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janicemarie Feb 14, 2011

Hi All!
I'll copy/paste some important facebook info below but here is my blatant plug.
Here is my brand new facebook page!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gresswell … 8149360237

It'd be great if you were to like my page! I'll be holding giveaways on facebook page in the coming weeks.

I nearly ignored this because well it just looks like another strange facebook event but then I realised what is was and how important it is to all business page owners!

Here is the link to the event so you can invite your facebook friends and spread the word.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194392487256900

PLEASE READ - THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE WHO USES FACEBOOK FOR BUSINESS OR PERSONAL REASONS!!

Have you noticed that you are only seeing updates in your newsfeed from the same people lately? Have you also noticed that when you post things like status messages, photos and links, the same circle of people are commenting and everyone else seems to be ignoring you?

Don't worry, everyone still loves you and nobody has intentionally blocked you. The problem is that a large chunk of your friend/fan list can't see anything you post and here's why:

The "New Facebook" has a newsfeed setting that by default is automatically set to show ONLY posts from people who you've recently interacted with or interacted the most with (which would be limited to the couple of weeks just before people started switching to the new profile). So in other words, for both business and personal pages, unless your friends/fans commented on one of your posts within those few weeks or vice versa - you are now invisible to them and they are invisible to you!!

HERE'S THE FIX: On the homepage click the "Most Recent" title on the right of the Newsfeed, then click on the drop down arrow beside it and select "Edit Options", click on "Show Posts From" and change the setting to "All Of Your Friends and Pages" (you can also access the "Edit Options" link at the very bottom of the facebook homepage on the right)
Note: Business pages do not have a newsfeed however page owners should adjust the settings on their personal accounts.

The good news is: now you can now view all of your friends and fans again. The bad news is: YOU ARE STILL INVISIBLE to a large portion of your list. You must get the word out to ALL of your friends and fans by inviting them to this event or creating one of your own so they can read the post and adjust their settings. To invite your friends: Click on "Attending" at the top and then you will see an option to invite your friends under the smiley face. It’s public so everyone who logs onto facebook can view it and even the friends who can’t see your posts WILL see the event invitation. You can also tweet about it, create a blog post or send out an email to your subscribers in hopes of reaching them all.

NOTE: THERE WILL STILL BE SOME BUSINESS PAGE UPDATES THAT WON'T SHOW UP IN YOUR NEWSFEED. FOR PERSONAL ACCOUNTS TO VIEW THE MISSING POSTS YOU MUST CLICK ON THE "MESSAGES" MENU LINK ON THE TOP LEFT OF THE HOMEPAGE, THEN CLICK THE "UPDATES" LINK THAT MAGICALLY APPEARS BELOW IT. BUSINESS PAGES SHOULD BE AWARE THAT YOUR STATUS UPDATES ARE NOT SHOWING THE MESSAGE NOTIFICATION FLAGS TO YOUR FANS.

1 user likes this: Dreli-Bears

Dreli-Bears Feb 14, 2011

Have you noticed that you are only seeing updates in your newsfeed from the same people lately? Have you also noticed that when you post things like status messages, photos and links, the same circle of people are commenting and everyone else seems to be ignoring you?

Don't worry, everyone still loves you and nobody has intentionally blocked you. The problem is that a large chunk of your friend/fan list can't see anything you post and here's why:

I was really wondering why nobody comented on my posts - thanks for the solution and I hope something will change in the future .........

desertmountainbear Feb 14, 2011

Yes, I saw this and corrected my page.  Why would they do this I wonder.  How can they decide who is important to you, hmmm.

Joanne