Social fixer is a little known but very useful tool for all avid users of Facebook. I’ve been finding Facebook extremely busy and even been missing out on stories since they made their recent changes and was delighted to be introduced to this great little tool by Tina Thinkinnewareas Jonasen.
What is Social Fixer?
Social fixer is a browser extension that works with your existing Facebook account. It improves the Facebook site by eliminating annoyances, adds lots of great features, and enhances functionality. This all adds up to a better Facebook experience.
What does it do?
Social Fixer gives you the ability to separate your Facebook news feed into tabs. When you read your news feed, your posts are conveniently separated into tabs. You can read all the relevant information on that group then catch up with others later. So if you are currently only interested in catching up with what is happening in your family then you can view that tab which will display only the related feeds of this group. I’ve found it helps keep you much more focussed and reduces distractions. It also saves time and frustration of finding the information you are seeking as well as making everything much more organised and manageable which of course helps you to be better organised as well.
Key features
- Define your own rules by moving stories into separate tabs so they are logically grouped to suit you.
- Tabbed news feeds. Your posts can be moved to tabs so they can be grouped and classified. You can leave the posts that you’re most interested in on the Home tab, and move others to a tab to read later.
- Advanced feed filters – Get more full control by choosing which stories you want to see and which you want to hide. You can specify specific rules such as hiding a particular type of story, if it is posted by certain specified users, or if it contains certain key word(s).
Hide posts that you have already read. With social fixer you can mark posts as “read” – either individually or everything on the page. On your next visit they will be hidden. So no more shuffling through what you have already read. But when new comments arrive you can (optionally) make the post visible again so you can see the new comments. Alternatively you can mute the post so new comments don’t show or set a threshold of comments.- Automatically remove recent activity from your profile. This helps to maintain a clean profile and ensure your random activity on Facebook stays private.
Customise and personalise your page through skins – if you’re bored of blue and white you can customize your Facebook by changing the colours, layout, styles, and images used.- When you hover over thumbnail images on Facebook, Social Fixer will automatically enlarge the picture. So you don’t have to click on each image to view the full picture.
- Quick links to your most important pages and events. Navigation panels are provided with links to all the pages you “Like” and your upcoming events.
- Notification of people that un-friend you.
- Automatically retrieve older posts.
The best bits
- It is free.
- It runs in most browsers.
- Easy and quick to install – Installs in just a minute.
If you want to take Social Fixer for a test drive install it here.
What do you think? Have you found Facebook too busy with the recent changes? Are you using Social Fixer?
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Thanks for sharing Lilach, will be sharing that on my page.
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Thanks Michelle, my pleasure, delighted you found it useful:)
What a great share Lilach —- will be sharing this on my page too – you find so many cool tools for everyone
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Thanks Carol, my pleasure:)
Thank you Lilach – No I’m not using Social Fixer yet (hadn’t heard of it) but thank you for the tip off (i’ll certainly check it out). Anything that simplifies things in the world of social media is a step in the right direction. Great content as always – thank you!
Thanks David, my pleasure:) I highly recommend you check it out, it’s free so you really have nothing to lose:)
That’s a nifty app. I will give it a try over the weekend on my free time. I don’t want new apps messing with my browser when I’m on work mode. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Kevin, my pleasure:) I use Facebook predominantly for work and it works like a dream:)
Great post, Lilach! I’m definitely going to try this out this weekend. I love organizing my email, so I think I’ll really like Social Fixer. Have a great one!
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Thanks Christy, my pleasure:) If you love organizing and like things to be less cluttered (which I found Facebook to be lately) then I think you’re love it:) Let me know what you think.
Lilach,
I love it, I am going to check this little program out. I am finding the new facebook to be harder and harder to understand and to keep things separated. I am all about being organized. Thanks for the heads up on this my friend!!
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Thanks Mark, my pleasure:) I completely agree with you, as much as I love Facebook with the new changes my feeds have become so busy and I was missing out on stories. Let me know how you find it:)
Very cool tool. I just installed it and was tinkering around with it. This should really help me optimize my time on good ole facebook.
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Thanks Preston:) Yes it’s pretty easy to set up, I must admit I haven’t used all their filters yet but I particularly like being able to mark a post read so it disappears and doesn’t clutter my feed. Let me know how you get on with it:)
I like any tool that will help save me time and avoid FB distractions – so will make time to look at it at the weekend. Thanks for sharing Lilach ‘The Prolific Blogger’ Bullock
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Thanks Fiona, my pleasure:) I think you’re love this tool – I’ve found it so helpful and it’s definitely making my Facebook experience a lot less cluttered and more organized than it was
I really love your posts. Many thanks Lilach. Very informative. Will be adding this to my site too. Anything that makes the Social media experience manageable is worth using as it can save so much time.
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Thanks Sandra, my pleasure:) I agree, I love tools that can help me manage my social media better:)
This looks a really useful tool and I am going to take a look at it now. I hope it works with ;Chrome’!
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Thanks David:) I also use Chrome and it works beautifully
WOW looks like you one more tool for us Lilach! This looks terrific. Thanks for sharing it. Terry
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Thanks Terry, my pleasure:) I hope you find it as useful as I do
Boy oh boy Lilach – what a great tool. FB is very confusing because of the disorganization. I would love to hide posts I have already commented on. Thanks!
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Thanks Val, my pleasure:) I wish I had found it earlier is all I can say:)
I am amazed by the quantity and quality of the tools we have now. They keep coming. Good one, just installed it!
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I know what you mean John. There is literally a tool for everything:) I hope you find it useful:)
Lilach, you are always coming up with the coolest things! Thank you! Juli
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Thanks Juli, my pleasure:)
Wow! That looks like a great tool. Can’t wait to try it out. Does it work well with the new Timeline?
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Thanks Amy:) Yes it’s a great little tool. And it does work with the new Timeline too:)
This is great! Just what I need!
Thanks again for a great article! I shared this on my big Facebook page. I have two separate ones, because I didn’t figure out groups till I had separated them out. I still like having two separate pages, but I am excited to have just downloaded this extension. Love reading your blog, and yes I am still here from yesterday reading! So much information!
Peace and Harmony,
Sj
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Like all of your recommendations, this one is dead on.
thanks.
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