Android Century
  • Home
  • Android Zone
    • Android Apps
    • Android Games
    • Apps APk Files
    • Games Apk Files
    • Apps Hack Tricks
  • Reviews
  • Fantasy Zone
    • Entertainment
    • Quotes and Status
    • Life Style
    • Home Made Tips
    • Hair Care
    • Skin Care
    • Fantasy Tips
  • Tricks
    • Free Recharge
    • Free Internet
    • shopping Cashback
    • Recharge Cashback
  • Tech
  • Mobiles
  • Gadgets
  • News
  • How To's
  • Software
Breaking
  • How to Take Great Photos With Apple's iPhone X
  • Samsung Galaxy S9+ Review
  • Asus VivoBook 15 (X510UA) Review
  • Xiaomi Redmi 5 with 18:9 display
  • Vivo V9 with dual rear cameras
  • Xiaomi Redmi 5 launch
  • Vodafone partners with Tecno to offer Rs 2200 cashback
  • LG G7 with iPhone X-like notch
  • Oppo F7 India launch confirmed
  • Alcatel 1x with Android Oreo (Go edition) announced in India
  • Huawei P20, P20 Pro, P20 Lite price
  • Xiaomi MIUI 9 global stable ROM rolling out for all smartphones
  • Nokia 9 to sport iPhone X-like notch
  • Samsung Galaxy S9 passes scratch
  • Huawei Y9 2018 with four cameras, 4000mAh battery launched
  • OnePlus 5T gets Android 8.1 Oreo in open beta 4
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 9 won’t get under-display fingerprint scanner
  • Oppo F7, Mi Mix 2S, LG G7 and more
  • Oppo F7 with iPhone X-style notch to launch
  • Motorola could cancel Moto X5, layoffs hit Chicago office

Featured post

How to Take Great Photos With Apple's iPhone X

Recent Posts

Labels

  • Android Apk Files
  • Android Apps
  • Android Games
  • Apps Apk Files
  • Entertainment
  • Fantasy Tips
  • Gadgets
  • Hair Care
  • HomeMade Tips
  • How To's
  • News
  • Quotes
  • Quotes & Status
  • Recharge Cashback
  • Recharge Promo Codes
  • Shopping Cashback
  • Technology
  • skin care
Home / How To's / How Facebook’s News Feed Sorting Algorithm Works

How Facebook’s News Feed Sorting Algorithm Works

Latest Govt. Jobs 21:55:00 How To's Edit
preview
Facebook doesn’t use a chronological feed, like Twitter does (or like Facebook used to). Instead, what you see in your News Feed is determined by an algorithm that sorts things based on what Facebook thinks you want to see. This is a cause of some consternation.
Every so often, a page or person I follow on Facebook complains that their posts are only reaching a small fraction of their followers and begs everyone to add them to their See First list so they can “keep reaching all the fans”. They claim Facebook is cutting them off and hiding them from some of their follower’s feeds so they’ll pay for Promoted posts. But that’s not really how Facebook works.
If you’ve used Facebook for a few years, odds are you’re friends with a few hundred people (most of whom you don’t really care about) and have liked way too many pages (again, most of which you probably don’t care about). My friend count is well north of 1100, and I dread to think about how many Pages I’ve liked.
Facebook wants to keep you and me, the users, engaged. They have poured millions of dollars into finding ways to keep as many people as possible coming back for another hit of social crack. Showing us a load of stories from former friends or pages we liked to try and win an iPhone 4 isn’t going to achieve that. So Facebook has had to find a way around that.
IMG_9647 IMG_9648

