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Facebook not working properly since update

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When I'm using Facebook, if I click on a notification, it used to take me straight to the post and comment wherever it was on Facebook. Now if I click on a notification, it will only take me to the group but then I have to scroll down (past any admin messages) and the thread will be next in line but then I have to scroll down to find the post that I was notified about. It sometimes flashes when I go into the group as if it's trying to bring the thread to the top but it never does. This has only happened since the last Firefox update and it's driving me mad. I don't know how to solve it. Please help!

When I'm using Facebook, if I click on a notification, it used to take me straight to the post and comment wherever it was on Facebook. Now if I click on a notification, it will only take me to the group but then I have to scroll down (past any admin messages) and the thread will be next in line but then I have to scroll down to find the post that I was notified about. It sometimes flashes when I go into the group as if it's trying to bring the thread to the top but it never does. This has only happened since the last Firefox update and it's driving me mad. I don't know how to solve it. Please help!

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I'm not a heavy Facebook user, so I haven't noticed changes at that level of detail. What seems to happen for me when I click a notification is that the referenced post shows up at the top of the feed for that group, or if it's a photo, in an overlay.

If a site is generally known to work in Firefox, these are standard suggestions to try when it stops working normally:

Double-check content blockers: Firefox's Content Blocking feature and extensions that counter ads and tracking may break websites that embed third party content (meaning, from a secondary server).

(A) Do you see a shield icon toward the left end of the address bar, near the lock icon? More info on managing the Tracking Protection feature in this article: What happened to Tracking Protection?.

(B) Extensions such as Adblock Plus, Blur, Disconnect, Ghostery, NoScript, Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin or uMatrix should provide toolbar buttons to manage blocked content in a page. There may or may not be a number on the icon indicating the number of blocked items; you may need to click the button to see what's going on and test whether you need to make an exception for this site.

Cache and Cookies: When you have a problem with one particular site, a good "first thing to try" is clearing your Firefox cache and deleting your saved cookies for the site.

(1) Clear Firefox's Cache

See: How to clear the Firefox cache

If you have a large hard drive, this might take a few minutes.

(2) Remove the site's cookies (save any pending work first). While viewing a page on the site, try either:

  • right-click (on Mac Ctrl+click) a blank area of the page and choose View Page Info > Security > "Clear Cookies and Site Data"
  • (menu bar) Tools > Page Info > Security > "Clear Cookies and Site Data"
  • click the padlock or "i" icon in the address bar, then the ">" button, then More Information, and finally the "Clear Cookies and Site Data" button

In the dialog that opens, you will see one or more matches to the current address so you can remove the site's cookies individually without affecting other sites.

Then try reloading the page. Does that help?

Testing in Firefox's Safe Mode: In its Safe Mode, Firefox temporarily deactivates extensions, hardware acceleration, and some other advanced features to help you assess whether these are causing the problem.

If Firefox is not running: Hold down the Shift key when starting Firefox. (On Mac, hold down the option/alt key instead of the Shift key.)

If Firefox is running: You can restart Firefox in Safe Mode using either:

  • "3-bar" menu button > "?" Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
  • (menu bar) Help menu > Restart with Add-ons Disabled

and OK the restart.

Both scenarios: A small dialog should appear. Click "Start in Safe Mode" (not Refresh).

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