{"id":175445,"date":"2021-02-11T03:55:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T00:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-begins-test-to-show-less-political-content\/"},"modified":"2021-02-11T03:55:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T00:55:58","slug":"facebook-begins-test-to-show-less-political-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-begins-test-to-show-less-political-content\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook begins test to show less political content"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Facebook<\/a> begins test to show less political content<\/strong>”
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\n Following Zuckerberg\u2019s promise that Facebook would show less political content in the future, the company has begun testing just that.<\/p>\n

In a blog post<\/a> today, the company announced it would begin to \u201creduce the distribution of political content in News<\/a> Feed for a small percentage of people in Canada, Brazil, and Indonesia this week,\u201d with the US to follow \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company says it\u2019s using these first tests to figure out the best way to rank political content, surveying users on their experience. It also clarified that authoritative COVID-19 information and content from official government agencies will be exempt from the changes.<\/p>\n

Facebook says its goal is not to remove political content altogether or make it harder to actively find, but rather to find a way to respect everybody\u2019s \u201capp<\/a>etite for it.\u201d The company notes that political content only makes up 6% of what US Facebook users see, citing its own\u00a0November 2020<\/a> report. It\u2019s worth noting, however, that this report was made in response to evidence that the company saturated users with right-wing news<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Still, the company acknowledges \u201ceven a small percentage of political content\u201d can have an adverse effect on their social media experience. <\/span><\/p>\n

The imminent change does beg the question of whether reducing political content is really the answer. I don\u2019t mind getting my news from Facebook; the problem is when I see misinformation in posts and comments alike. Nonetheless, most of us can probably use a little less politics on our social feeds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


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