How Facebook Determines What You See

So how does Facebook determine what stories appear, and what don’t? As they say in their FAQ:
The stories that show in your News Feed are influenced by your connections and activity on Facebook. This helps you to see more stories that interest you from friends you interact with the most. The number of comments and likes a post receives and what kind of story it is (ex: photo, video, status update) can also make it more likely to appear in your News Feed.
This is a little vague, so we reached out to Facebook to find out more.
Facebook has a ton of information on it, and Facebook doesn’t want to show you stories that don’t interest you. So every time you open Facebook, the algorithm looks at all the possible stories you could be shown. Everything that your friends and the pages you follow have posted since you last logged in is included. Each story is assessed individually and given a Relevancy Score; a measure of how likely Facebook thinks you are to spend time viewing it, like it, comment on it, or share it. This score is unique to you. A post from How-To Geek’s Facebook page would have a different score for you than it does for me. Facebook uses these signals as proxies for actual interest.
There are thousands of different signals that go into determining a story’s Relevancy Score, but the most important are who posted it, what type of content it is, how many interactions it has, and when it was posted.
When you add someone on Facebook, the algorithm doesn’t know whether they’re your new best friend or a stranger you’re buying a TV from. Over time, as you interact with your bestie more, Facebook learns that they’re someone you care about so their posts are going to get a higher Relevancy Score than a random old school friends.
The kind of post matters a lot, too. If you watch a lot of videos, you’ll be shown more videos. If you mainly like text posts, they’re the ones that will pop up more. If you never interact with photos, you’ll see fewer.
As Facebook is concerned, interactions (likes, shares, and so on) are a good indicator of how interesting something is. So if there’s a choice between two posts from the same page, one with hundreds of likes, the other with a few dozen, the one with hundreds will be shown first.
Lastly, Facebook takes recency into account. Online, everything moves fast. Something that was posted last week probably isn’t as interesting as something posted an hour ago.
All of these factor into a story’s Relevancy Score, which then determines whether you’ll see it or not.

How Facebook Decides the Order of What You See

Once Relevancy Scores are calculated, Facebook has to decide what order you’ll see everything in. This part is simple: stories are arranged from most relevant to least relevant.
Once a story is shown, it’s locked in place. If you visit Facebook at 1pm, all the potential stories since your last visit will be considered and the most relevant shown. If you visit Facebook again at 3pm, all the possible stories from the last two hours will be considered. Any that are shown will be slotted into your News Feed above all the stories you saw the last time you visited. That’s why, if you keep scrolling down, you come to the same old stories.

Where This Approach Falls Short, and How to Fix It

The News Feed algorithm is constantly being updated. Every time you interact with a new story, Facebook is logging that detail and using it determine what posts are more likely to interest you in the future.

Sometimes though, the algorithm can get the wrong idea. Maybe you have reason to interact with one person really intensely for a short period of time or an ex-girlfriends posts are still showing first in your News Feed a year after you’ve broken up. If that’s the problem, check out our guide to manually prioritizing your News Feed. You’re able to select some people to show up first, and others to hide everything they post
.
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus

RELATED POSTS


How to Use DroidVPN App For Free In...

How to HACK Google Play Music App

How to get BookMyShow Instant Disco...
How Facebook’s News Feed Sorting Algorithm Works How Facebook’s News Feed Sorting Algorithm Works Reviewed by Latest Govt. Jobs on 21:55:00 Rating: 5

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments ( Atom )

Search This Blog

TEST BOOK FOR GOVT ENTRANCE TEST

TEST BOOK FOR GOVT ENTRANCE TEST
Find All Latest book for preparation of SSC,RAILWAYBANK PO,RBI,BANK CLERK,GATE ME,GATE CE are available here in less prices, to check out the books click here

Translate

  • Popular Post
  • Random posts
  • Category

Popular Posts

  • Teen Patti Offer 2018: Refer and Earn Flipkart Vouchers Free
    Teen Patti Offer 2018: Refer and Earn Flipkart Vouchers Free
    Teen Patti Refer & Earn Offer:  Hey Guys! Today I make an article about Teen Patti Referral ...
  • KingRoot 4.8.1 (136) APK Latest Version Download
    Download KingRoot Latest Version 4.8.1 In Tools by Developer KingRoot Studio ( 4.x / 5  average ...
  • 11 things you should understand approximately iOS 11
    Apple introduced the following version of its running system for the iPhone and iPad, iOS eleven ...
  • How to Upload Your Music Library to Google Play Music
    Google Play Music offers an unlimited music streaming subscription paired with YouTube Red ...
  • How to Disable Your Mac’s Touchpad When Another Mouse Is Connected
    Laptop trackpads can be annoying. Your palm hits them while you’re typing, moving your cursor ...
  • How to Gain Root Access of An Android Device via KingoRoot Software
    What Does Root Access Mean? Gaining root access of Android is the process of modifying the ...

