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Afterteasing a return to “ OG Facebook ” earlier this year , the societal internet on Thursday announced an update that will give users a simple way to connect with friends . The company is bring out a new Facebook Friends tabloid that will only showcase updates from booster , without any other recommended content . Meta explain in a blog post that the idea is to bestow back features concentre on Facebook ’s original mission of connecting people with friends through a social networking experience .
The tab , which is ab initio useable only in the U.S. and Canada , will feature Friend ’ cognitive content , include their billet , Reels , stories , birthdays , and booster requests .
antecedently , the tab had only ply a stead to view your ally petition and other “ People You May sleep together . ”
The company in Octoberlaunched a Gen Z - focused redesignof its flagship societal internet , hope to draw a new crowd that has largely desert or ignored Facebook in favour of other societal apps , like Meta ’s Instagram or TikTok . Those earlier changes focused on connecting users to community information , Facebook Groups , and video .
However , in January , Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the company ’s Q4 lucre call that a “ issue to OG Facebook ” was part of his primal goals for 2025 .
“ I recollect there are a lot of chance to make [ Facebook ] room more culturally influential than it is today , ” he tell investors , total , “ I think some of this will kind of get back to how Facebook was originally used back in the day . ”
The CEO did n’t say at the clock time what kind of change would be in depot , but the Friends tab update is the first of many that will ramble out this year .
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In ablog Charles William Post , the company allow that the social web needed to return to its ancestor .
“ Over the years , Facebook evolve to meet change needs and create best - in - class experience across Groups , Video , Marketplace and more , but the magic of friend has fallen away , ” the post states .
The new Friends pill is uncommitted through the navigation bar on Facebook ’s Home Feed and will be accessible through the Bookmarks department of the app , the troupe says .
user can also opt to immobilize their Friends tab to their Home Feed to make it even more commodious . To do so , clickSettings & Privacy > configurations > check barroom . You then can choose to customize your tablet bar and can immobilize the Modern tab there .
