Social media users report bizarre Facebook glitch - here is how to fix it

Facebook has not yet confirmed any outage or issue. Photo / AP

Facebook users have reported widespread glitches this evening.

Website tracker DownDetector.com.au reported an outage on the massive social media platform around 6pm NZ time.

Users reported seeing dozens of random posts to celebrities appearing on their feed, many from pages they hadn't even followed.

43 per cent of users have reported issues with the app, 40 per cent relating to the newsfeed and 16 per cent relating to the website in general.

Facebook has not yet confirmed any outage or issue with the website — and there is currently no evidence to suggest the website has been hacked.

However, there is a work-around to semi-fix your newsfeed.

HOW TO FIX YOUR NEWSFEED - KIND OF

If you are sick of the latest glitch, other than unfollowing pages, the best bet is to find your 'feed' button on Facebook's homescreen or in your 'menu' column.

After clicking the feed button, you will have an option to choose what you are delivered in your newsfeed.

These options include "all", "favourites", "friends", "groups" and "pages".

While it won't fully resolve the glitch, it should help prevent your newsfeed from being overrun.

If your Home feed is broken look for the new Feeds tab that has your normal feed. #Facebook #wtf pic.twitter.com/EB1863PItd

— wait for it, wait for it... (@DepressionSong) August 24, 2022

Cheeky users have already begun using the glitch to say hello to the wider Facebook community.

One user wrote to Adele's Facebook page, "I don't know but I want to try it too, hello!", while another wrote, "Hey mama I'm famous."

@facebook News Feed is now showing me random posts from people I don't know on Joe Biden's page. Not comments on his posts, but posts that they're posting on his page. I hope you can fix this. Thanks!

— Bonnie Kavoussi (@bkavoussi) August 24, 2022

What has happened to my Facebook feed?! pic.twitter.com/0HRjzKnyB6

— Shannon Grixti (@shancake_) August 24, 2022

Is anyone else's Facebook feed completely borked? Seeing everyone's comments to other people and other pages. The tl is even more rubbish than it usually is.

— Dan Smith (@0DanSmith) August 24, 2022

Something is up with the Facebook algorithm... my feed is entirely posts from pages I follow. Lots of rando posts from the Radiohead page.

— Sana Qadar (@sana_qadar) August 24, 2022

Hey @facebook, please sort out your news feed. Aa much as I love consuming content, I don't want to be reading every single post someone writes on Kevin Harts page 😂 pic.twitter.com/jitVnms65c

— Basil Zoccali (@BasilZoccali) August 24, 2022