Earlier this year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said one of his biggest priorities for the year was to get back to some OG Facebook. Starting today, were seeing the fruits of that thanks to a new Friends tab rolling out inside the Facebook app.New Friends tab works the way Facebook used to, before it went downhillMike Isaac writes for The New York Times:The company said the Facebook app would now include a separate news feed for users that featured posts shared exclusively by peoples friends and family. The feature, called the Friends Tab, will replace a tab in the app that showed new friend requests or suggested friends. Friends Tab will instead show a scrolling feed of posts, such as photos, video stories, text, birthday notifications and friend requests. For now, it will be available to Facebook users only in the United States and Canada.This idea of having a central place of whats going on with your friends, that was like the magic of the early days of social media, said Mr. Alison, who is head of the Facebook app. Were making sure that theres still a place for this stuff on Facebook. It is something that shouldnt get lost in the modern social media mix.Changing one tab in the Facebook app may not seem like a big deal. But the new Friends tab delivers a key feature Facebook has long been missing.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.Over time, Facebooks main feed became packed with a variety of other content too. Suggested posts, content from brands, and a bunch of other clutter squeezed out what first made Facebook great.Now, this new Friends tab sounds like it will be what Facebooks main feed used to be, before it went downhill.Per the article, this change is rolling out today. I had to force quit the app before it showed up for me, but if youre not seeing it yet, and youre in the US or Canada, you should soon.What do you think of Facebooks new Friends tab? Let us know in the comments.Best iPhone accessoriesAdd 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel