How to find notes on facebook timeline

How to recover your Facebook Notes after Zuckerberg's flip-flop

Facebook Notes is over, completing a Facebook strategic flip-flop. But maybe you didn’t notice?

Here’s the announcement, which has only appeared as a message on the “Notes” tab on Pages:

“…Creating and editing notes will be unavailable after October 31. We know your posts are important, so any published notes will stay published on your timeline. However, any unpublished drafts will be deleted.”

You are probably not losing sleep over this. “Notes” wasn’t a popular publishing platform for most people. But originally, the Notes feature was an important part of Facebook’s long-term strategy as it pressed publishers for original content.

The idea was a mess from the beginning …

The Facebook Content Strategy

About three years ago I attended a meeting hosted by Columbia University. Facebook executives met with major New York City media companies, encouraging them to publish on Facebook. The meeting was extremely tense because the publishers hated Facebook. When Facebook re-purposed their content, it stole subscribers and advertisers. Their very existence was threatened.

But Facebook promised media outlets that publishing through something like Facebook Notes would result in new monetization opportunities and millions of new subscriptions. I didn’t see how that could happen and deep down, the publishers knew they were being scammed, too.

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A year later, Facebook pulled the rug out from under publishers, declaring that it would not be a news outlet focused on content after all.

Facebook had learned (and is still learning!) that being a news outlet without accountability for the truth of the news was a slippery slope. Facebook gave up on the perilous content-first strategy and pivoted to an emphasis on Facebook Groups where controversial content attracts far less scrutiny.

Adios to Facebook Notes

I’ve published long-form content through Facebook Notes for the last five years. The reason is simple. The Facebook algorithm strongly discourages using links that direct someone off Facebook and away from their ads. So to get better exposure for my ideas, I published the whole enchilada on Facebook a few days after a post appeared on my own site. I don’t know why more bloggers didn’t follow this strategy.

Now that I don’t have an option to publish my content through Notes, my blog content will seldomly be seen on Facebook. In the big picture, this isn’t a huge loss. Facebook was never a significant channel for my work. It has always been a bit of a mystery why my Facebook friends enjoy my content on Facebook and don’t subscribe to my blog anyway … but that is a story for another day.

However, for some organizations, especially nonprofits who rely on Facebook as a pseudo web page, the loss of Notes will be traumatic. Existing notes cannot be edited, so, as information changes, page managers will have to choose to leave bad info posted, or possibly delete the posts (no indication if that option will be available). Many organizations are losing a communication lifeline to their fans and donors.

Lesson: Don’t build your content homeroom on somebody else’s platform!

I haven’t discerned exactly why Facebook is discontinuing the feature other than it’s simply a little-used remnant of a failed strategy.

Facebook has been around long enough now that we take it for granted but it is still finding its way.

Recovering your Notes

Here is a process that people are using to find their previously-published Notes:

Click the far right top arrow pointing down
Click Settings and Privacy
Click Settings
On Left click Your Facebook Information
The first item is “Access your Information.” Click View on the right
Scroll down to where it says Your Information. Under that click where it says Your Activity Across Facebook.
Once here, scroll down to see the link for Notes and click that.

This brings up your activity log of all your notes. You can then click on each one to view

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Where Are My Facebook Notes?

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By Richard Hebert September 10, 2022September 10, 2022

You can write your thoughts on social media in many ways. But what if you want to write your thoughts and ideas structured, like an article? This is where Facebook notes come in handy. Unfortunately, Mark Zuckerberg has disabled the idea of using notes on Facebook.

The note used to be a way of taking down ideas, thoughts, impressions, e.t.c, in a safe place so as not to forget. So the feature is gone, and you can no longer use it, yet some users still have saved old notes. But what about Facebook notes that I have already taken? Where is it? How can we find it?

In this article, I will tell you how to find these Facebook notes in just a few easy steps!

Table of Contents

How To Find Your Facebook Notes
- Step #1: Get Access to Your Facebook Account
- Step #2: Access Your Settings Interface
- Step #3: Access Your Facebook Information
- Step #4: Locate Your Notes
Conclusion
FAQs

How To Find Your Facebook Notes

Facebook Notes is a service that lets you create blog entries using all features and formats. It also enables you to link these posts to profiles and pages within the social media platform, like a blog. Then around October 2020, Facebook suddenly announced that it was removing the feature. And now, the piece that helps users publish works on Facebook is gone.

