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Facebook Tweaks Its Newsfeed To Better Showcase Posts From Friends Instead Of Publishers (betanews.com)
Facebook announced on Wednesday that it is making some changes to its algorithm that powers the News Feed to better showcase posts from friends and family members over posts from publishers. Mark Wilson, writing for BetaNews:The problem we currently face, Facebook says, is that there is "far too much information for any one person to consume." This is where algorithms come into play, meddling with timelines and newsfeeds in ways that never please everyone. The latest change promises that content from "the friends you care about" will appear "higher up in your News Feed."The move comes as Facebook struggles to get people to interact and post more on its social network.
This is yet another blow to publishers that rely heavily on social media exposure. In recent years, Facebook has not only downranked stories that have misleading and unclear headlines but also cut the traffic it was once sending publishers' way. It is worth pointing out that these events have happened in the lights of Facebook launching its own publishing network called Instant Articles on the social media and encouraging publishers to directly publish on its platform instead of their respective websites.
This is yet another blow to publishers that rely heavily on social media exposure. In recent years, Facebook has not only downranked stories that have misleading and unclear headlines but also cut the traffic it was once sending publishers' way. It is worth pointing out that these events have happened in the lights of Facebook launching its own publishing network called Instant Articles on the social media and encouraging publishers to directly publish on its platform instead of their respective websites.
Is this the algorithm that can't show a single fucking thing in chronological order? Or is this the feature that, every couple days, decides to show a whole list of shit from a week ago?
No, only if you're following more people than you can possibly think about.
Please, for the love of all things holy, show me _everything_ my friends post. Let me filter out which of them I don't want to see. Hell, I don't even mind if you stick an *obvious* advert in the middle of the damn list, just give it me _ALL_.
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Rank is inversely proportional to posting frequency.
Those who post often (friends or publishers) are saying inane and stupid things that I don't want to see.
Yes, you're having ANOTHER sale on this model year car.
Yes, you're eating ANOTHER peanut butter and jelly sandwhich.
Ugh.
Those who post rarely (friends or publishers) are often saying something I want to hear.
Oh, my favorite author is doing a book signing for her latest book? Sweet!
You're having a baby?? Wow! Congrats!
(And even if they're saying something I don't want to hear, they post so infrequently that I don't care.)
Implement this and Facebook can get another 3-5 years out of its dying platform.
It is worth pointing out that these events have happened in the lights of Facebook launching its own publishing network called Instant Articles on the social media and encouraging publishers to directly publish on its platform instead of their respective websites.
More interesting use of the English language...
We play the game with the bravery of being out of range
Instead of forcing FB's idea of what I can see, let me select my own views. How about these defaults, "friends", "family", "likes", "groups", "politics" and let me create other groups that include closed groups (which is currently not allowed). Its a form of censorship that FB pushes.
I miss the days of newsgroups, select the group, easy to read. Also why I like reddit, just pick what I want.
I remember everyone saying, facebook wont be around in 10 years, something better will come along. I'm still waiting, because facebook really does have the most horrible interface.
Facebook keeps thinking it knows who my close friends are because it determines who I've been talking to through Facebook. So, my feed is constantly spammed by people I rarely talk to - except through Facebook - while I hardly see what my closest friends are up to. It's annoying. They really do need to fix their feed - and they need to quit giving spamsites so much priority. This is a step in the right direction - but I doubt it will be done in the way users want. Facebook got popular because it gave users control over their information, who got to see it, and who's information they saw. Now, it frustrates a lot of people because it's so full of spammy click garbage. There should be an 'only see original posts by friends' option and allow users to filter out some of the re-shared bullshit.
--- We need more Ron Paul!
I don't understand people like you. Facebook is not a democracy, you don't get to vote for your favorite features. You have placed shackles on yourself and decided to complain when your owner pulls on your chain.
Why have you sold yourself to facebook?
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
"facebook aquires property rights and turn into a social network", was what I read.
I think it's funny that so many publishers don't realize that they are in direct competition with Facebook.
If you're in the media business, then every time you tell a user "follow me on Facebook," you're telling your clients, "Buy an ad from Facebook, not us. Facebook is where we're telling our audience to go."
I work for a media and advertising company, and I know that if I wanted to reach my company's readers, I wouldn't buy an ad from my company. My company has been working hard for the last few years to convince me and everyone else, that I should buy an ad from Facebook instead. And it has worked: that's what I would do.
The publishing industry isn't merely "in decline." It's in mid-suicide. Or murder-by-hyponosis, if you prefer.
When myself and over 90% of the planet always want most recent
In the last two years there's been a steady increase in the prevalence of what I call voyeur posts. Items I can see but I can't either like (emote?) or comment on. I don't really care why that is, I'm much more interested in filtering it from my social media feed. There's no way to do that. So, Facebook, if you would like to increase my ability to "interact and post more" make it so my news feed is filled with things that I can, you know, interact with.
*grumble*grumble*humperdinck-a-mumble*young*whippersnappers*grumble*off*my*lawn*
Yay!!!! Even more moronic "Your posts could become public tomorrow" reposts and Brexit whining. I can hardly contain my excitement.
Free, as in your money being freed from the confines of your account.
I think this is because of the options set by the poster of the original 'story' you're seeing.
If a post is Public, and you see it, there's no problem with emoting or posting.
If a friend of yours emotes or comments on a post that's intended for friends only, and you are not a friend of the original poster you can now see the post, but are unable to emote or comment on it.
The entire situation is further complicated by the custom privacy options, including exclusion lists (damn, did I just say that:-/ ).
Disclaimer: The above is almost certainly a simplification. There's rather more important things to worry about than an inability to comment on a random Facebook post.
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... you insensitive clod!
If you don't have tons of "friends" on Facebook, everything you post get buried. :D
So it is a popularity contest and I have choosen not to participate as I do not want hundreds of "friends" just to get likes that can elevate posts.
I don't get the whole thing, what's in it for me in the end? What value does it add to my life?
After having found old classmates and discovered that I have nothing in common with them anymore, I closed my account as I grew tired of it and failed to see what use it had.
Yes, your description is exactly the reason, but my point is that Facebook really has no room to complain about a lack of engagement when they've filled my feed with things I can't engage with. Give me a way to filter out the people who've declared they don't want me intruding on their echo chamber anyway.
Disclaimer: The above is almost certainly a simplification. There's rather more important things to worry about than an inability to comment on a random Facebook post.
Pshaw! Nothing is more important than telling someone you don't know that they are wrong, especially online.
Pshaw! Nothing is more important than telling someone you don't know that they are wrong, especially online.
With respect, you could not be more wrong!
Now, if you'll excuse me, my house is on fire, and I must get back to putting it out...