Seems FB kept key components: algorithmically surfacing topics (some form of tf-idf) and algorithmically personalizing list on p(click).
Is FB secretly thinking "will look less biased"? Don't think so; nothing in the release in that direction.
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Reporting is the part that's telling; FB clearly making move to scale trends globally, press talks about bias.
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Sounds like they're focusing on automating rather than curating. Good change for a safe harbor corp.
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The point of the change is to get loose-lipped contractors away from Trending. That's all.
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That's not all. You can hire full-time "content" people, not engineers to do final vetting. +
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