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01-12-2018, 08:01 AM
Facebook announces a big News Feed change — and just wants you to be happy
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Facebook is re-tweaking its News Feed again.*
This time it wants to bring it back to friends and family instead of viral videos and media posts, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a post (https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104413015393571) Thursday.*
SEE ALSO: Stop reading what Facebook tells you to read (http://mashable.com/2017/12/27/browser-bar-url-facebook-bad/)
"I'm changing the goal I give our product teams from focusing on helping you find relevant content to helping you have more meaningful social interactions," he wrote (https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104413015393571).
He said the change should make everyone feel better (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/facebook-social-media-makes-us-unhappy/): "The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about, it can be good for our well-being. We can feel more connected and less lonely, and that correlates with long term measures of happiness and health." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/11/facebook-news-feed-algorithm-changes-family-friends/)
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Facebook is re-tweaking its News Feed again.*
This time it wants to bring it back to friends and family instead of viral videos and media posts, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a post (https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104413015393571) Thursday.*
SEE ALSO: Stop reading what Facebook tells you to read (http://mashable.com/2017/12/27/browser-bar-url-facebook-bad/)
"I'm changing the goal I give our product teams from focusing on helping you find relevant content to helping you have more meaningful social interactions," he wrote (https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104413015393571).
He said the change should make everyone feel better (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/facebook-social-media-makes-us-unhappy/): "The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about, it can be good for our well-being. We can feel more connected and less lonely, and that correlates with long term measures of happiness and health." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/11/facebook-news-feed-algorithm-changes-family-friends/)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Mark Zuckerberg (http://mashable.com/category/mark-zuckerberg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), News Feed (http://mashable.com/category/news-feed/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/PLjVYCP-CPQ