Facebook News Feed update to restore tiny bit of control to users

Savvy Facebook users are aware that the social media giant has been working to control how the News Feed appears to end users for some time now. For users who are not happy with how Facebook decides to curate the News Feed, tweaking it to their own liking has been a frustrating experience. However, acknowledging that “you’re the only one who truly knows what is most meaningful to you” Facebook has announced some new ways to control the News Feed.

All of the changes come out of the News Feed Preferences setting, and the first and probably most significant change has to do with the the ability to prioritize users or pages that appear in the feed. Users will now be able to “star” users or pages which will cause any new posts from them since the last time a user visited Facebook to appear at the top of the News Feed. The normal News Feed items will then appear after these “starred” users. The interface of the News Feed will be tweaked slightly to include a small blue star to help users identify posts that are appearing at the top of the News Feed due to this selection.

Facebook is also providing a new way to discover new Pages. Based on a review of Pages that a user has liked in the Past, Facebook will generate a list of Pages a user may be interested in connecting with.

Facebook is also tweaking the interfaces for selecting who to follow and unfollow. The new interface will list users, pages and groups in order of most views and give users the ability to unfollow any that they do not want to see posts from. Likewise, if a user has previously unfollowed a person, page or group, they can easily add them back into the mix.

Facebook says the new features will be available starting today on iOS. However, the update for Android devices and on the desktop will not be released for a few more weeks.

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source: Facebook

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