Excerpted from http://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-facebook-news-feed-works-2014-2#ixzz2tEHK1Hmx

“I spoke to a source familiar with Facebook’s News Feed plans, who, on the condition of anonymity, gave me a very candid explanation.

Here is what I learned from that conversation:

  • Two years ago, no one really got their news from Facebook. Now, they do. Every publisher on the planet from CNN to Buzzfeed to the New York Times is producing content they hope readers will find and share through the Facebook News Feed.
  • So now there’s just a lot more content going into the News Feed and it all competes. Facebook’s struggle is figuring out how to get the right stories to the top.
  • Facebook’s guiding principle is that the News Feed should be full of stuff Facebook users wan ...

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