Facebook killed the Ticker and that's a bad sign for News Feed

When it comes to your News Feed, Facebook knows best. 

That's the message the social network has been broadcasting pretty much since it introduced the first version of its News Feed algorithm in 2011.

Six years later, and the company has only doubled and tripled down on that message — data rules all and Facebook certainly has more of that than anyone else. So who better to understand your exact preferences — right?

Unfortunately for Facebook, though, many of its 2 billion users would like a little more choice in the matter. (Just look at the number of people who still complain about the News Feed algorithm showing old posts.) Read more...