Facebook only disabled the feature, and you cannot write new notes. But if you had written some notes before that update, you can still access these notes. The following steps will help you gain access to your old notes. So read till the end and follow these simple steps to get it done!

Step #1: Get Access to Your Facebook Account

You must log in to your account if you plan to access your old notes. Open your web browser on your computer and go to Facebook. If you don’t have your account logged in before, provide your information and click on log in. You’ll be redirected to your Facebook account news feed.

Step #2: Access Your Settings Interface

After successfully logging in, the next step is to access your settings and privacy. To do this:

Click on your profile avatar at the top right corner of the Facebook homepage. Once you click on this, you’ll get a drop-down list with several activities you can do on Facebook. But your interest this time around is to access your settings and privacy.
So click on the settings and privacy, and another list of options will pop up.
Select and click on Settings on the list of options available.

Once you click the settings button, it’ll load up its interface. You can then follow the next step to reach your old notes.

Step #3: Access Your Facebook Information

The next thing to do is to go to your Facebook information on your settings page. To do this:

You must click the “Your Information on Facebook” button in the menu on the left. A page will load up on the right side of the interface when you click this option.
Find the “Access your information” option and tap on the View button directly in front of it.

Step #4: Locate Your Notes

If you follow the steps above correctly, it will take you to the “Access your information” interface.

Then you’ll look for the item “Your activity across Facebook” on the menu’s left-hand side and click on it.
After clicking on it, you will have to scroll down very well to find your Notes. There you will find all the notes you have written in the past on Facebook arranged in an index.

You need to know that once you follow these four steps very well, you will find where your Facebook notes are and access the notes. It would be best to know that Facebook does not have an option to export the notes on this page. But you can open each one in a new window and copy and paste them to another platform.

If you have content saved on your Facebook notes, you can retrieve it with our simple steps and make a backup copy. You can then migrate to platforms like Medium, Tumblr, or Quora, which gives the standard article style. On these platforms, you can format, structure, and add links to your post.

Conclusion

In the old days, when you saved a note on Facebook, you could access and share it later when it pleased you. But since 2020, Facebook has disabled the note services. This is because Facebook does not like you linking other web pages that lead users out of its platform. So all you can do now is recover old notes and post on different media that allow external links.

FAQs

The platform announced that the Facebook notes service is gone as of October 2020. This means that you can no longer create new notes on Facebook. But the notes you published earlier will remain on the platform. Also, the notes you saved as a draft are still available, and you can still recover all your saved notes.

Even with the service not available again, Facebook still cared for your previous notes. You can access it by going to your activities across Facebook in Settings and Privacy. You can find the step-by-step guide to finding where your notes are in the article.

Facebook notes - find, create and publish

One of the almost one hundred percent sure way to get people interested in reading Facebook posts is to correctly and competently fill out notes. Small in size, but capacious and interesting entries attract no less attention to the account or to the page than voluminous and detailed posts.

Content:

Creating a note correctly
- In a personal account
- On page
Create a new record
- Formatting text and working with images
- Updated notes of notes
ideas for notes
How to advertise notes
Errors when creating notes
Disocations of function

In a personal account

If there is no "Notes" section in the account, then this area is not yet activated. To make the Notes section appear in your account, follow these steps:

Go to your account settings.
Click on "More" and select partition management options.

Check the box next to Notes. In the function window, you can activate or deactivate various blocks.

Save your changes for the changes to take effect.

On page

Notes on Facebook pages look and feel very good. Interesting and well-designed notes are a great way to make a page even more attractive to readers. And an interesting and attractive page is, of course, additional subscribers. nine0003

If you want to add a special tab with notes on your Facebook business page, then this process has some specifics.

You can activate "Notes" in the profile if you perform the following sequence of actions:

Enter the page settings.

Find the data editing section there (column on the left).
After the functional window is loaded, activate the area responsible for adding tabs opposite the "Notes" column. nine0012
In the profile menu you will see the corresponding new section. It will display short notes.

