Posted on 01/29/2018 1:45:52 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
As you have probably already noticed, Facebook is going through dramatic changes. Now, they are about to roll out massive updates to its newsfeed that will dramatically change the type of content you see
Facebook is going to focus on your nexus of family and friends, in addition to a list of what they label “trusted sources.”
Those “trusted sources” aren’t based on what you trust, but what they trust. They claim the pages will be based on “diverse and representative” criteria determined by sample pools of Facebook users. But no one – except Facebook itself – knows just what the rules are for the selection process.
Facebook noted they will rank news outlets it deems to be "reputable." Here is a recent Fox Business report on the massive changes:
VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=8MOhsoDBI3Y
Facebook is under tremendous pressure from the left and anti-Trump Democrats in Congress to make changes after the 2016 election. And their hastily made changes will dramatically change how you read the news.
But there is a way to ensure you don’t miss stories from the The Political Insider. Below are the instructions for how to update your Facebook settings so that your newsfeed prioritizes posts by sites you follow, like The Political Insider, rather than letting the platform determine what you get to see.
Step 1) Go to the drop-down arrow at the top righthand corner and select "News Feed Preferences."
Step 2) Select "Prioritize who to see first."
Step 3) Select "Pages Only"
Otherwise, we highly recommend a secondary option, where you can go to the page of the site you follow (such as The Political Insider) and choose "See First" in the drop-down menu below the button labeled “Following.”
Here is an excerpt from Mark Zuckerberg that explains the platform's new emphasis on promoting "Trusted" news sources in order to protect against "sensationalism, misinformation, and polarization."
There's too much sensationalism, misinformation and polarization in the world today. Social media enables people to spread information faster than ever before, and if we don't specifically tackle these problems, then we end up amplifying them. That’s why it's important that News Feed promotes high quality news that helps build a sense of common ground.
The hard question we've struggled with is how to decide what news sources are broadly trusted in a world with so much division. We could try to make that decision ourselves, but that’s not something we're comfortable with. We considered asking outside experts, which would take the decision out of our hands but would likely not solve the objectivity problem. Or we could ask you — the community — and have your feedback determine the ranking.
We decided that having the community determine which sources are broadly trusted would be most objective.
Here's how this will work. As part of our ongoing quality surveys, we will now ask people whether they're familiar with a news source and, if so, whether they trust that source. The idea is that some news organizations are only trusted by their readers or watchers, and others are broadly trusted across society even by those who don't follow them directly. (We eliminate from the sample those who aren't familiar with a source, so the output is a ratio of those who trust the source to those who are familiar with it.)
This update will not change the amount of news you see on Facebook. It will only shift the balance of news you see towards sources that are determined to be trusted by the community. [https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104445245963251]
Mark Zuckerberg about a week ago
Continuing our focus for 2018 to make sure the time we all spend on Facebook is time well spent...
Last week I announced a major change to encourage meaningful social interactions with family and friends over passive consumption. As a result, you'll see less public content, including news, video, and posts from brands. After this change, we expect news to make up roughly 4% of News Feed -- down from roughly 5% today. This is a big change, but news will always be a critical way for people to start conversations on important topics.
Today I'm sharing our second major update this year: to make sure the news you see, while less overall, is high quality. I've asked our product teams to make sure we prioritize news that is trustworthy, informative, and local. And we're starting next week with trusted sources.
There's too much sensationalism, misinformation and polarization in the world today. Social media enables people to spread information faster than ever before, and if we don't specifically tackle these problems, then we end up amplifying them. That's why it's important that News Feed promotes high quality news that helps build a sense of common ground.
The hard question we've struggled with is how to decide what news sources are broadly trusted in a world with so much division. We could try to make that decision ourselves, but that's not something we're comfortable with. We considered asking outside experts, which would take the decision out of our hands but would likely not solve the objectivity problem. Or we could ask you -- the community -- and have your feedback determine the ranking.
We decided that having the community determine which sources are broadly trusted would be most objective.
Here's how this will work. As part of our ongoing quality surveys, we will now ask people whether they're familiar with a news source and, if so, whether they trust that source. The idea is that some news organizations are only trusted by their readers or watchers, and others are broadly trusted across society even by those who don't follow them directly. (We eliminate from the sample those who aren't familiar with a source, so the output is a ratio of those who trust the source to those who are familiar with it.)
This update will not change the amount of news you see on Facebook. It will only shift the balance of news you see towards sources that are determined to be trusted by the community.
My hope is that this update about trusted news and last week's update about meaningful interactions will help make time on Facebook time well spent: where we're strengthening our relationships, engaging in active conversations rather than passive consumption, and, when we read news, making sure it's from high quality and trusted sources.
Go to “Settings” then navigate to “Delete Account”.
Follow those prompts and then go to your address bar and type “www.freerepublic.com”. Hit enter.
Never return to facebook.com.
Fakebook? Conservative news feeds?
Don’t make me laugh.
NO problem for me, I DON’T DO FACEBOOK !!
They are a public utility.
As a practical matter political speech in the 21st. Century occurs on the web.
The Republic cannot allow Zuck and other Silicon Valley moguls of his ilk to act as judge, jury and arbiter of free speech.
Just to make sure nobody misses it.
Go to “delete account”
BTT
... too much sensationalism? Oh and that little twink on CNN call in Trump everything name in the book isn’t ‘sensationalism’?
Man I hate this android keyboard!
What kind of dumbass gets their news off facebook?
Simplest fix is don’t do fb.
Democrats
Check later to update Facebook settings. Yes I use their crap site!
... or CNN. I spend most of my time at airport gates being p*ssed off.
We are not the point.
Getting our message out to lots of less engaged people who are on FB is the point.
That’s more like it.
Fortunately for me, though, I will never have the need to delete my facebook account...
FB wants to prioritize fake news.
You can tell Mark Zuckerberg to WTF himself with his trying to shadow ban conservative sites.
The Internet is everyone’s and doesn’t belong to corporations or the Left.
I did that after watching a movie called “the Circle”, with Tom Hanks. Why do we need Facebook or Twitter? I deleted both. My wife still uses Facebook, mostly for the pictures. Everything you have on your computer is available to anyone on the cloud if you have an account. Your cloud data is supposed to be secure but it is not...
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