‘Facebook Adds A Human Touch To The News Feed Algorithm’ – ‘ReadWrite’
David Nield says, “Facebook has announced changes to its iOS app that let users take more control over their News Feed, the central stream of information around which the rest of the service is built. The same changes are coming to Android and desktop Web in the coming weeks.
The move is notable because of the way Facebook has relied on smart algorithms since the earliest days of the News Feed to work out what users are most interested in: who they interact with most, what kinds of content they skip past, the popularity of posts with mutual friends, and other factors are all taken into account.
This algorithmic approach has antecedents, like Amazon’s purchase recommendations, and many, many imitators, in music, media, and other fields“.
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