What is Facebook Saved?
Facebook rolled out Saved a couple of months ago both on the web interface and Facebook apps on Android and iOS mobile devices.
The problem is that it is not really advertised on the web and if you don't know where to look you may not have noticed that the feature exists at all which makes it likely that the feature went by unnoticed largely.
The Saved link in the sidebar on the web is for instance only displayed after you have saved at least one item.
The idea behind the feature is to give an option to Facebook users to save interesting links and media for later use.
It is not really that useful for users who don't get many new posts per day in their newsfeed but for users who get hundreds or even thousands, it may be useful as they can save interesting looking links and media directly on the site and don't have to process them right away to avoid losing sight of them.
To save a post click on the small arrow icon on the right of a post on your newsfeed. Please note that the option to "save" the post is only listed on posts with links at the time of writing.
Every link you save is added to your saved storage on Facebook. Once you have saved your first link and refreshed the Facebook page, you should see the Saved option listed at the top left corner of the Facebook page.
It is alternatively possible to open https://www.facebook.com/saved/ directly at any time to open the Saved page as well.
There you find listed everything that you have saved sorted chronologically. You can filter the results by type, for instance by links, videos, music or events so that only those are displayed in the timeline.
Saved links can be moved to the archive with a click on the x icon when you hover the mouse cursor over them or shared with users on Facebook.
There does not seem to be an option to remove saved posts from the "saved" page again. You can however unsave elements from the Facebook newsfeed.
Mobile users find the saved option when they tap on the menu button that lists their favorites, pages and more. The option to save a link is available in the same location as on the web.
So how useful is this?
Facebook users who wanted to save links before Saved could do so with the help of browser bookmarks or by saving media directly to the local system.
The only change is that Facebook has integrated a similar feature natively which may make it more practicable for some users.
The limitation to posts with links on the other hand restricts what can be saved which means that some users may still use bookmarks or other means to save the information.
Martin, I would appreciate that you do not censor this post, as it’s informative writing.
Onur, there is a misleading statement “[…] GIFs are animated images …”. No, obviously you don’t seem to have take much notice of what you were told back in March regarding; Graphics Interchange Format (GIF).
For example, https://www.ghacks.net/2023/03/31/whats-gif-explanation-and-how-to-use-it/#comment-4562919 (if you had read my replies within that thread, you might have learnt something useful). I even mentioned, “GIF intrinsically supports animated images (GIF89a)”.
You linked to said article, [Related: …] within this article, but have somehow failed to take onboard what support you were given by several more knowledgeable people.
If you used AI to help write this article, it has failed miserably.
AI is stupid, and it will not get any better if we really know how this all works. Prove me wrong.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IYl1sTIOHI
Martin, [#comment-4569908] is only meant to be in: [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/09/how-to-send-gifs-on-iphone-two-different-ways/]. Whereas it appears duplicated in several recent random low-quality non relevant articles.
Obviously it [#comment-4569908] was posted: 9 July 2023. Long before this thread even existed… your database is falling over. Those comments are supposed to have unique ID values. It shouldn’t be possible to duplicate the post ID, if the database had referential integrity.
Don’t tell me!
Ghacks wants the state to step in for STATE-MANDATED associations to save jobs!!!
Bring in the dictatorship!!!
And screw Rreedom of Association – too radical for Ghacks maybe
GateKeeper ?
That’s called “appointing” businesses to do the state’s dirty work!!!!!
But the article says itself that those appointed were not happy – implying they had not choice!!!!!!
@The Dark Lady,
@KeZa,
@Database failure,
@Howard Pearce,
@Howard Allan Pearce,
Note: I replaced the quoted URI scheme: https:// with “>>” and posted.
The current ghacks.net is owned by “Softonic International S.A.” (sold by Martin in October 2019), and due to the fate of M&A, ghacks.net has changed in quality.
>> ghacks.net/2023/09/02/microsoft-is-removing-wordpad-from-windows/#comment-4573130
Many Authors of bloggers and advertisers certified by Softonic have joined the site, and the site is full of articles aimed at advertising and clickbait.
>> ghacks.net/2023/08/31/in-windows-11-the-line-between-legitimate-and-adware-becomes-increasingly-blurred/#comment-4573117
As it stands, except for articles by Martin Brinkmann, Mike Turcotte, and Ashwin, they are low quality, unhelpful, and even vicious. It is better not to read those articles.
How to display only articles by a specific author:
Added line to My filters in uBlock Origin: ghacks.net##.hentry,.home-posts,.home-category-post:not(:has-text(/Martin Brinkmann|Mike Turcotte|Ashwin/))
>> ghacks.net/2023/09/01/windows-11-development-overview-of-the-august-2023-changes/#comment-4573033
By the way, if you use an RSS reader, you can track exactly where your comments are (I’m an iPad user, so I use “Feedly Classic”, but for Windows I prefer the desktop app “RSS Guard”).
RSS Guard: Feed reader which supports RSS/ATOM/JSON and many web-based feed services.
>> github.com/martinrotter/rssguard#readme
We all live in digital surveillance glass houses under scrutiny of evil people because of people like Musk. It’s only fair that he takes his turn.
“Operating systems will be required to let the user choose the browser, virtual assistant and search engine of their choice. Microsoft cannot force users to use Bing or Edge. Apple will have to open up its iOS operating system to allow third-party app stores, aka allow sideloading of apps. Google, on the other hand, will need to provide users with the ability to uninstall preloaded apps (bloatware) from Android devices. Online services will need to allow users to unsubscribe from their platform easily. Gatekeepers need to provide interoperability with third-parties that offer similar services.”
Wonderful ! Let’s hope they’ll comply with that law more than they are doing with the GDPR.