Facebook Ends News Feed Test - How this affects public pages
Facebook declared that it was finishing a news test called Explore Feed. The test allowed users to choose between two news. A feed was dedicated to friends and family. The second feed was for public pages. At the end of the test, it is noted that Facebook is committed to the recently updated Facebook feed. That can be bad news for companies and other organizations that have seen their traffic levels plummet with the current Facebook news. The test began in October 2017. It was designed to help Facebook members see more friends and family in their news. But members' comments indicated that they were less satisfied with their feeds. The announcement was made by Adam Mosseri, head of Facebook News Feed. "The Explore Feed was a test response to the constant comments we received from people over the past year who said they want to see more of their friends and family in News Feed." The idea was to create a Facebook version with two different news sources. : one as a...