Metathe company behind Facebook e InstagramHe released 22 factsheets explaining how its algorithm artificial intelligence rank content on feeds, stories and reels. Greater transparency towards users, who can understand why social networks suggest certain contents.
Meta explains its algorithm on Facebook and Instagram
In the 22 tabs we discover that first of all the Facebook Feeds system collects all the posts of friends and of the pages you follow. Subsequently, the system takes into account several signals, such as lpost author, your past interactions, and how many of your friends they liked the post. All of these factors help the AI rank posts based on their relevance and value to you, showing the most relevant posts in your feed based on the score they get.
The factsheets also explain how to customize what you see by clicking on “show more” or “show less”.
Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs at Meta, announced the release of cards illustrating the tools available to personalize the user experience on Facebook and Instagram. As well as centralized named menus Feed Preferences and Suggested Content Control Center, Meta is testing a new feature on Instagram that allows users to indicate their interest in the recommended Reels. Currently, only for a specific Reel.
Meta disclosed how its algorithms work ahead of deThe Digital Markets Act of the European Union in 2024. This new law will require greater transparency regarding the technologies used by the online service recommendation algorithms. In short, the company has anticipated the times to prove itself transparent. But soon Europe would have forced it to do so.