Facebook tests new news feed
Facebook is trialling a new news feed. With a focus on peer-to-peer engagement, this change means that posts from pages will appear outside of the main news feed which is reserved for personal accounts. This, in turn, would be a nightmare for marketers and businesses looking to drive engagement through Facebook and who wish to create customer value with high-quality online content. Only posts in the form of paid for ads will appear in the main news feed: news which has sparked instant debate.
For an insight into what this change entails, check out these articles from The Drum and Campaign.
Facebook signals end to news feed reach for non-promoted posts
Facebook Explore Feed trial shunts unpaid posts out of users’ feeds
When will we see it go live?
At the moment, this change is only being tested in a handful of countries, and Facebook has downplayed the possibility of this going global; but who knows, we could see it being implemented on a far bigger scale sooner rather than later.
How do you like to engage with pages on Facebook? Comment below, I’d love to know.
Daniel Jenkins ACIM 