On Facebook, Sharing Can Come at a Cost. Paul Sakuma/Associated PressThe way Facebook highlights or hides information on its site raises ethical questions. 7:23 p.m. | Updated Something is puzzling on Facebook.
Early last year, soon after Facebook instituted a feature that let people subscribe to others’ feeds without being friends, I quickly amassed a healthy “subscriber” list of about 25,000 people. Facebook Responds to New York Times Newsfeed Story - Peter Kafka - Social. News Feed, EdgeRank and page posts: what’s really going on with Facebook? Many marketers and page owners have been decrying Facebook’s News Feed algorithm that controls who sees their posts.
There have been claims that the company is manipulating the algorithm — sometimes referred to as EdgeRank — to limit the reach of page posts and force admins to buy ads to get their content seen. Some have called for Facebook to eliminate its algorithms, giving users the chance to see everything in the feed and then hide what they don’t want. We looked to the Inside Facebook archives and spoke to News Feed product manager Will Cathcart to understand what was actually going on.