very free to set this as their "Default" if they wish to,
otherwise, it can also be set as their secondary, Custom Feed.

We've done as much as we can to offer users lots of options and flexibility, to see the home feed in a way that is more comfortable to them.

It doesn't seem true that we are "forcing users" to only use the site a certain way,
and "not listening to user's concerns".

On the contrary, I'm not aware of any other social networking site that offers users as much control and customization of their own feeds, as we do.

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We understand that the feed settings may still be confusing to some,
we do have plans to improve ease of use and user control.

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HootyTheNightOwl

Which is older 32 minutes ago or 6 minutes ago???

Why is it that the chronological - time based option still places posts that are six minutes old under posts that are thirty two minutes old??? I hate math, but, even I know that 6 minutes is more recent than 32 minutes ago.

Andrew · Admin

@HootyTheNightOwl

As mentioned in another comment of mine:

[quote]With that setting in effect, there can still be some slight shifting of post order.

In order to give all users as fair and balanced of an experience as we can,
we try to slightly balance exposure for users who may not be very popular, or do not have many friends/connections on SW.

There are several reasons for the slight rebalancing, but for the most part, posts seen in your feed, with that setting on, should be generally chronological.
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Giving other less popular users, a more fair and balanced experience on SW (for example),
outweighs the inconvenience of having a slight discrepancy away from maintaining a perfectly strict, chronological order, in our view.

We understand that users would all prefer settings that are "most ideal for them", personally,

however, we need to design this site with the general benefit of "Everyone" in mind.

HootyTheNightOwl

@Andrew Lmao... Given that my block list is much longer than my friends list... I hardly consider myself to be "popular".

A lot of the time, it seems to be the fact that posts have basically been tossed into the air before being stuck in the feed that's annoying people.

Well... that and the fact that the feed is basically staying the same. I get that SW has quiet times - but recently, it's been feeling more like dead times.