
F.B. Purity’s newsfeed filtering capability is currently broken, but never fear, a new release v38.4.0 is in the process of being published that will fix things.
A recent Facebook code change broke FBP’s Newsfeed Filtering system for many people. Facebook are rolling out the change quite rapidly now, so if it hasn’t affected you yet, it probably will reach you pretty soon. By filtering i mean hiding / blocking / filtering out posts from the Newsfeed.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused, but thats the nature of browser extensions that are tied to a site’s inner workings. If the site changes, it can break some of the extension’s functionality. In this case its mainly the newsfeed filtering capabilities that are affected, many of FBP’s other functions should still be working ok such as the “Comment Sort : All Comments ” and “Comment Sort : Newest”, the “News Sort: Feeds (Most Recent)” and “Friend Alerts”.
I know it’s frustrating — your feed may be looking messy right now, and I completely understand how annoying that can be. Rest assured: I’m aware of the problem and already investigating it.
Fixing this kind of thing takes time, so if you could bear with me and be patient, that would be incredibly appreciated.
If you appreciate all the work that goes into updating / maintaining / fixing / supporting FBP and would like to show you it, you can do so by donating via https://donate.fbpurity.com
Thanks so much for your support — I’ll keep you posted as soon as I have an update!
Might be the perfect time for a little Facebook break ☀️
Thanks very much to all the people who have supported FBP over the years, its very much appreciated!
Best Regards,
Steve
***UPDATE 15th Jan***
I managed to come up with a fix ( v38.4.0 ) I’ve pushed the GM Script version to the main install channnel at install.fbpurity.com so if you are using the GM Script version, you can update now to the new version by either reinstalling it over the top of your old version, or you can wait for it to autoupdate.
I have also uploaded the extension versions of v38.4.0 to the various browser companies (google (chrome)), firefox, opera, microsoft (edge)) for approval. Once they approve the extensions they will become available for autoupdating in your browser. Some browser companies take ages to approve updates (firefox) most other companies take a few days or so, its impossible to know exactly when they will approve the updates, so please be patient, thanks.



F.B. Purity v38.1.1 lets you change the default comment sorting mode to Newest or All Comments
Fed up with missing lots of comments due to facebook’s crappy “most relevant” sort mode? The solution is now here, you can now set the default comment sorting mode for Facebook with the latest release of F.B. Purity the safe, free and top rated browser extension for cleaning up and customizing Facebook. Get it via fbpurity.com
F.B. Purity v38.1.1 is out now! Fed up with Facebook’s “Most Relevant” sorting for comments? Noticing lots of missing comments? Don’t agree with their choice of “Relevant” comments? Never fear, FBP has 2 new options that let you set your own default Comment Sorting Mode, “Comment Sort : All comments” and “Comment Sort : Newest“. If you select either of these options, whenever you open a post, FBP should automatically switch the comments on that post to your choice of sort mode.
As with many of FBP’s options, these 2 options will only work if the Facebook language setting is set to English.
Theres also a new Hide “Chat with AI” Hide Left Column Link option for hiding the “Chat with AI” link in the left column, its located under the Left Column Links heading on the FBP options screen.
Please note there are currently 2 versions of FBP available v38.1 and v38.1.1 the 38.1.1 release is a really minor update that fixes the location of the new options on the FBP options screen, as they were slightly out of place in v38.1 though it doesn’t affect the functionality of the options.
If you already have FBP installed, it should auto update at some point to the new version.
PSA: Facebook has currently disabled searching for posts in the Facebook search page, however there is a simple workaround (this is for the desktop website version of Facebook) do a search via the search box at the top left of the page, then select “Videos”, choose your sort mode, and your date selection, then do the search. Now in the browser’s URL/Address bar right at the top, change the word “videos” to “posts”, and Facebook will now show you the search results just for posts.
For those who don’t already know F.B. Purity is a safe, free & top rated desktop web browser extension that lets you clean up and customize Facebook. It has been reviewed and highly rated in The Washington Post and CNET and has over 478,000 users worldwide.
Get F.B. Purity via fbpurity.com
Please support the F.B. Purity project if you can, you can do so by donating via donate.fbpurity.com
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Many thanks go out to all the FBP supporters out there!
If you have any problems or questions, please read the FAQ page at FAQ.FBPURITY.COM where there is a comprehensive list of questions and answers and also a Troubleshooting Guide with many steps for fixing all kinds of issues you may encounter.
Cheers,
Steve
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