Is Facebook's formula limiting you?

THIS WORKS BETTER! 

Wondering about all those posts about Facebook's formula that limits who you see in your feed? (see note 4) Here's what you can REALLY do: See the menu bar up at the top of your phone screen? Click on the three horizontal lines icon (circled). Then look down the list and see where it says: "Friends." Clicking on Friends brings up the list of your friends.

(If you are using Facebook on the website version, click on your own name up there at the top to bring up the page where you can see the Friends button)

Now, scroll down your list of friends. See if there is someone there you don't recall seeing on Facebook for a while. In my case, I had to scroll a long way down to find people I haven't heard from recently.  This will either disprove the "25 friends limitation," or show that you just don't have many friends active on Facebook.

When you do find someone you haven't heard from recently: Do you know if they actually use Facebook regularly? Are they still alive? In jail? Found more productive uses for their time?

To find out, click on one of those Friends you have missed lately. Scroll down to see their posts. Have they actually posted anything in the last 6 months? If so, do this: Read some of their posts and post comments on them. Like their grandchildren. Laugh at their jokes. Comment on their trip to Europe. But, most likely, if you haven't seen them on Facebook, it's because they haven't been on Facebook. Most likely, those 25 friends you keep seeing are the ones actually using Facebook. (also see note 2 below)

Alternatively, if you still don't trust Facebook, try this: Make a shallow aluminum foil bowl (note 1). Put it in your lap. This will focus energy waves up toward your phone (and away from sensitive areas) Hold down that "Friends" button on your phone. Wave the phone over your head making 7 circles, clockwise in the northern hemisphere, anti-clockwise in the antipodes.. On each circle, recite "Expelliarmus!" No promises about this procedure, but it is undoubtedly at least as effective as that copy and paste thing going around. Rumor has it, this works best at midnight on a full moon.

Or, if you really want to make a radical change in your News feed, go down that list of Friends. Find the ones who fill your feed with whatever unwanted political, religious, nutritional, or commercial posts you happen to dislike, click on their name, and then change them to "Unfollow." You will remain friends, but won't see their posts unless you go looking for them. That could clear out a lot of room for more aging school chums, kids, puppies and kittens, or whatever you do like seeing.

To avoid Facebook's news feed algorithm altogether, in that highlighted pull down menu , there's a feed option for 'most recent'. Then you can see the order things have been posted instead of what's popular, most liked, or trending.  On my tablet, I would press that Menu icon, then "See More," then select "Feeds" then select "Most Recent.". That gets you posts shown in order of posting, without regard to responses or relevance.

If any of these ideas work for you, or if you are at least mildly amused, please Like and Share this post. Or, you could do that whole copy/paste thing with this post: Hold your finger down anywhere in this post and "copy" will pop up. Click "copy". Then go to your page, start a new post and put your finger anywhere in the blank field. "Paste" will pop up and click paste. You will pass Go, Collect $200 from the IRS (note 3), hear from old friends, make new ones (perhaps at the IRS), and change your life! Really! It worked for me! Try it!

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Notes:

1. In lieu of making a bowl out of aluminum foil, if you have an aluminum colander, that works equally well. But a steel colander? Stainless steel, I hope, otherwise it would rust. The magnetic properties of the steel (and possible rust) cause an added unknown factor, which might or might not effect the exorcism process. 304ss vs 316ss could make a difference.  Be sure not to put the colander on your head, inverted, like a hat.  That would totally negate the effect, and might also be joining the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster:  COTFSM

2. If haven’t seen any posts recently from Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Great Pumpkin, or the Tooth Fairy, and would like to,. Try Friending them..  Supplementary instructions for friending Santa Claus et al: Type their names in the search box on the bar at the top of your screen. Click on one of the results. Send them a friend request.

3. Be aware that the $200 IRS rebate may not apply outside the US. Consult the you tax authorities for local participation.

4. In case you haven't got it yet, that whole Facebook formula friends limitation think is a myth.
Check out these links  Snopes - Facebook formula  WTOP article   Business Insider article