Facebook has changed what YOUR News Feed looks like – here’s how
META implemented several changes to Facebook's News Feed throughout 2021. Here's what you might have missed.
The tech giant published a list on its blog on Monday of all the new features and tests it launched for Facebook's News Feed this year.
Meta also added that they "continually evaluate the effectiveness of News Feed ranking signals and give people insight into how content appears in their feeds."
In the blog post, Meta further proclaimed that they have made significant strides in providing more transparency into "how the News Feed ranking process works, what gets distributed, and why."
Here's a timeline of all the features and tests Facebook launched this year for News Feed:
February 2021
In February, the company rolled out tests to reduce political content in News Feed in response to direct feedback from its users.
March 2021
The social media app released several new features in March, including "Choose Who Can Comment," "Favorites," and "Feed Filter Bar."
They also expanded suggested posts to include the "Why Am I Seeing This" feature, which offers users more "context and control over the content they see and share in News Feed."
April 2021
In April, Facebook launched tests to incorporate user feedback and critique regarding the content they wished to see more or less of in their News Feed
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