Facebook is giving its users more control over the posts and people they see most in their news feeds.
On Friday, the company announced new filters in Settings that show the people, pages and groups you follow that posted the most in the past week, along with a summary. If you “unfollow” someone in the heat of the moment and decide you miss their cat photos, bring up the list of recently un-followed people and add them back into your feed.
There are also new controls so users can opt to see fewer posts from a person or a page (instead of just un-following them outright).
Giving more power to its users is a smart move for the social network. Facebook has taken a lot of heat for controlling what people see and when they see it.
Instead of a straight chronological list of posts from friends and family, the company uses algorithms to show an edited feed. Posts it deems more important, like major life events, are bumped to the top. Sometimes day-old stories are resurfaced. It also looks at your behavior, what posts you like and pages you follow to decide what content to show you.
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