#Trending news on facebook update

One key for those of you who use Twitter to get your news - and there are a lot of you, too - is that 'trending' on Facebook is different from 'breaking.' Twitter specializes in breaking news, an area where Facebook has struggled. THIS JUST IN - BREAKING NEWS FROM FACEBOOK /IgEGfSPRrX- EditingAndLayout August 13, 2015 Zac Efron and Jimmy Fallon smashing eggs onto their heads) may be slightly different from whatвЂ™s important to the New York Times. This is probably a good time to mention that what is important on Facebook (e.g. They have to be tied to some kind of relevant event. Things that trend arenвЂ™t just the most highly mentioned people or topics. Instead, Facebook looks for a spike in mentions relative to the normal chatter around Kim (and probably other celebrities, too). For example, Kim Kardashian is mentioned often on Facebook, so the total volume of mentions is always high and isnвЂ™t a good indicator of whether or not sheвЂ™s part of a trending topic. But primarily it looks for two broader signals: Topics that are being mentioned a lot and topics that receive a dramatic spike in mentions. It takes into account a few personal things, like where you live and what Pages you follow. FacebookД«ut how exactly does Facebook decide what to put in the Trending queue? And why is it that trends sometimes show up hours if not days after they may be trending somewhere else ( cough Twitter cough)?ДЇacebook shows you things in your Trending line-up the same way it shows you things in your News Feed: Algorithms. A combination of these elements determines what you see on the right side of your News Feed every time you log in. It also depends on what the broader Facebook community chooses to talk about. What that news is, though, depends on whom you follow and what pages you like. People get their news from Facebook - a lot of people, it turns out. In it, Facebook claims: 'We do not insert stories artificially into trending topics, and do not instruct our reviewers to do so.'

Update II - May 10, 2016: Facebook issued a lengthy statement Monday night further addressing the Gizmodo report. This could mean a number of things: FacebookвЂ™s guidelines have changed since this story was published GizmodoвЂ™s story is inaccurate the human editors were acting outside management's guideline or Facebook gave us inaccurate information. Gizmodo also reported that editors were 'instructed to artificially вЂinject' selected stories into the trending news module.вЂ™ We were told that humans do not choose trending topics, and Facebook has not responded to our questions asking for clarification.

#Trending news on facebook update