Create a new note

To create a new note, you need to enable the "Write note" option located next to the personal profile settings. The process of creating and posting a small note is the same for personal accounts and business pages.

The sequence of actions is very simple:

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A photo or other image is dragged into the area intended for this;
an interesting title is thought up and written;
text is entered containing the required information. If necessary, you can use lists - bulleted or numbered;
the desired privacy settings are selected;
a draft is saved. That is, if necessary, the created content can be supplemented or edited.

You can check all already published notes at the link - https://www. facebook.com/notes.

Formatting text and working with images

It's easy to format text in a note. The social network options provide a list of fully functional tools for this process. Specifically, these are:

Highlight text (bold, italic, code, or link).
Work in structure. Heading structure allows you to organize information (h2, h3 and h4, lists, quotes). nine0012
Up to 50 hyperlinks can be placed in a note.

According to the Facebook rule, when mentioning a page, the "dog" symbol is required. If a user profile is mentioned, this restriction does not apply.

A note with a beautiful and meaningful image looks and reads much better. A high-quality visual is an excellent addition to text.

To mark up a photo in a note:

Launch the image editing option right next to the note. nine0012
Click on the place in the note where the photo will be located.
Hover over the icon in the circle (add).
Activate "Photo" border.
Select the best image option from the proposed list, upload the image from the device.
If necessary, correct the position of the photo in the note and caption the image.

There is also a manual mode for adjusting parameters:

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the cursor is hovered over the desired image, and lines should appear;
the cursor is placed near the line, it should be painted in the specified color;
we transfer the image with resizing.

When text formatting is complete and images are selected and placed, you can post a note to the news feed. And if the note is interesting for readers, then they will certainly appreciate it by putting their “Like”.

Updated note editor

Facebook notes can be used both for business activities and for self-realization. This is why notes are so popular. The social network has introduced a new algorithm for creating and posting such posts.

It is not difficult:

On the corresponding page, click "Add".
You can add pictures using the editing panel on the left.
The cover is placed at the very top: a picture plus a title.

You can edit a note after publication, saving a link, activating notifications are also available.

Facebook notes are as functional as quality blogging platforms and can be used for this activity.

Note ideas

So we've learned how to create and mark up a Facebook note. We also learned that a creative approach to the design of a note will help make it more interesting. What topics can you write notes on? There are many. nine0003

For example:

You can keep a personal blog, write about your own impressions of something, express thoughts, post chronicles.
Use notes to announce personal blog posts.
Use note-taking tools to promote business, i.e. write about products or services offered, post links to order forms.
Notes can be linked to business pages.
With the help of notes, you can inform buyers and customers about promotions and new products. nine0012
The media can use notes to announce high-profile publications.

Notes are liked, they are available for commenting and distribution on the network, in particular, to interest groups. They are very effective for promoting small businesses.

How to properly advertise notes

Despite the fact that notes cannot be officially advertised on Facebook, advanced users have found a very good way to do it.

To do this, perform the following sequence of actions:

Copies a link to a note by clicking on the publication date.
An ad is being configured in Power Edit or Ads Manager.
Specifies the kind of publication.
A link to the note is inserted in the corresponding window.
A non-tradable publication is being saved.
All settings are loaded and published.

Errors when creating notes

No one is immune from errors, and inexperienced users quite encounter some difficulties when creating notes. nine0003

Here are some recommendations to overcome them:

If the user cannot write a note or make changes due to problems, then you need to go to the official Facebook page. Here you can find detailed explanations for solving many problematic issues.
If you are using an older version of the browser or phone, then there is a possibility that the links may be inactive.

Disadvantages of the function

With a lot of positive aspects, Facebook notes also have some disadvantages. nine0003

In particular:

You should not postpone the created publication. Wrote a note - place it;
there is no way to promote a note using standard platform tools;
often a note gets fewer views than a regular post;
it is not possible to work in notes from the application for mobile devices;
Long quotes cannot be inserted.

A standard Facebook post and a note have a number of differences. If posts can be about anything, then notes in most cases are devoted to a specific topic. nine0003

A note is a small finished work, which must be clear, concise and informative. Don't forget about it!

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