Facebook’s News Feed Is Now Just “Feed”
Facebook is renaming its News Feed, which is its primary section for users to see posts from others, to just Feed. The change, which was announced via a recent post, appears to be a part of therecent Meta rebrand. Here are the details.
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The new change comes afterFacebook’s News Feed was first introduced 15 years ago. While the name change isn’t a major one, it does try to show the Meta-owned social media platforms’ focus, which will primarily be metaverse, going forward.Starting today, our News Feed will now be known as “Feed.” Happy scrolling!pic.twitter.com/T6rjO9qzFc— Facebook App (@facebookapp)February 15, 2022
Starting today, our News Feed will now be known as “Feed.” Happy scrolling!pic.twitter.com/T6rjO9qzFc— Facebook App (@facebookapp)February 15, 2022
A Facebook spokesperson, in a statement toThe Verge, said that it’s “just a name change to better reflect the diverse content people see on their Feeds.” And, this won’t affect the working of the app.
In addition, the removal of the word “News” alsoseems like Facebook’s attempt to move away from the news servicing part, which has mostly been a controversial topic for it. The social media platform has been accused multiple times of spreading fakes news and its content ranking algorithms have also raised some eyebrows. Recently, Facebook, along with Twitter and Google,was even asked by the Indian Governmentto introduce tougher ways to fight fake news.
The Facebook News Feed was also into showing more political content than what’s a user’s friend was posting and to curb this, it begantaking some measurestoo. The name change seems like another one and might help people see this section as just for posts from friends with some percentage of news content. It will also help people know that the”Facebook Feed” is not just for news pieces!
What are your thoughts on the latest change introduced by Facebook? Let us know in the comments below!
Vanshika Malhotra
Started off as a stranger but tech is more like a good friend, thanks to over 5 years in the industry. While everything is attractive about tech, phones, social media, and quirky gadgets attract me the most. When not working, I find my solace in shopping and everything that concerns doggos!
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