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A good digest of how Facebook's newsfeed algorithm has changed over the years.

A good digest of how Facebook’s newsfeed algorithm has changed over the years. [http://marketingland.com/edgerank-is-dead-facebooks-news-feed-algorithm-now-has-close-to-100k-weight-factors-55908] : 100,000 factors seems… peculiar. > EdgeRank, Facebook’s original News Feed ranking system, is dead. Facebook hasn’t used the word internally for about two-and-a-half years. That’s when the company began
By Max Tatton-Brown

"Tracked changes: ‘adding value’ by glancing at your first draft and making it significantly worse by..."

“Tracked changes: ‘adding value’ by glancing at your first draft and making it significantly worse by randomly changing bits” – IDG Connect – Martin Veitch – The Travesty of ‘Track Changes’ [http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/849/martin-veitch-global-the-travesty-track-changes] A nice summary — I prefer the Google Drive approach which shows a full revision history.
By Max Tatton-Brown

"Data contributes to development but doesn't replace the very unscientific notion of what to build and why"

“Data contributes to development but doesn’t replace the very unscientific notion of what to build and why.” – Data is not always a substitute for strategy | LinkedIn [http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130316190832-2293107-data-is-not-always-a-substitute-for-strategy] via @ChristianLanng. I grapple with this all the time — it’s satisfying to know that
By Max Tatton-Brown