I don't like Facebook's "trending" change

[True Dough]

Instead of giving a short sentence summary of why something is trending, Facebook now just shows what the topic is in a word or two and indicates how many people are "talking about this." It will undoubtedly lead to more clicks because users will want to get a sense of why, but it will also result in more time wasted clicking on things that really aren't of interest.

Sigh.

Does anyone prefer the new "trending" format?

http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/08/search-fyi-an-update-to-trending/?utm_source=1&utm_medium=1&utm_campaign=trending

[OKNancy]

1. it sucks

[Younemeen]

18. totally agreed

don't like it either

[JBoy]

2. I agree with you. It's sucky clickbait. nt

[Laurian]

3. Hate it!

I rarely click on any trending items anymore.

[johnp3907]

4. It's lame.

But if you just hover your cursor over the link a box pops up with a little synopsis. Then you can click if you're interested.

[True Dough]

7. I didn't realize that

Thanks, johnp3907! That's helpful!

[Orrex]

5. I wish they'd get rid of that section entirely

Or at least give me the option to eliminate it. I generally don't care what's "trending" because 99% of the time it's bullshit entertainment news.

If it's important, I'll hear about it from somewhere else, or I'll see it "trending" in a friend's posts anyway.

[Frustratedlady]

6. Why don't they leave things alone. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

No, I don't like it at all. Does that get them more money from ads?

[monmouth4]

8. When they ask for my feedback that is exactly what I tell them..LOL..n/t

[Egnever]

9. I don't like Facebook period

[FigTree]

17. That makes 2 of us.

[relayerbob]

10. Hover over it and get the headline

That's all that's needed in most cases. No clicking, no waiting. Just hover

[yeoman6987]

11. I never looked at trending ever

I don't get news from Facebook. I just use Facebook to find out friends and family daily occurances.

[WillowTree]

24. I don't know. There was one awhile back that said.......

........something like "Picture shows Michael Buble eating corn on the cob". Who would not want to click to get more details about that??!!!

[yeoman6987]

25. Lol. So true.

[bigwillq]

12. I don't have an issue with it

I really don't pay too much attention to the trendjing topics anyway.

[trueblue2007]

15. I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER. i hardly ever like facebook new "changes" --- they are not for the better

[trueblue2007]

16. i won't click on ANY trending stuff anymore either.

[True Dough]

19. Just saw this article...

It turns out humans still have some advantages over computer programs:


Three days after removing human editors, Facebook is already trending fake news

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/08/29/a-fake-headline-about-megyn-kelly-was-trending-on-facebook/

[sarcasmo]

20. Facebook is antiquated.

More of a picture storing/sharing site.

[Ms. Toad]

21. Why would I care?

It was clickbait before. It's clickbait now. I ignore clickbait.

[sakabatou]

22. I hate it too

[Quantess]

23. It doesn't make me more interested. The opposite.

I like that you have to click on it first, in order to see anything. That way I can hopefully avoid the most of it.

[DawgHouse]

26. I don't care for it but you don't have to "click". You can hover over it with your mouse

and a quick summary will appear.

[LiberalFighter]

27. I don't even look over there.