Facebook cracks down on "click-baiting"
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View ArticleFacebook to scale down click-bait stories from users` newsfeed
Facebook has reportedly decided to scale down the number of so-called click-bait stories that appear high on people`s news feeds....
View ArticleFacebook to crack down on clickbait by measuring time spent on pages
Facebook is hoping to provide more relevant stories on the News Feed by measuring the amount of time users spend on clicked content. The aim is to cut back on content that is...
View ArticleFacebook's Clickbait Change May Mean More of the Same
Facebook's pitch on its News Feed rankings has been consistent: It wants you to be on Facebook, therefore it is in the company's best interest to make the content you see on the site as good as...
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OneSpot, a company that helps brands and content marketers engage with customers online, has quietly been working with a handful of brands like Intel to spread their content across the web, and now, on...
View ArticleFacebook Takes the Clickbait, Will Rank Sites on Time Spent Instead
Facebook has announced a change to its News Feed that is aimed at minimizing "click-bait," or stories that attract users to click on a story but may not offer much substance. The social network...
View ArticleFacebook Continues Its Fight Against Clickbait
In Facebook's ongoing campaign against promoting deceptive clickbait, the social network said Monday it will take more steps to reduce the visibility of such stories in its news feed. The...
View ArticleFacebook moves to rid its feed of click bait
Facebook will reduce "click-bait" posts of outside links that try to lure users with eye-catching headlines. /p...
View ArticleFacebook Is Going To Suppress 'Click-Bait' Articles
Facebook research scientist Khalid El-Arini and...
View ArticleFacebook plans clampdown on 'click-bait' headlines on users' news feeds
Facebook has unveiled plans to clamp down on "click-bait" headlines littering users' news feeds. In a potentially significant development for ews organisations, the site says it plans to "weed out"...
View ArticleFacebook cracking down on 'clickbait' with update
Facebook is launching an update Monday for users' news feed that will attempt to weed out stories that publish 'clickbait'...
View ArticleFacebook clickbait crackdown: Facebook update to weed out clickbait headlines
Facebook clickbait links are about to lose ground on the popular social media website. On Monday, an update to the site will attempt to "weed out" clickbait on users' news feeds, according to USA...
View ArticleFacebook to show more updates from friends, less news
WASHINGTON: Facebook has reportedly decided to scale down the number of so-called click-bait stories that appear high on people's news feeds. Facebook research scientist...
View ArticleFacebook tweaks algorithm to clamp down on misleading 'click-bait' articles
Experts at Facebook in California have tweaked the social network's News Feed algorithm to lower the ranking of click-bait links, by monitoring how long people read news stories for....
View ArticleFacebook's new click bait rule will totally blow you away
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View ArticleFacebook eliminating annoying click-bait posts
Representatives from the social media site Facebook reported on the official Facebook news blog that improvements to the site are on the horizon. The research scientist and product specialist announced...
View ArticleFacebook to cut 'click-bait' links
Facebook has announced plans to cut down on "click-bait" articles that appear on user news feeds, as the company says it wants to tackle spam on the site. "Click-bait" refers to articles that encourage...
View ArticleFacebook hates click-bait and is changing its Newsfeed so that you read less...
Facebook wants you to read less ‘click-bait’ online and is willing to mess with your Newsfeed to stop you. The social networking site announced major changes to its algorithms this week aimed at...
View ArticleFacebook Cracks Down On News Feed 'Clickbait'
Facebook is cracking down on "clickbait" articles which feature eye-catching headlines but very little substance. Because they get a lot of clicks, the posts get shown to more people and are displayed...
View ArticleFacebook wages war on click-bait
Prepeare to see less click-baiting and more detailed link information on Facebook. Photo: Facebook Facebook has identified click-baiting as a problem, and you'll never guess what happened next. Those...
View ArticleFacebook Asked People About Click-Bait. What Happened Next Will Shock You
Facebook is officially cracking down on click-bait. In a blog post published Monday, research scientist Khalid El-Arini and product specialist Joyce Tang, who both work for the company, wrote that...
