Facebook Newsfeed Returns, No More Ratings
Posted by Nick O'Neill on April 15th, 2008 4:51 PMEarlier this year Facebook added a new feature to their newsfeed enabling users to rate newsfeed stories. A number of people that I spoke with about this feature said that the rating system wasn’t effectively eliminating newsfeed items from the users who’s stories they were rating down.
While I’m not quite sure why this adjustment was made, it’s clear that regular adjustments are being made to their system. This most recent change may be the cause of the delayed newsfeed update. With a rapid turnaround time I think Facebook was able to prevent a massive loss of users! I’m not sure if they have simply reverted to the old model temporarily or if they have chosen to eliminate story rankings.
In theory, the story rankings would make the newsfeed more effective but it also adds a layer of complexity. Perhaps not many users were using the feature. I know that I definitely didn’t have time to rate most of the stories that were displayed in my newsfeed. What was your experience with the rating system? Did it work? Did you use the feature?








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It was rather confusing for me - much more so than the "Hide this Story" issue you mentioned earlier today.
Perhaps that's just me?
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As for those marked as 'don't like,' I noticed an almost immediate effect on both Group stories and select 3rd party applications. Almost certainly once I gave the thumbs down more than one or twice, I wasn't likely to see those stories ever again.
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I dont want the applications bugging me. Apparently they say that you can change these settings in your NewsFeed Preference Page. Well thats real easy to find.. and once you do, there is nothing there about Applications bugging me!
BTW even if you put "Less stories about this friend" .. they still come up occasionally.
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