( Mashable ) -- Facebook is rolling out an update to News Feed that lets people sort information by Recent Stories or Highlighted Stories . The update adds a `` Sort '' link at the top of the News Feed . Clicking it brings up two options for organizing News Feed content : `` Highlighted Stories First '' or `` Recent Stories First . '' Highlighted Stories will push the most important content to the top of the page -- the current way it operates . The Recent Stories option will order News Feed items in reverse chronological order , though it is not as comprehensive as Facebook 's real-time `` Ticker '' . The social network revamped News Feed in September in an attempt to make sure users do n't miss the important events in their friends ' lives . This was accomplished through the launch of Ticker and an update that highlighted key events that occurred within users ' social graphs . As part of this change , Facebook removed the `` Top Stores '' and `` Most Recent '' links at the top of the page . It looks like that some users still wanted a simple way to see News Feed items at any time , though . The new News Feed has the ability to see recent stories in News Feed if you had logged in recently , but it was n't a comprehensive option . Facebook says that the Sort feature will be rolling out over the next few days . Do you think bringing Recent Stories back is a good idea ? Let us know in the comments . See the original story on Mashable.com . © 2011 MASHABLE.com . All rights reserved .
It lets people sort information by Recent Stories or Highlighted Stories . Recent Stories option will order News Feed stories in reverse chronological order . The social network originally launched News Feed in September .