Facebook testing News Feed update
Facebook announced it is testing an update to its News Feed, aimed at improving the experience of users with slow Internet connections.
Facebook currently retrieves stories for each person when someone loads their News Feed. However, most people don’t scroll through all stories.
“In the past, if you were on a poor Internet connection or had no connection, you might need to wait for stories to load when you opened News Feed,” said Facebook.
“We are now testing an update in which we look at all the previously-downloaded stories present on your phone that you have not yet viewed, and rank them based on their relevance.”
Facebook is also factoring in whether the images for the story are available.
“This way we can immediately display relevant stories you haven’t seen yet, instead of showing a spinner while you wait for new stories.”
When Facebook receives new stories from the server when you’re back online, it loads and ranks those stories normally.
Facebook is also testing improvements to keep these stories up to date throughout the day by periodically retrieving new stories when you have a good connection.
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