Wednesday, 11 November 2015
I noticed something odd while browsing Facebook on my phone last night. Some of my notifications were labeled ‘suggested’ and were accompanied by a star to highlight the text. That’s weird. What does a suggested notification even mean? After all, opening up Facebook on the desktop showed me the same notifications without any special designation or fancy stars. I contacted Facebook and it told me: We’re piloting a way to highlight notifications you might find most useful in the Facebook app. Basically, Facebook is guesstimating which notifications it thinks I care more to see. Twitter also began testing a similar feature in September, meant for popular…
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