Facebook changes algorithm to curb ’tiny group’ of spammers | Reuters
Facebook Inc said on Friday it was changing the computer algorithm behind its News Feed to limit the reach of people known to frequently blast out links to clickbait stories, sensationalist websites and misinformation.The move is another step by the world’s largest social network to weed out spam, a battle Facebook has fought for years but that gained urgency after hoax news stories spread widely during last year’s U.S. presidential campaign.Facebook said the change would reduce the influence of a ”tiny group” of people it has identified who share vast amounts of low-quality public posts daily. Only about 0.1 percent of people who share more than 50 posts a day fall into that category, the company said.The change would affect only links shared by those people, not their photos or other posts, the company said.”Our research shows that there is a tiny group of people on Facebook who routinely share vast amounts of public posts per day, effectively spamming people’s feeds,” said Adam Mosseri, Facebook’s vice president for the News Feed, in a blog post.
Källa: Facebook changes algorithm to curb ’tiny group’ of spammers | Reuters
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