How Facebook’s News Feed introduced the age of the algorithm 20 years ago

Wachiwit/Shutterstock It is two decades since Facebook introduced the News Feed – letting loose a world in which algorithms would shape ever more of our lives. In 2006, Facebook was facing something of a crisis. Its internal data suggested that for the first time since its launch two years earlier (as TheFacebook), the company had […]

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How Facebook’s News Feed kicked off the age of the algorithm

Wachiwit/Shutterstock It is two decades since Facebook introduced the News Feed – letting loose a world in which algorithms would shape ever more of our lives. In 2006, Facebook was facing something of a crisis. Its internal data suggested that for the first time since its launch two years earlier (as TheFacebook), the company had […]

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