Facebook Takes Another Page Out Of Twitter's Book With Trending Topics Module
Earlier this year, Facebook poached Twitter’s most iconic marker, the hashtag.
Now, the Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is taking another page out of Twitter’s book in testing a trending topics module.
The trending topics section, styled similarly to Twitter’s trends box, is being tested for select users:
The Wall Street Journal reports,
“Like Twitter, Facebook’s trending section will reflect popular hashtags and topics that are generating a lot of conversation. For example, Facebook’s algorithm would group all public conversations mentioning #MLK and “Martin Luther,” under one topic in the trending section, such as ‘Martin Luther King, Jr.'”
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