Recommended Pages on Facebook: Will It Ever Stop?!
07 Jul 2010
Like Michelle Obama? Sure. NPR? Of course. Anchorman? Who doesn’t? The ever-evolving internet behemoth Facebook has updated its homepage to occasionally include a small area with two “Recommended Pages”. Much like a regular ad on Facebook, these recommendations include a small picture and the title of a page that Facebook’s algorithm deemed most relevant to you. Also included is the line “Many who like [a page you already like] like this” followed by the “Like” icon. An immediate call to action to “like” a page you’re, statistically speaking, bound to love!
What I found most interesting about the new feature was its endlessness. If you do “Like” a Recommended Page you are not sent to its landing page, but stay on your home News Feed. Within seconds, the “liked” page fades away and is replaced by a new band, movie, brand, etc. that you’ve loved for years. If you get tired…
BrandonSings:
Room_214:
jo_rogel:
JasonCormier:
peterahall:
runquatro:
ElyseHeslin:
BenCastelli:
JamesOClark:
MattAt214: