Facebook needs to kill the News Feed

What is the Facebook News Feed for? 

In 2018, the answer is less certain than ever. Mark Zuckerberg now says it should be "good for people," like kale, polio vaccines, or any number of things that aren't data-harvesting, Russian propaganda-boosting social networks.

And so, Facebook will alter your feed to favor content posted by friends and family — particularly if it's generating a lot of comments — while minimizing stuff from brands. Everyone's spent a lot of time parsing what this algorithm shift means, but here's an educated guess: Not much!  Read more...