Facebook now gives you more --
control over the content in your news feed. Use our tips to ditch the noise
Facebook's news feed algorithm --
the secret sauce that determines what content you do and don't see -- is a
constant work in progress.
Earlier this year, Facebook rolled
out a handful of changes to serve you less spam and show you fewer ads, more
videos, and less auto-shared content from apps like Spotify and Pinterest. Most
recently, the social network changed its algorithm to prioritize posts based on
whether a topic is trending and when -- instead of how many -- people like,
share, or comment on it.
But despite its latest efforts to
make it more effective, Facebook's news feed is still a pain point for many
users who simply want to manage it themselves. Last week, the social network
launched a new tool that gives you more -- but not absolute -- control over the
content in your news feed. "News feed is where you to go catch up on what's
happening with your friends and find the content that matters to you,"
Greg Marra, Facebook product manager, said in a blog post. "What you do in
news feed helps determine who you want to connect to, and what pages and public
figures you want to follow. Starting today, there will be more ways for you to
control and give feedback on your news feed."
Here's a look at the newest feature
to help you control what you see -- plus three more tips to cut through your
news feed clutter.
Facebook's new tool for both desktop
and mobile users gives you more control over the posts from people, pages, and
groups that appear in your news feed. The new settings, which launched Friday,
let you quickly unfollow any friends, pages, or groups, and they will show you
which pages you interact with the most and which ones you've already
unfollowed.
To hide a story that appears in your
news feed, tap or click the arrow in the top right. This option isn't new, but
if you choose it, Facebook will ask you if you'd like to see less from that
person, group, or page. If you do, Facebook will give you the option to
unfollow that person, group, or page. You can always re-follow a person, group,
or page's posts by visiting your news feed settings -- the other new feature
Facebook launched.
To access your news feed settings
page from desktop, click the gear icon that appears next to the news feed
option on the left-side menu. On mobile, tap the More option and scroll to
Manage News Feed.
This new section will show you a
list of the top people, pages, and groups that you've seen in your news feed
over the past week. You can sort these details by people, pages, or groups --
or you can see an overall summary, the company said in a blog post. The summary
option wasn't yet available to me in the iOS app; Facebook said it will
gradually roll out to all users.
You can search for people, pages,
and groups and unfollow or re-follow them by tapping a button. Unfollowing is
not the same as unfriending someone, unliking a page, or leaving a group -- all
it does is remove the content from your news feed.
2.
Sort by "Most Recent Posts"
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said
that the company is constantly tweaking its news feed algorithm with hopes of
it becoming "the perfect personalized newspaper
for everyone in the
world."
Your news feed contains more than
1,500 stories every day, according to the company, and Facebook's algorithm
surfaces the 10% that it considers most relevant to you. These stories are
highlighted under the default "Top Stories" view -- but you can
change it to display your posts in a more chronological order. To switch your
view from Top Stories to Most Recent on a desktop, click the "Sort"
option that appears at the very top of your News Feed -- below the status
update box and above the first post. When you switch to "Most
Recent," the top of your feed will read "Viewing most recent
stories."
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