Does copying & pasting message “bypass” Facebook’s algorithm
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Does copying & pasting message “bypass” Facebook’s algorithm? Fact Check
BY CRAIG CHARLES ON NOVEMBER 23, 2018
Category: Fact Check
Last updated on August 5th, 2020
A message spreading on Facebook claims that a “new algorithm” is limiting you seeing posts from the same 25 friends in your newsfeed, and to “bypass” it, you need to copy and paste the same message as a new post on your Facebook newsfeed.
FALSE
Examples of the hoax can be seen below –
Hello! Thanks for the tips to bypass FB…it WORKS!! I have a whole new news feed. I’m seeing posts from people I haven’t seen in years. Here’s how to bypass the system FB now has in place that limits posts on your news feed. Their new algorithm chooses the same few people – about 25 – who will read your posts. Therefore, Hold your finger down anywhere in this post and “copy” will pop up. Click “copy”. Then go your page, start a new post and put your finger anywhere in the blank field. “Paste” will pop up and click paste. This will bypass the system. Hi new and old friends! Missed you!
Collected November 2018
Fixed my blocked posts I wondered where everybody had been!
This is good to know: It’s ridiculous to have 516 friends and only 25 are allowed to see my post.
I ignored this post earlier, because I didn’t think it worked.
It WORKS!! I have a whole new news feed. I’m seeing posts from people I haven’t seen in years.
Here’s how to bypass the system FB now has in place that limits posts on your news feed.
Their new algorithm chooses the same few people – about 25 – who will read your posts. Therefore,
Hold your finger down anywhere in this post and “copy” will pop up. Click “copy”. Then go your page, start a new post and put your finger anywhere in the blank field. “Paste” will pop up and click paste.
This will bypass the system.
Collected October 2019
Thanks for the tip to circumvent Facebook… Works!! I have a whole new profile. I see posts from people I didn’t see anymore. Facebook’s new algorithm picks the same people – around 25-who will see your posts. Hold your finger anywhere in this post and click ” copy “. Go to your page where it says ” what you’re thinking “. Tap your finger anywhere in the empty field. Click paste. This is going to circumvent the system
Hello new and old friends!
Drop a single hello, thanks
Collected June 2020
To be clear, the above messages are entirely nonsense, and just a spin-off from similar, older messages that were also inaccurate.
Facebook’s newsfeed is designed to show you more content from friends you engage with regularly, and less content from friends you engage with infrequently. That’s been the case since the early days of Facebook; it isn’t because of any new update or “algorithm” from Facebook. Facebook newsfeed is like that because it naturally assumes you’ll be more interested in content posted by friends with whom you interact with regularly.
Back in 2017, messages started circulating that claimed the same 25 or 26 friends were appearing in people’s newsfeeds, and to stop that from happening, a user should copy a post to their newsfeed asking others to comment with an emoji or type “hi”. Those messages were based on the hazy reasoning that because Facebook looks for engagement between friends when deciding who appears on whose newsfeed, typing “hi” as a comment should suffice. The problem, however, is that Facebook looks for meaningful engagement, meaning such posts were unlikely to have any significant effect.
However, by 2018, the messages had evolved (to the examples above) and were simply claiming that you could “bypass” a “new algorithm” simply by copying and pasting a message (the request to type a comment now omitted.)
That is, of course, entirely nonsense. There is no special attribute or quality that any of the messages above possess that would allow them to bypass any type of algorithm that will result in more people appearing on a person’s newsfeed.
As we always say, if you want a particular friend (or friends) to appear in your newsfeed more often, you should engage with them on Facebook, which could mean speaking through Messenger, commenting, liking or sharing each other’s posts or tagging each other in photo or video.
Users who speak with lots of friends will see more friends appear on their newsfeed. Users who interact with only a small number of friends on a regular basis will see fewer friends on their newsfeed. It really is that simple.
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Does copying & pasting message “bypass” Facebook’s algorithm? Fact Check
BY CRAIG CHARLES ON NOVEMBER 23, 2018
Category: Fact Check
Last updated on August 5th, 2020
A message spreading on Facebook claims that a “new algorithm” is limiting you seeing posts from the same 25 friends in your newsfeed, and to “bypass” it, you need to copy and paste the same message as a new post on your Facebook newsfeed.
FALSE
Examples of the hoax can be seen below –
Hello! Thanks for the tips to bypass FB…it WORKS!! I have a whole new news feed. I’m seeing posts from people I haven’t seen in years. Here’s how to bypass the system FB now has in place that limits posts on your news feed. Their new algorithm chooses the same few people – about 25 – who will read your posts. Therefore, Hold your finger down anywhere in this post and “copy” will pop up. Click “copy”. Then go your page, start a new post and put your finger anywhere in the blank field. “Paste” will pop up and click paste. This will bypass the system. Hi new and old friends! Missed you!
Collected November 2018
Fixed my blocked posts I wondered where everybody had been!
This is good to know: It’s ridiculous to have 516 friends and only 25 are allowed to see my post.
I ignored this post earlier, because I didn’t think it worked.
It WORKS!! I have a whole new news feed. I’m seeing posts from people I haven’t seen in years.
Here’s how to bypass the system FB now has in place that limits posts on your news feed.
Their new algorithm chooses the same few people – about 25 – who will read your posts. Therefore,
Hold your finger down anywhere in this post and “copy” will pop up. Click “copy”. Then go your page, start a new post and put your finger anywhere in the blank field. “Paste” will pop up and click paste.
This will bypass the system.
Collected October 2019
Thanks for the tip to circumvent Facebook… Works!! I have a whole new profile. I see posts from people I didn’t see anymore. Facebook’s new algorithm picks the same people – around 25-who will see your posts. Hold your finger anywhere in this post and click ” copy “. Go to your page where it says ” what you’re thinking “. Tap your finger anywhere in the empty field. Click paste. This is going to circumvent the system
Hello new and old friends!
Drop a single hello, thanks
Collected June 2020
To be clear, the above messages are entirely nonsense, and just a spin-off from similar, older messages that were also inaccurate.
Facebook’s newsfeed is designed to show you more content from friends you engage with regularly, and less content from friends you engage with infrequently. That’s been the case since the early days of Facebook; it isn’t because of any new update or “algorithm” from Facebook. Facebook newsfeed is like that because it naturally assumes you’ll be more interested in content posted by friends with whom you interact with regularly.
Back in 2017, messages started circulating that claimed the same 25 or 26 friends were appearing in people’s newsfeeds, and to stop that from happening, a user should copy a post to their newsfeed asking others to comment with an emoji or type “hi”. Those messages were based on the hazy reasoning that because Facebook looks for engagement between friends when deciding who appears on whose newsfeed, typing “hi” as a comment should suffice. The problem, however, is that Facebook looks for meaningful engagement, meaning such posts were unlikely to have any significant effect.
However, by 2018, the messages had evolved (to the examples above) and were simply claiming that you could “bypass” a “new algorithm” simply by copying and pasting a message (the request to type a comment now omitted.)
That is, of course, entirely nonsense. There is no special attribute or quality that any of the messages above possess that would allow them to bypass any type of algorithm that will result in more people appearing on a person’s newsfeed.
As we always say, if you want a particular friend (or friends) to appear in your newsfeed more often, you should engage with them on Facebook, which could mean speaking through Messenger, commenting, liking or sharing each other’s posts or tagging each other in photo or video.
Users who speak with lots of friends will see more friends appear on their newsfeed. Users who interact with only a small number of friends on a regular basis will see fewer friends on their newsfeed. It really is that simple.
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