Facebook to show more stories from local news sources in News Feed, will identify local publishers by looking at clicks in tight geographic areas
http://newsroom.fb.com/... Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Local news is often unifying and materially impactful to citizens, while world news can be divisive and numbingly distant. So FB shifts feed towards local outlets http://www.facebook.com/... Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : As with most of FB's news feed updates, this strikes me as a) an OK thing to try, and b) a potential avalanche of unintended consequences that make the whole thing backfire. http://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : I do think local news is worthy of being prioritized in the News Feed. And I hope this change destroys fake local-news sites like the Denver Guardian http://www.npr.org/... Deepa Seetharaman / @dseetharaman : Facebook posts an interesting graphic on what qualifies as “local news” — Neighborhood blog / local news / local sports okay. They don't want ferry schedule / local bakery / real estate listings. https://fbnewsroomus.files.wordpress.co m/ ... Will Oremus / @willoremus : More local news on Facebook seems like it should be an uncontroversial Good Thing, right? (Twitter, I'm counting on you to tell me why it's actually bad, evil, and creepy. Don't let me down!) https://www.facebook.com/... See also Mediagazer
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Discussion
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@reuterstech
@reuterstech
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UPDATE: Facebook's Zuckerberg says next update is to promote news from local sources; says if you follow local publisher or if a local story is shared, it may show up higher in feed $FB http://twitter.com/...
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@joshconstine
Josh Constine
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Local news is often unifying and materially impactful to citizens, while world news can be divisive and numbingly distant. So FB shifts feed towards local outlets http://www.facebook.com/...
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@pkafka
Peter Kafka
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One benefit of promoting local news for Facebook is that it should reduce Pizzagate-style stories, which are created with the broadest possible audience in mind. http://www.recode.net/... http://twitter.com/...
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@byrosenberg
Mike Rosenberg
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Local newspapers have lost 40% of all journalists in the last decade as Facebook (and Google) have taken nearly all the new digital ad revenue, leaving local news with next-to-nothing. http://www.facebook.com/... http://twitter.com/...
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@_cingraham
Christopher Ingraham
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Straightforward from here: - Local news gets a ton of new traffic - Local news goes on a hiring binge - 9 months from now, Zuck gets bored and changes the algorithm again - Mass layoffs http://twitter.com/...
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@broderick
Ryan Broderick
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Cool, so not only are we going back to the comment-driven quiz boom of 2014, they're also going to reactivate the monopoly that everyone's local radio stations had over their newsfeeds. http://twitter.com/...
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@davidklion
David Klion
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Wow, grateful that Facebook's algorithm is finally promoting stories from trusted local news sites, such as... oh shit http://twitter.com/...
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@mosseri
Adam Mosseri
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Today we're announcing a ranking update that puts more emphasis on local stories, which we consistently hear are important to people and their communities. — http://newsroom.fb.com/...
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@caseynewton
Casey Newton
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I do think local news is worthy of being prioritized in the News Feed. And I hope this change destroys fake local-news sites like the Denver Guardian http://www.npr.org/...
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@dseetharaman
Deepa Seetharaman
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Facebook posts an interesting graphic on what qualifies as “local news” — Neighborhood blog / local news / local sports okay. They don't want ferry schedule / local bakery / real estate listings. https://fbnewsroomus.files.wordpress.co m/ ...
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@willoremus
Will Oremus
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More local news on Facebook seems like it should be an uncontroversial Good Thing, right? (Twitter, I'm counting on you to tell me why it's actually bad, evil, and creepy. Don't let me down!) https://www.facebook.com/...
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@kevinroose
Kevin Roose
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As with most of FB's news feed updates, this strikes me as a) an OK thing to try, and b) a potential avalanche of unintended consequences that make the whole thing backfire. http://twitter.com/...