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On second thought, Facebook doesn’t care so much about news publishers

June 30, 2016

Longtime Facebook users know better than to get comfy with how the site looks or works, as the service’s decade of longevity has come in part due to constant refreshes—for better and for worse. The same might not be said for major news outlets who’ve grown to rely on Facebook as a source of traffic, and they may very well not care for the social network’s latest site-tweak announcement.

In a Wednesday announcement, Facebook VP of Product Management Adam Mosseri declared that the site’s algorithm would now shift towards “friends and family” content—a pledge that seems to appear every time Facebook talks about its algorithms.

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