Facebook takes on News Feed spam posts
Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 8:09PM
Nicole Batac in Facebook, Facebook News Feed, News, Press release, Public service, Security, app news

Facebook wants to minimize the amount of spam posts you see on your News Feed. The social network plans to block like-baiting, frequently circulated content, and spammy links. Like-baiting includes posts that say “like if you agree, share if you disagree, etc.” Frequently circulated content include statuses and photos that are continuously re-shared to try to generate engagement. And spammy links are those that mislead people into clicking on links that re-direct to questionable sites.

Soure: Facebook Newsroom

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