Along with removing the feature that alerted you when one of your friends had a birthday coming up, I'd say they are well on their way to taking network out of social network. It really is a pain when your trying to plan an event for those in the immediate region. I only have just over 100 FB friends, you'll probably have to scroll a lot to find all your NY friends.
Good Luck.
Sigh!
Steve Payne
· 3 months ago
The birthday alert is still on Facebook, though it is in the bottom corner and less obvious.
dyegov
· 3 months ago
What notification about birthdays are you talking about? I can still see the upcoming birthdays of my Facebook Friends...
Anthony Bynoe
· 3 months ago
I can't, so what's your point?
Shawn Farner
· 3 months ago
I never noticed this and I'm really not sure how I feel about it. On one hand, it was at least helpful to know you were sending a friend request to the right person (profile pics don't do it, sometimes). On the other hand, if they're trying to become more Twitter-like, I guess it makes sense.
still search
· 3 months ago
regional networks are still displayed in search results.. as i tried out now. only they are not shown in profile.
Meredith
· 3 months ago
Just noticed after seeing this article. Here's the mini-rant I just posted on twitter: -wtf, fb? No more regional networks? First of all, how am I supposed to stalk SLC residents who aren't U students or staff? -...and second, one of the cool things (and the foundation!) of fb is that it creates an online community via an offline community! -if you take away regional networks, it only does that for people affiliated on fb with their school or company. dislike!
thelostagency
· 3 months ago
Does make it more difficult to sort quickly through lists of friends, but ive noticed that some of my mates in Sanfrancisco, CA still seem to have this visible but not all of them?
bethelnathan
· 3 months ago
Mine is gone too - my school ones (undergrad and grad) are still there, but no longer San Diego. I agree with you - a definite bummer, both for finding people originally or knowing if this person is the one you are looking for amongst the many by that name, and for being able to search amongst your friends later, like for an upcoming trip. I've already placed my friends into Friends Lists by location, to help with the latter, but it's annoying that this other way is gone now too.
Michael Fraietta
· 3 months ago
Not happy. It's great for keeping track who is where, especially when traveling to a particular city.
la1985
· 3 months ago
I noticed that in my profile my network is not visible but it still is in my settings when I look up networks. My network is also a country one, so does that make a difference, who knows? Anyways I liked knowing what region people were from and all the more so, it deifinitely helped with knowing if you were contacting the right person.
Todd Michael Greene
· 3 months ago
Noticed it a week or so back. Hate it.
Saquina
· 3 months ago
Sad to see it go, but one thing is for sure and that is "chance". If facebook wants to stay on top of it's game it will have evaluate what is working and what is not... It does make sense.
AngryOaf
· 3 months ago
Aside from my first days of facebook years ago, I never noticed it anyway. In fact, until this story reminded me of it's existence, I had completely forgotten about it.
Greg Bates
· 3 months ago
FB is smart enough to recognize that they're taking away something we all find super useful... It wasn't perfect though. People didn't always join their regional network or switch networks when they move. I'm guessing they'll roll out Geo-location features so that people can see where their friends are in real time rather than relying on data that needs to be provided by users manually. They're going to need to replace that feature with something, otherwise they're just stripping themselves of their usefulness.
sonnyvinberg
· 3 months ago
I noticed the change back in July, but hadn't really focused on it. I was in the Sweden Network, though I live in Washington State. Was sad to see it go. I was in the Sweden Network because of heritage.
Hugh Lashbrooke
· 3 months ago
Gonna be honest - I never really ever used the regional networks. Where I live (South Africa) they just aren't as extensive as they are in the States I don't think, so I didn't find them very useful at all. To be honest they were more annoying for me than anything else, so for my selfish reasons I support this move by FB.
Djeliba Baba
· 3 months ago
I travel quite a bit and used the regional networks to notify friends in, not just the U.S., but other countries that I would be passing through their Cities. It worked wonderfully for me in West Africa and Poland. It was an amazing feature that I hope returns soon. I really think that facebook got it wrong in removing regions. Their thinking on this issue is really short-sighted.
kevinmontgomery
· 3 months ago
I absolutely 100% hate it. I have friends all over the world, and travel frequently. It was one of the most useful aspects of facebook. For instance, I'm going to LA in a few days and would like to get together with all my friends there. It would be easy to look them up before this. I'm not happy....Facebook made a mistake.
Dmytro
· 3 months ago
Ukraine network is gone. humm. im not sure i like it
martinbean
· 3 months ago
Honestly: who cares about a tiny facet of information on their profile?
Name
· 1 month ago
maybe because you still live in the same place your whole life...many people do not
Steve Payne
· 3 months ago
Nobody seems to have mentioned the fact that you can create your own lists. It is pretty easy to create a list named "New York" and add all your New York friends to it.
dyegov
· 3 months ago
I never used it for absolutely anything, so I don't care about it.
Elizabeth K. Barone
· 3 months ago
I'm confused.. Are they eventually getting rid of all networks, or just regional ones? I think the networks come in handy in a lot of ways, and made Facebook unique (but here we go again, they just don't know how to stick with what they've got). I honestly think they need to stop trying so damn hard to be like everyone else. They had a great thing going and now who knows what's going to be left behind.
Michal
· 3 months ago
With how buggy Facebook has been for me, I assumed it was another glitch, another part of Facebook that didn't load today, didn't function at this time. Happens a lot. But the longer this didn't work and more I started to wonder.
Frankly, I'm not a fan of the change for the simple reason that between marketing and managing two fan pages it makes it more difficult to target a local audience. Now, I only have about 370 friends, which is still manageable (if less convenient in the tiny selection box). I can't imagine how frustrating this change must be to those who have a thousand friends or more.
Twilightred
· 3 months ago
Facebook: 1 step forward, 2 steps back
Dana
· 3 months ago
i'm so glad it's gone
crusherduck
· 2 months ago
facebook without regional networks makes little sense...the sense of community is lost...
this is a worthless change... it closes doors, not opens them
quite simply, i will use facebook less without regional networks.
Created a group to hopefully change this. Thanks and join.
Miriam Chaudhary
· 1 month ago
So i want to join the New York, NY network on facebook. Is it possible to do that? Any way?
Name
· 1 month ago
I love the idea of doing away with regional networks!! I have been thinking that for a while now, but didnt think that Facebook thought the same thing. I love Twitter, so this is right down my alley. This is a real enhancement, just wait and see! Really and truely, what is the purpose of a regional network? Facebook is a worldwide networking site now!!
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It really is a pain when your trying to plan an event for those in the immediate region.
I only have just over 100 FB friends, you'll probably have to scroll a lot to find all your NY friends.
Good Luck.
Sigh!
-wtf, fb? No more regional networks? First of all, how am I supposed to stalk SLC residents who aren't U students or staff?
-...and second, one of the cool things (and the foundation!) of fb is that it creates an online community via an offline community!
-if you take away regional networks, it only does that for people affiliated on fb with their school or company. dislike!
For instance, I'm going to LA in a few days and would like to get together with all my friends there. It would be easy to look them up before this.
I'm not happy....Facebook made a mistake.
Frankly, I'm not a fan of the change for the simple reason that between marketing and managing two fan pages it makes it more difficult to target a local audience. Now, I only have about 370 friends, which is still manageable (if less convenient in the tiny selection box). I can't imagine how frustrating this change must be to those who have a thousand friends or more.
this is a worthless change... it closes doors, not opens them
quite simply, i will use facebook less without regional networks.
Created a group to hopefully change this. Thanks and join.