View ArticleFacebook nixes click-bait headlines in users' newsfeeds
Likely bringing a collective sign of relief, the social network announces it's changing its algorithm to ensure click-bait articles aren't prominently featured. by August 25, 2014 4:48 PM PDT facebook...
View ArticleNews Feed FYI: Click-baiting (Facebook Inc)
(Source: Facebook Inc) By Khalid El-Arini, Research Scientist and Joyce Tang, Product Specialist Today we're announcing some improvements to News Feed to help people find the posts and links from...
View ArticleFacebook timing its users to crack down on 'click-baiting' headlines
Social network wants to ensure that spammy stories don’t ‘drown out content from friends and Pages that people really care about’ Facebook's latest news feed change will penalise websites using...
View ArticleFacebook Introducing Rules To Counter Click-Bait From Users' News Feed
Guess who’s changing their algorithm once again....
View ArticleFacebook Will Alter News Feeds To Counter Click-Bait
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) announced Monday it...
View ArticleFacebook’s war on clickbait unlikely to do much good
In May, Mike Hudack, posted a self-described rant on Facebook about the dismal state of the media, focused as it is so often these days on lowest-common-denominator clickbait. [W]e turn to the Internet...
View ArticleThe hard consequences of Facebook's war on click-bait
Facebook announced this week it has changed its algorithm to weed out misleading or sensationalized posts known as clickbait. Will this bring better information to timelines, or just give Facebook more...
View ArticleFacebook's Click-Bait Clampdown Won't Kill Viral Websites
Facebook said yesterday that it's cracking down on click-bait, those stories whose headlines promise readers more than the links deliver. The tactic has helped propel the success of viral...
View ArticleHow to build an audience
The Marketplace of Attention: How Audiences Take Shape in a Digital Age By James G. Webster The MIT Press 280 pages; $29.95 Some Facebook users were outraged this summer when they learned that the...
View ArticleTwitter May Adopt A Facebook-Like Algorithmic Feed
Twitter's chief financial officer, Anthony Noto, on Wednesday said the social network could adopt an Facebook-like, algorithmically ranked feed, breaking away from the reverse chronological timeline it...
View ArticleThe dark art of Facebook fiddling with your news feed
Facebook's news feed is probably the most-used feature of the social network. It organises posts, photos, links and advertisements from...
View ArticleFacebook Trains Sights on Clickbaiters
On behalf of users who find clicking on vaguely tantalizing headlines irresistible -- only to be disappointed over and over again -- Facebook is waging war on clickbait. Everyone will benefit from...
View ArticleFacebook clamps down on clickbait with news feed changes
Do me a favor and take another look at the headline for this story. Nice, isn't it? Simple and straightforward, none of the vague "you-won't-believe-this" that's currently dominating the viral media...
View ArticleWhy Twitter's bid for 'relevance' is bad news for users
OPINION If a chicken somewhere ever became convinced that the sky was falling, we would hear about it on Twitter first. On Twitter, news spreads like wildfire, unfiltered, from the ground up. In fact,...
View ArticleFacebook videos gain a counter, just like on YouTube
View photo. See the "views" section under the video. Facebook Facebook videos will soon look a bit more like YouTube content with the addition of a counter, the social network announced Sunday....
View ArticleMedia debating lack of Ferguson news on Facebook
With protests in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson becoming more peaceful as the week moves on, one of the more curious angles on the tragedy and chaos there has been an online media debate over a...
View ArticleKeep calm and write a headline worth reading
Facebook announced recently that it would be cracking down on teaser headlines crafted to lure readers into clicking on weak content, and it was a gratifying win for the newspaper traditionalists. The...
View ArticleFacebook Is Trying To Figure Out Why You Don’t Want Certain Ads In Your News...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Facebook has more than 1.5 billion active advertisers. So it’s important for Facebook to know what type of ads its users like seeing on their News Feeds. On Thursday,...
View ArticleWhen algorithms rule our news, should we be worried or relieved?
Facebook and Google use systems to curate what appears on our screens – but sociologists call this ‘algorithmic censorship’ T-shirts on sale from a street vendor that bear the message ‘Hands up, don’t...
View Article3 Facebook News Feed Changes, Explained
This week Facebook launched a privacy tool, more ad options, and...
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