Facebook has changed the homepage feed layout again. It's a bit frustrating because I am not seeing all of my friends updates (I have about 500 friends) and the updates are missing comments, etc. It was bad enough when they switched it the last time - I couldn't find my events, would get 30,000 Easter Egg application updates (alright, maybe it was more like 29,382) and I would miss updated comments to my posts.
So, in my zeal to fix something they don't believe is broken and after begging/stalking the Engineering team last time for a change to the way feeds are displayed, I am going to *attempt* to write my first facebook application - a "Custom Feed Filter".
Here's a wireframe of how it will work:
So I am starting with a Facebook developer account through Joyent Cloud that gives free FB application hosting for developers for free for a year. (Can't beat that!) Granted, if the app is popular enough, I am *hoping* FB will just add it to their functionality - which, even though I am doing this for free (for my friends and myself who hate the new layout), I figure it's my social media civic duty to help.
I found a wonderful step-by-step developer guide, and off I go! Will let you know the progress...
