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Facebook Now Lets You Buy Things Straight From Your News Feed

Gizmodo - Facebook is just full of surprises today. After releasing its new Moments app earlier, the company has just announced the latest in its long history of experiments: Giving you the ability to...

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Facebook Adds a Save Button Since There's Too Much Crap on Your News Feed

Gizmodo - Over the years, Facebook has slowly morphed from a voyeur's wet dream into what is now essentially a popularity-based RSS feed. And since there's only so many listicles one can read in a day,...

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Facebook Introduces Save, Bookmarks Interesting Articles to Read Later

Lifehacker - Not everyone needs an amazing bookmarking service they can use like a pro . For the casual reader, Facebook just introduced a feature called "Save." Now, if you see an article in your News...

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Get started with Facebook Save

CNET - Save is dedicated to storing your favorite links found in your News Feed.

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You May Want To Delete Facebook After Watching This Video

Huffington Post - You've heard of alcohol addiction, gambling addiction and sex addiction. But what about Facebook addiction? It's real. And according to University of Chicago research, the site can...

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Facebook gives up on Gifts, again

PC World - Facebook is still trying to figure out how to get you to buy stuff from your News Feed, but one experiment that didn’t quite pan out was Facebook Gifts. The social network is shutting down...

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Facebook's Sneaky Viral Video Spam Problem

Mashable - Hide yo' kids, hide yo' wife — viral videos are climbing into your News Feed, snatching up your content. It's not in your headFacebook is delivering more videos. A Facebook spokesperson...

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Working 4 you: Is your news feed biased?

KXLY ABC Spokane - As the crisis in Gaza and Israel plays out, the world is paying attention online. That's where most of us get our information, and it could be influencing how we view the conflict.

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This Is What Happens When You Like Everything on Facebook

Mother Jones - Fun fact about Facebook that people like me who study it a lot can tell you: You should be discerning with the Like button because the News Feed algorithm is pretty sensitive. This can...

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Striking Out ALS: Ice Bucket Challenge Brings Flood of Donations

NBC News - Here's why everyone in your news feed is dumping ice water on themselves.

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Did George W. Bush kind of cheat at the ice bucket challenge?

The Week - Former President George W. Bush took the Ice Bucket Challenge — sort of.Post by George W. Bush.Yes, Bush got a bucket of water dumped on his head. But where was the titular ice?To be fair,...

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How to Help the Mises Institute on Facebook

Mises.org - As you probably know, Facebook is constantly changing its methods of deciding which posts you see and which you don’t see. Privacy settings change constantly as do settings for your news...

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Facebook Is Finally Cracking Down on Upworthy-Style Clickbait

Gizmodo - After months of seeing your News Feed littered with headlines promising that you won't believe what happens next, Facebook is finally taking steps to cut down on spammy, obnoxious clickbait....

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You Might Actually Like Facebook?s New Changes

TIME - Facebook is making changes to your News Feed to make it less annoying

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Here?s how Facebook?s new click-bait strategy could affect your News Feed

WPIX CW New York City - NEW YORK (PIX11) - Facebook will be making two major changes to the News Feed in an effort to cut down on spammy, “click bait” stories and bring users the breaking news...

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What Facebook is about to do to your News Feed will SHOCK you!

Windows Central - Facebook, in a decision that could change the course of humanity as we know it, today announced that it's going to "reduce click-baiting headlines." That is, it's going to give less...

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What Facebook is about to do to your News Feed will SHOCK you!

Android Central - Facebook, in a decision that could change the course of humanity as we know it, today announced that it's going to "reduce click-baiting headlines." That is, it's going to give less...

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Facebook Cleanser Quickly Unsubscribes You from Pages You Liked

Lifehacker - Web: Over the years, you have probably clicked the Like button on several Facebook pages in which you are no longer interested. Facebook Cleanser performs a quick sweep to clean up your...

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Facebook cracks down on "click-baiting"

CBS News - What Facebook is doing to keep spammy stories out of your News Feed

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Facebook Is Paying Attention To The Ads You Hide

Fast Company - Ads marked as offensive or inappropriate will no longer be shown to the greater Facebook community.When you hide an ad on Facebook, the social network takes note, studying the intent to...

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