Facebook adds ranking algorithm to promote ‘authentic’ news
Facebook has added a ranking algorithm that identifies misleading, sensational or spammy posts and lowers them in the News Feed – the latest attempt from the social network to prove it values authentic content.
It’s also announced an update that will see real-time trending content bumped up in the feed in a move that could see it compete with Twitter where news often breaks first.
To determine whether a post is authentic, the platform has a new way of categorising Pages that takes into account whether that page is posting spam or trying to game feed by doing Read full story ›
Source: The Drum




