Facebook: Where did my friends go?

The Premise:

As of late I have been wondering why many of my friends and family have become fairly quiet on Facebook.  I don't see much activity from them in my news feed.  Then I came across something that explained what's been going on.

I take no credit for following information but I really wanted to share it.

The Problem:

You have probably noticed that you are only seeing updates in your news feed from the same people. 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?

The problem is that a large portion of your friend/fan list don't see anything you post.

The Cause:

Facebook has a news feed setting that, by default, is automatically set to show only posts from people who you have recently interacted with or interact the most with. So unless your friends/fans commented on one of your posts within a few weeks or vice versa - you are now invisible to them and they are invisible to you!

The Fix:

On the homepage click the "Most Recent" option on the top-right of the news feed, 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"

Choose "Edit Options"

Change to "All of your friends and pages"

Now you should be able to view all of your friends/fans again. However, you will not show up to a large portion of your friend list unless they make the same setting changes.

Now you know. ;)