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Facebook Rolling Out New Trending News Section on Mobile

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Facebook is introducing a new "Trending News" section to the Facebook app on iOS and Android devices, designed to make it easier for Facebook users to access current and trending news stories, reports TechCrunch.

Trending News aggregates news stories from a wide range of sources and ranks them by the number of publications that are sharing a particular story. The Trending News section can be accessed by going to the "Explore" tab and then scrolling down to the specific "Trending News" section, which Facebook began introducing on iOS a few weeks ago.

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From there, news stories are displayed in a list, and tapping a story allows users to read headlines from a range of sources, watch videos, see photos, and view top Facebook posts about the topic. Trending Topics that are seen in the Facebook search feed also share a similar design when tapped.

Facebook first announced plans to redesign its Trending Topics section back in May, with the update aimed at allowing users to see how publications are covering a particular topic as well as relevant discussions from friends and public figures.

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OldSchoolMacGuy Avatar
OldSchoolMacGuy
112 months ago
Don't worry, if it's trending, your Facebook friends will already have shared it in your feed 10,000,000 times and added their take on subjects they know nothing about.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TonyC28 Avatar
TonyC28
112 months ago
Didn't Facebook get caught manipulating the stories that appear in the trending topics?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
826317 Avatar
826317
112 months ago
Great, now we can brainwash ourselves with mainstream media within the Facebook app.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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CarpalMac
112 months ago
So who did they copy to come up with that?

Other than the original Facepalm, it is astonishing how completely incapable they are of coming up with anything original themselves.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
EdT Avatar
EdT
112 months ago
This is just what everyone needs: the ability to completely shut out any point of view that disagrees with you. It's tunnel vision on steroids!
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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