Want To Keep Getting Our News On Facebook? Here's How
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Facebook announced last week that it was changing its news feed (again), putting a higher priority on posts from friends and family and more tailored selections from news or media outlets.
This isn't the first time Facebook has adjusted its news feed algorithm. Facebook regularly updates the algorithm that decides what posts users see. How much users interact with the posts help influence the changes.
But how can you make sure you're still getting news from your favorite media outlets? Here's how to do it:
Go to the Facebook page of any publication you want to regularly see in your news feed, like us, WCCO. Make sure the box marked "Like" is checked. That means you're following our page.
If you're on a desktop, hover over the downward facing arrow on the subscription feed button. A drop down menu will appear. If you're on your phone, tap the "Following" button for a similar menu.
If you're on your desktop, you should see a "In Your News Feed" drop down, which is probably already set to "default." This means that anything you see from WCCO's Facebook page will be determined by Facebook's algorithm. It's based on how often you interact with the posts on our page already.
If you want to see everything WCCO posts, click the "See First" option.
Want to dig a little deeper? Click on the tiny pencil button to the right of "In Your News Feed", and you'll see more options. This gives you the ability to be notified with a pop-up Facebook notifications when WCCO posts specific types of content, like links, photos or video.
The End! Now, if you want, you'll see every post from WCCO. This will also work with any other news outlet you follow.
Now, do you actually want to see everything we post? Possibly not, which means clicking the "See First" might not be the best. That's why Facebook's algorithm to tailored to show exactly the kind of content you want to see; news, baby photos, cat videos. So the more you interact with news articles from publishers you like - by clicking or watching a video - the more Facebook will know that you want to see that content.
So if you're already getting your news from Facebook, you probably won't see much of a change. If not, enjoy all the new baby and wedding photos.