The favorites option doesn't work as advertised.

So last night I came across favorites, and how when you favorite a user, their posts become prioritized in your feed.

How come after I selected favorite for a user, I'm not seeing any of their posts?

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Andrew · Admin

@twiigss
Hello, upon investigating this issue for you, we've noticed that:

1) The user you added as Favorite:
a) Last posted over 9 Hours ago
b) You have already Seen and/or Interacted with that user's most recent posts.
c) The user does appear in your Feed's results, albeit, much lower down the list of the results, since you already interacted with their recent posts.

Therefore, the Favorites feature should be working as intended.

When that Favorited user next posts again, there is a high likelihood that they will appear at the Top of your feed's results.

2) You can further prioritize how high your Favorites, Friends and Following appear in the feed's results, by adjusting these Customize Feed settings:

Users You Follow ==> Max (5)
Relevant Content ==> Max (5)
Post Order / Sorted by: ==> Most Relevant (5)

(Optional, per your preference)
Comments & Replies: ==> Max (5)

twiigss · M

@Andrew Thanks for looking into it for me. My understanding was, the favorites posts would always be on top in the feed. I've customized my feed the way you've shown. Thanks again.

Andrew · Admin

@twiigss
You're very welcome.

I just edited in this clarification, seconds ago:

Therefore, the Favorites feature should be working as intended.

When that Favorited user next posts again, there is a high likelihood that they will appear at the Top of your feed's results.

twiigss
My understanding was, the favorites posts would always be on top in the feed.

We believe that it would create a sub-optimal, "Broken" feed, if that user's posts were perpetually stuck to the very Top of your feed, always,
even after viewing or interacting with that post.

It will have longer "staying power", posts from favorited users,
but no posts should remain stuck to the top of your feed, for too extended of a period.