[kictanet] Here's how to make sure Facebook shows you the content you want

Ahmed Mohamed Maawy ultimateprogramer at gmail.com
Sun Jul 3 12:14:13 EAT 2016


I think in such stories are lessons for local eco-system players. Be it in
policy or corporate circles.

For instance.. sometimes it just makes sense to adjust some small policies
- just slightly - to accommodate things like Digital Currencies. And to
actually ride with the wave not against it. After all, what really are our
institutions in comparison to the might and global presence that Facebook
has?

#JustSaying

On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Interesting..Good to see that Facebook is continuously making changes that
> in this case may not necessarily be good for Big Brands..Or for their
> bottom line.
>
> But hey..you can't make everyone happy all the time right? Seems like some
> people may already be griping  about this ..:-)
>
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> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
> what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On 2 Jul 2016, at 7:15 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Just stumbled accross this interesting article:
> http://www.recode.net/2016/6/30/12066794/how-to-facebook-follow-unfollow-see-first
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> *"What you see on Facebook is determined by a computer — a News Feed
> algorithm, to be precise, a piece of software that combines things it knows
> about your interests with stuff people post to give you a personalized
> stream of content.On Wednesday, Facebook updated that algorithm, meaning it
> will start showing users more posts from their friends and family, and
> fewer posts from brands and publishers (like Recode).But what if you like
> seeing posts from brands and publishers (like Recode)? Or you don’t like
> seeing posts from your distant cousin Alfred who has that obsession with
> sculptures made out of food?Well thank goodness, there are simple tricks in
> News Feed to fix both of these problems. Come hither. "*
>
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