The crack down on “Click-bait”
Posted by, Kyle Coulter In an effort to make the social media experience more enjoyable for the users; Facebook has changed its algorithm to stop publishers from posting enticing and brash headlines that do not match the quality, or lack thereof, of the post itself. Facebook will be doing this by checking the amount of time the user spends away from Facebook while reading the article, and also by how many shares and likes the post receives. Facebook fears that these deceitful headlines will bog down news feeds and cause a mass exodus of exasperated users. http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/08/news-feed-fyi-click-baiting/ This form … Continue reading The crack down on “Click-bait”