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More than a billion people use Facebook and not all of them have high speed internet connections, many of them are coming online through 2G networks in remote parts of the world. Their connections certainly can’t load data-intensive content that a high speed internet connection can without even stuttering for a second. Facebook is aware of this and that’s why it has decided to improve the News Feed experience for those users who are on slower connections.

News Feed takes many factors into account before surfacing posts for you, the ultimate goal is that users see content that’s most relevant for them. It’s going to take into account speed of mobile or Wi-Fi connection now, this will allow News Feed to determine what kind of stories to surface.

For example users on slower connections that have trouble loading videos will see fewer videos and more links and status updates, on the other hand if you’re on a fast connection that can easily handle videos, you’ll see more videos deemed relevant for you.

If News Feed is loading slowly it will first download the story the user is currently looking at instead of downloading a series of stories, this will help eliminate wait for things to load, prioritizing content in front of the user over series of posts yet to be scrolled will significantly improve user experience.

If the connection is so poor that it can’t download new stories then News Feed will display previously downloaded stories, at least users will have something to browse until their connection is good enough for more content to be pulled.

Filed in Web. Read more about . Source: newsroom.fb

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