PC World - While Twitter users are wringing their hands over the possibility of an algorithmic timeline, Facebook is doing a 180 and adding more real-time stories to your News Feed. Is anyone else getting whiplash watching these two chase each other back and forth? Facebook on Thursday said it plans to take into account trending topics and when people like a story to determine what to show you and when to show it. How this will work: When someone posts a status update related to a topic currently trending on Facebook, the network will display the post at the top of your News Feed so you see it sooner. Same goes for types of posts that attract a slew of likes, comments, and shares when they?re first posted, but later drop off. That indicates that the update is timely and should be surfaced to the top of your feed.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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