Just in case you are wondering how those “trending topics” appear on your facebook page. It kinda feels like how Google determines their organic ranking (which i kinda dislike right now due to increament in the number of ads that are blocking the first page).
I think it is important that such companies realize the importance of their role in our lives. They provide us with information, sometimes crucial information.
I really do hope what happened to baidu where a human life is lost would never happen on Google or facebook as the number of users worldwide is high. I do see Google doing some censorship on it's own but facebook does seem a bit more lenient on this as i see all kinda of medical and quick get rich scheme appearing on facebook.
NEW YORK – Will “Trending topics” become a “trending” topic on Facebook? The social media giant on Thursday (May 13) pulled back the curtain on how its Trending Topics feature works, a reaction to a report in the tech blog Gizmodo that claimed Facebook… Credits: Facebook delivers the scoop on how it delivers the news