Did Facebook Change Its Layout for Pages From 3 Columns to 2?

No: It was just a bug

Facebook appeared to have quietly swapped out its three-column layout for pages in favor of a cleaner, two-column look, but there was a reason for the quiet: The change was caused by a bug.

Steven Musil of CNET was one of the first to report on the different layout, and the Social Pro Daily Facebook page featured the same look Wednesday morning.

The Social Pro Daily Facebook page with two columnsSocial Pro Daily/Facebook

However, a Facebook spokesperson said, “We recently experienced a bug that impacted the way pages were displayed on desktop when searching for a page.

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