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Facebook Question

Bridgegal — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 15:39:24 GMT

I have FB on my iPad and iPhone. Why are they totally different? I'll get posts on one but not the other. My niece just posted something and I got it on my phone but not the iPad.

I know the apps are different in development but the content should be the same. Right? Wrong?

Re: Facebook Question

Imaoldhippie — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 15:47:36 GMT

You will possibly get better answers to you ask a mod to move this post to electronics forum. Very knowledgeable ladies there.

Re: Facebook Question

Bridgegal — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:01:48 GMT

@Imaoldhippie

I thought about that. How do you ask?

Re: Facebook Question

proudlyfromNJ — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:05:52 GMT

@Bridgegal wrote:
@Imaoldhippie

I thought about that. How do you ask?

@Bridgegal Ask a mod to move this thread to the electronics forum.

Re: Facebook Question

Miss Pepsi — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:52:51 GMT

FB is completely different on my iphone than it is on my computer as well. I much prefer it on my phone. I am a huge Facebook junkie but wish they would stop screwing with it. Their updates are not necessarily UPGRADES. They are awful.

Re: Facebook Question

Kitlynn — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 17:20:29 GMT

@Miss Pepsi wrote:
FB is completely different on my iphone than it is on my computer as well. I much prefer it on my phone. I am a huge Facebook junkie but wish they would stop screwing with it. Their updates are not necessarily UPGRADES. They are awful.

Same thing for me. I also wish they would leave it alone. I have no idea why mine are different but they are.

Re: Facebook Question

ECBG — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 17:42:17 GMT

I prefer FB on my desktop where I can see all of the option icons instead of lines and dots like I have on my phone.

Re: Facebook Question

Susan-QVC — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 17:51:06 GMT

@Bridgegal wrote:

@Imaoldhippie

I thought about that. How do you ask?

@Bridgegal I can move this for you.

Susan

Re: Facebook Question

Imaoldhippie — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 17:58:35 GMT

You got wonderful help from a nice mod. Hope you get the help you need.

Re: Facebook Question

gardenman — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:01:09 GMT

I think what happens is when you've viewed a post on one device, social media sites like Facebook will then assume you don't want to see it again and hide it on another device since you've already seen it on the first device. If you go to the person's home page you can generally find it again.

Re: Facebook Question

Bridgegal — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:09:54 GMT

@gardenman

Wow, I had no idea. That is crazy. Like others, I prefer the iPhone FB app but will try using only the iPad version for a while. Thanks.

Re: Facebook Question

Icegoddess — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:27:51 GMT

It could be what the app defaults to. Like on my desktop, I can tell Facebook to default to Most Recent posts instead of Top Stories. I'm on Android, not iphone, but on my phone, every time I bring up Facebook I have to find where they have hidden Most Recent to see that. It defaults to Top Stories and who knows how they determine what that is, but for me it's generally a bunch of old posts. I rarely use FB on my tablet except when I'm out of town, so I can't even remember what's different about it or how it compares to my phone