Facebook plans to squash ways to comprehend why you don’t like something in your news feed but it’s not a dislike button, not exactly.
What happens is, when you hide something in your News feed, you begin to see less content from that person or page or even nothing at all. Now, the social working networking site would also like to understand your reasons for doing so.
Facebook's Product Manager for Ads Fidji Simo told ABC News, “Over the next few months what you will see from us is more on why people like and don't like certain things in their feed. We are planning to refine those so users can tell us exactly the reasons they are hiding that piece of conent."
Simo said they will be experimenting on new menus and options and the users can anticipate seeing some of the twists in three or four months but didn’t give too much detail. She clarified that users would be able to easily tell Facebook if something was offensive or uninteresting right from the feed stream.
"If a lot of people start reporting that something is offensive, it's something we would probably not show to a lot more users. If you tell us that something is uninteresting we would show you less about that, but we wouldn't use that signal with other users", she explained.
As of the moment, if you hide a post, Facebook doesn't offer detailed options. Actually, it doesn't know if it’s the person or topic you are uninterested in. However, you can regulate the updates from specific people or pages by settings tweaks. Or you can "like" or comment on posts to tell Facebook what sort of content you do like to see.
As you might have guessed the twist is an effort to help Facebook feed users more important ads. Simo said the new functionality will be applicable for all types of feed posts, including ads and sponsored stories.
