Facebook last week announced a new move to fight clickbait in the News Feed: downranking links from Web domains and Facebook Pages that consistently post clickbait headlines. Those that stop posting clickbait no longer will be downranked. Users who post links that lead to a clickbait domain on their personal Facebook page also could have their posts downgraded, according to Facebook. The latest adjustment is an extension of Facebook’s earlier efforts to reduce the distribution of clickbait posts.
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Facebook Aims to Scrub Clickbait From News Feed
Posted by: Richard Adhikari August 9, 2016 07:00 AMFacebook last week announced a new move to fight clickbait in the News Feed: downranking links from Web domains and Facebook Pages that consistently post clickbait headlines. Those that stop posting clickbait no longer will be downranked. Users who post links that lead to a clickbait domain on their personal Facebook page also could have their posts downgraded, according to Facebook. The latest adjustment is an extension of Facebook’s earlier efforts to reduce the distribution of clickbait posts.