Sunday, January 26, 2014

Ouch -- Facebook called a 'twit' for Twitter-like trending feature

A new feature on Facebook designed to keep people abreast of certain topics has sparked criticism from some users who want it gone, calling it nothing more than a cheap Twitter knock-off.

The Trending feature was introduced in several countries last week, including the U.S., U.K. and Canada. It appears to the right of the main news feed and displays links to trending topics in areas like entertainment, sports and news.

It’s meant to highlight topics that are being talked about on Facebook or that appeal to a particular user. On Thursday Justin Bieber was trending, presumably because he was arrested this morning on a drunk driving charge.

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Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2091060/ouch-facebook-called-a-twit-for-twitterlike-trending-feature.html#tk.rss_all

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