Windows 10: Facebook making updates to rankings to bring people closer together

What is the update?

Today we use signals like how many people react to, comment on or share posts to determine how high they appear in News Feed.

With this update, we will also prioritize posts that spark conversations and meaningful interactions between people. To do this, we will predict which posts you might want to interact with your friends about, and show these posts higher in feed. These are posts that inspire back-and-forth discussion in the comments and posts that you might want to share and react to – whether that’s a post from a friend seeking advice, a friend asking for recommendations for a trip, or a news article or video prompting lots of discussion.

We will also prioritize posts from friends and family over public content, consistent with our News Feed values.

What does this mean for Pages and public content?

Because space in News Feed is limited, showing more posts from friends and family and updates that spark conversation means we’ll show less public content, including videos and other posts from publishers or businesses.

As we make these updates, Pages may see their reach, video watch time and referral traffic decrease. The impact will vary from Page to Page, driven by factors including the type of content they produce and how people interact with it. Pages making posts that people generally don’t react to or comment on could see the biggest decreases in distribution. Pages whose posts prompt conversations between friends will see less of an effect.

Can people still see posts from the Pages they follow at the top of News Feed?

Yes. People who want to see more posts from Pages they follow can choose See First in News Feed Preferences to make sure they always see posts from their favorite Pages.

What types of Page posts will show higher in News Feed?

Page posts that generate conversation between people will show higher in News Feed. For example, live videos often lead to discussion among viewers on Facebook – in fact, live videos on average get six times as many interactions as regular videos. Many creators who post videos on Facebook prompt discussion among their followers, as do posts from celebrities. In Groups, people often interact around public content. Local businesses connect with their communities by posting relevant updates and creating events. And news can help start conversations on important issues.

Using “engagement-bait” to goad people into commenting on posts is not a meaningful interaction, and we will continue to demote these posts in News Feed.

Does this mean you are eliminating Page content from News Feed?

No. This update is not the same as the recent tests where all Page content was moved to the Explore Tab. Page posts will still appear in News Feed, though there may be fewer of them.


Source: News Feed FYI: Bringing People Closer Together | Facebook Newsroom

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Delete contacts?

Hi Fujjiie,

If you dont want to see a particular facebook friend on your device, you will need to un-friend them on facebook. The KIN was designed as a social device to bring you closer to your friends from Facebook, etc.

 

Facebook integration removed in Windows phone 8.1

Even the people @ Microsoft are not so dumb that they dont know what they have done. May be they have done something like this because they might be bringing in something more advanced than this. May be they are in their testing phase or something like that.
Just think, what if Whats-app & Twitter & Facebook all combined in the core OS !!!!! It would make the Microsoft the top grossing seller of the mobile phones in their history !!!! You never what the people @ microsift might be brewing....

But sadly, I have removed the Facebook app from my phone. Instead, using Facebook on PC is much more convenient now. No problems of updating, et al.....

Microsoft : Please bring the integration again !!! People are starting to buy Windows Phones. So why not bring in your ultimate selling point forward.

We all look forward to see a positive reply from you.