The original (“OG”) way Facebook worked was centered entirely on your friends and family. You friended various people, and updates they wrote and shared would appear in your feed.

This comment about ‘OG [original] Facebook’ was at first made with no further details. But later in the call, the CEO was asked to share more. Per Meta’s official transcript, he explained: ...

To try to bring back its original appeal, Meta is adding several so-called "OG" Facebook experiences throughout the year. The first of these is a new Friends tab.

However, in January, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the company’s Q4 earnings call that a “return to OG Facebook” was part of his key goals for 2025.

Mr. Zuckerberg, who had grown Facebook from a dorm room project to a $1.5 trillion company that he renamed Meta, wanted to bring back some of the original rationale for the social network, or what ...