Filtering your News Feed

If you are a heavy Farmville player you no doubt understand that it can some times be frustrating missing items because they get hidden in the news feed and you simply do not see them. While some players resort to using tools to scan their feed and snag items from it others are left in the dark. There is however a couple easy ways to help make sure that you never miss an item in the news feed.

The first and easiest way is to click the "Most Recent" link at the top of your feed list.

Clicking on this will show your News Feed in real time, as your friends post things they will instantly become available. Sometimes within a second of it being posted. If you are watching for items and bonuses this can be a great way to get the jump on them and significantly increase your chances of getting an item.

Another problem created by an overcrowded news feed is how Facebook groups similar posts. Instead of showing you that someone just turned in 6 collections at one time, they only show you one. While viewing you news feed in real time can be helpful for getting items, helping your friends can be somewhat harder unless they happen to start a barn raising while you are actively watching the feed.

In this instance it is better to sort your feed according to what you want to see. While logged in, in the left hand column there is a link that says "Friends" if you click on it some items will appear below. These are your lists of friends. Clicking on an item here will filter your news feed and show you only the items from within that list.

To get the most out of this you will need to setup a list for your Farmville friends, and make sure everyone who plays Farmville is included in it. For help in setting up a new Friends List have a look at the end of the Rare Farmville Animal Breeding post.

There is a standard sorting link here as well, "Status Updates" this will show you only hand written status updates from your friends. Useful if you want to keep in touch with others outside of the game. It will not show any status updates posted by an application.

One final way exists to view only Farmville News items in your feed however it seems to not work for all players. Try clicking on the link below, it is setup to filter your feed according to application ID, with Farmvilles ID already input.

http://www.facebook.com/index.php?filter=app_102452128776

While that URL may or may not work for all players, the above methods of sorting your News Feed will always work.