Random Posts

  • Here's how much bigger the Galaxy S8 is than the iPhone 7
    Here's how much bigger the Galaxy S8 is than the iPhone 7
    09.03.2017 - 0 Comments
    We’re confident that the Samsung Galaxy S8 is going to have a big screen, with most rumors…
  • Serial killer Robert Pickton pens book in prison
    Serial killer Robert Pickton pens book in prison
    22.02.2016 - 0 Comments
    Serial killer Robert Pickton managed to smuggle a book he wrote behind bars outside a maximum security prison…
  • Quotes
    Quotes
    08.04.2016 - 0 Comments
  • Latest Xbox Games Pass is like 'Netflix for games' done right
    Latest Xbox Games Pass is like 'Netflix for games' done right
    28.02.2017 - 0 Comments
    Xbox has announced a brand new gaming subscription service called Xbox Games…
  • 25% off Kuna Smart Home Security Outdoor Light & Camera - Deal Alert
    25% off Kuna Smart Home Security Outdoor Light & Camera - Deal Alert
    12.02.2017 - 1 Comments
                Ads…

Labels

Android Apk Files Android Apps Android Games Apps Apk Files Apps Hack Tricks Entertainment Free Internet Freecharge Gadgets Games Apk Files How To's Laptops Guide Mobiles Reviews Technology Viral's android zone free recharge

Entertainment

Tricks

Popular Posts

  • Teen Patti Offer 2018: Refer and Earn Flipkart Vouchers Free
    Teen Patti Offer 2018: Refer and Earn Flipkart Vouchers Free
    Teen Patti Refer & ...
  • Researchers trick 'CEO' email scammer into giving up identity
    Businesses ...
  • How to Gain Root Access of An Android Device via KingoRoot Software
    What Does Root ...
  • How to Disable Your Mac’s Touchpad When Another Mouse Is Connected
    Laptop ...
  • Tinyowl Freecharge Offer – Get 15% Cashback + extra 25% cashback using Freecharge [Ultimatez Tricks]
    Tinyowl Freecharge ...
  • Infocus Vision 3 review
    What happens when ...
  • EVGA redesigns its graphics cards following overheating concerns
    Following a ...

Random Posts

  • How to see and remove apps that can access your Facebook information
    How to see and remove apps that can access your Facebook information
    24.01.2017 - 0 Comments
    NEW DELHI: Majority of us have been on Facebook for quite some time now. Over the years, the social…
  • Latest LG G5 Review
    Latest LG G5 Review
    04.04.2016 - 0 Comments
    Introduction What makes a great flagship smartphone? You'd think that in a multi-billion industry,…
  • 1 billion Yahoo accounts hacked: Steps you need to take right now
    1 billion Yahoo accounts hacked: Steps you need to take right now
    14.02.2017 - 0 Comments
    Rember the last time Yahoo goofed up and let hackers breach its servers? If you don't there is news for…
  • The VERY BEST iPhone Podcast Apps
    The VERY BEST iPhone Podcast Apps
    12.02.2017 - 0 Comments
    Not content with iOS 8's standard Podcast app? Nope, neither were we. Here's a bunch of…
  • New Apple's upcoming iPhone launch will see tech breakthroughs take a backseat
    New Apple's upcoming iPhone launch will see tech breakthroughs take a backseat
    23.02.2017 - 0 Comments
    When Apple launches its much-anticipated 10th anniversary iPhone this fall, it will offer an…

Most Popular

  • Teen Patti Offer 2018: Refer and Earn Flipkart Vouchers Free
    Teen Patti Offer 2018: Refer and Earn Flipkart Vouchers Free
    Teen Patti Refer & ...
  • SAMSUNG GALAXY J7 (2016) REVIEWS
    SAMSUNG GALAXY J7 (2016) REVIEWS
    SAMSUNG GALAXY J ...
  • Top 5 Best SmartPhones under 7000 Rs (March 2017)
    Looking for the ...
  • Apple, IBM, Cisco are huge because of Indians, do not deny them H-1B visa: RBI Governor Urjit Patel
    ...
  • SAMSUNG GALAXY J7 (2016) Specifications
    SAMSUNG GALAXY J ...
  • BlackBerry Teases Marshmallow Beta Testing for Priv by Next Week
    Blackberry ...
  • LG Q6 Review
    LG Q6 Review
    2017 is ...

Contact Form

Name

Email *

Message *

Offers Zone

Created By Android Century Distributed by Android Century
  • Home
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of use
  • Advertise here
Subscribe Via Email Subscribe To Android Century By Email And Get Free Updates. ;-)


Your email address is safe with us!