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Facebook’s changing the news feed again to make it more “informative”

Facebook’s changing the news feed again to make it more “informative”

August 12, 2016

It’s a Thursday, so Facebook is probably changing its news feed algorithm. Correct!

This time, Facebook is adding a new signal to its algorithm to show people more “informative” stories. What does that mean? It sounds like it means cooking videos over cat videos, newsy articles over fluffy listicles.

“This could be a news article on a current event, a story about your favorite celebrity, a piece of local news, a review of an upcoming movie, a recipe or anything that informs you,” according to a company blog post Facebook published on Thursday announcing the change. The blog post goes on to say that “Informative stories are therefore different for each person and will likely change over time.” Helpful!

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