Instagram says it is testing letting users reset the algorithmic suggestions that power Feed, Reels, and Explore, and the update “will soon roll out globally”
The app will offer users a chance for a “fresh start” with the algorithm. — If your Instagram recommendations …
How Meta revamped Facebook's feed to show more posts from outside a person's network of friends and family, in a move to fight TikTok and win back younger users
- Feed now features a broader array of posts based on interest — More young adults are back on Facebook after years of declines Threads: @simondowens , @davemolloy , @alexcartaz , @kurtwag8 , @kurtwa...
Ethan Zuckerman sues to stop Meta from blocking his planned Unfollow Everything 2.0 extension that would let Facebook users tune or even turn off their Feed
Academic Ethan Zuckerman is suing Meta to win protections for add-ons that help researchers study the platform and give users more control over their feeds.
Facebook is working on an AI system for video recommendations across all its services; the model architecture has led to “an 8% to 10% gain in Reels watch time”
signaling more upside to market @thetranscript_ : $META's Head of Facebook App: “Facebook Reels is now about kind of 1/3 of Facebook's video time. Facebook video time is over 50% of our overall time s...
Meta rolls out its Threads web app to all users, featuring an app bar at the top with the same five tabs as in the mobile app; tapping Home refreshes the Feed
here's how to install it as an app or in Edge's Sidebar Juli Clover / MacRumors : Threads Social Network Expands to the Web Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : Threads takes next step, expands to t...
Instagram details how the app ranks Feed content, Stories, Reels, and more, and tests more user controls, including an Interested button for recommended posts
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
Instagram says it's exploring the ability to repost other users' posts in the Feed and plans to test the feature “soon with a small number of people”
part of which was livestreamed — leaves 4 people dead and 3 wounded, and a suspect is in custody Jake Thomas / Newsweek : Arrested Memphis Shooting Spree Suspect Allegedly Posted on Facebook Live Fox ...
Q&A with Facebook app head Tom Alison on the needs of young adults, changes to the Feed, TikTok's influence, recommendation systems, political content, and more
Nilay Patel / The Verge : Tweets: @alexeheath , @tomalison , and @verge Tweets: Alex Heath / @alexeheath : This is the first in-depth interview with @tomalison, a longtime Facebook exec who took over...
Facebook rebrands News Feed to just Feed after more than 15 years
The ‘News Feed’ is now just the ‘Feed’ — Meta is changing the name of Facebook's News Feed, the primary part of the service that users scroll through to see what their friends and family have shared...
LinkedIn says it will change its algorithm to favor posts that cater to niche professional interests as opposed to elevating viral content
Linkedin will today announce algorithm changes made over the past 12-18 months to favor conversations in its Feed that cater to niche professional interests …