Facebook does not want to be in the media So the site's controversial 'trending' feature has been announced to exclude from the coming week, the social media channel said. Today, Facebook announced on Saturday that they have decided to give new experience in future news coverage.
The question might be, what's new on Facebook? Facebook says they give importance to the special feature 'Facebook Watch' for news videos. This is basically a Facebook video hub like YouTube. In addition, news publishers can put the label of breaking news. There will also be a specific section on Facebook named "Today in". In this section, local news publishers will be able to connect people with information and news in different parts of the city. Apart from this, updates to various local officials and organizations will be kept here.
Technology Techcrunch says that more than 80 news publishers are now experimenting with Facebook's 'Breaking News' label. Facebook has said that it will have the opportunity to flag breaking news on Instant Articles, Mobile and Well link and Facebook Live Video.
Facebook's commentary, with the addition of breaking news tags, showed that click rates increased by 4 percent. Besides, 7 percent increase in likes, 11 percent increase in shares. However, the test is still in the early stages.
The 'Today In' feature is being tested in 33 cities of the United States.
Facebook's commentary, those outlined in the Today In Sections, showed their outbound clicks increased by 8 percent.
However, Facebook will not give specific information about the introduction of the Video Hub when it comes to the importance of Facebook news. They are talking about launching soon. 10 to 12 news publishers in the video hub created by Facebook's own funding will run the news program. It will show live events, show daily events or weekly shows. However, the list of those publishers has not been given to Facebook.
Recently, Facebook has said that some changes will be made in the face of criticism of Bothe's against Facebook on the alleged spread of false news. This change is part of it. In the past, the company has taken several steps including fact checking, disclosure of publisher information, related news, and stop showing in the false news news feed.
Facebook has been facing controversy over the 'trending' section for quite some time. In the algorithm of the debate about the selection of various news. The algorithm can not accurately pick news because it often spreads through false news trends. In the face of false news criticism, Facebook chief executive Zuckerberg had to talk about this. Recently, in a hearing on the Cambridge Analykt scandal, he said that Facebook is not news media, it is a technology company. He acknowledged the payment of information on Facebook for creating content for Facebook.
Analysts say, there are abnormal sites where Facebook has a search facility, where trending is not there. Because, there are many products with Google's trending facilities. There are also benefits on Twitter too.
Facebook has announced that the trending will not be reversed. It will no longer be available in third party APIs with Facebook from next week.
Alex Hardiman, head of Facebook's News Products, said: "People want to know about what is happening around them. We are committed to ensuring that the people who see the news on Facebook are high quality. We are investing in attracting people's attention in breaking news.