Facebook Is Giving People More Information About Posts and Ads in Their News Feeds

The social network introduced ‘Why am I seeing this post?’ and updated ‘Why am I seeing this ad?’

Facebook took steps to give its users more clarity about how it decides what goes into their News Feeds, introducing a “Why am I seeing this post?” feature and updating its previously existing “Why am I seeing this ad?” feature.

“Why am I seeing this post?” is now available via the drop-down menu in the top-right-hand corner of Facebook posts, and it is aimed at giving people a completely picture of why that specific post appeared in their News Feed.

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Users will see why they were served that post—for example, if the post is from a friend, a group they joined or a page they follow.

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They will also see an explanation on what information has the most influence over the order of posts in their News Feed, including: how often they interact with posts from people, pages and groups; how often they interact with specific types of posts, such as...

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