The Facebook algorithm will start ranking News Feed content differently

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This announcement follows last month’s roll-out of new controls for how the News Feed is viewed. The Facebook algorithm for ranking News Feed content is getting tweaked, according to the social media giant. This is one of many recent changes taking place in this part of the social network’s experience. Last month, the company announced that it was rolling out new ways for controlling and managing the News Feed. It created a Feed Filter Bar, in addition to improvements to the explanations regarding suggested posts, and the capacity to control…

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Games can now use the new mobile news feed at Facebook as a viral channel

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There was a time that game companies at Facebook would draw a broader number of users through the news feeds of the gamers… which distributed the message to non-gamers, and though this channel was cut back, the social media company has now announced that it is using the mobile news feed to test game stories. Until now, game companies have been forced to use paid marketing techniques and actual word of mouth (as opposed to its digital equivalent) in order to grow their user numbers. However, this reinstatement of the…

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Facebook’s latest feature additions

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Over the last few weeks, the Facebook social networking platform has made the most aggressive changes in its history. It now offers its users features such as the Ticker, which is a real-time news feed of a user’s “friend” activity. Similarly, the Timeline feature was added last week in order to make it easier for users to access their older posts. There has been a significant amount of misunderstanding about the changes that have been made. Some of the clarifications that may be necessary include the following: • The Ticker…

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