Huffington Post - Facebook on Friday unveiled new tools to help users control and understand their News Feed. The switch is part of an effort by Facebook to give its users more control over the site's mysterious News Feed algorithm. One key new feature: You?ll now be able to easily see who and what most frequently fills up your News Feed. Under the updated News Feed settings (to be introduced as an added tab called Manage News Feed), you can find out which friends, pages and groups you?ve seen the most over the past week. According to Facebook's explanation of the algorithm, your feed is based on who and what you interact with when you're posting, liking and commenting. We reached out to Facebook to find out if the profiles you browse but don't interact with (in other words, the people you Facebook-stalk) affect your most-seen list, but have not heard back yet. Your Facebook week in summary The update also gives users more control over what content they see in their News
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