Facebook itself seems to have considered removing it before , but it never actually did. Facebook instead created an option to mute it, or turn it on; that option is now also gone. Facebook more recently has been attempting a fairly fundamental shift, moving from its original core premise of connecting friends, to now positioning itself as a place for information about more than just your friends.
But with a lot of controversy over how much fake news is shared on the site, and how that could have influenced major political events like the EU referendum in the UK and the last US general election, Facebook is using its new mission statement to spearhead a more proactive stance about how and what news and other information gets shared on its platform.
Have second thoughts about hiding the ticker? You can get it back with a single click. Keep in mind that the Facebook sidebar will hide itself automatically if your browser window is too small. Try expanding the window until the Sidebar appears. The reason? Hard to say.
Finally, remember that Facebook is constantly testing, moving, tweaking and removing features, and in some cases only a subset of users may see the changes. For more Facebook tips, click here. Facebook tip: How to hide the ticker or get it back, if you want by ben patterson Feb 3, how-tos , social networks. The ticker was introduced along with the algorithmic feed, so that you could still monitor your friends' activities in real time. Though often called the "creeper" feed, it didn't really do anything that the news feed didn't before.
The algorithmic feed is ostensibly good for users, but like any algorithm, it can be gamed. That has become especially apparent with Facebook over the 18 months, when Russian operators bought ads in an attempt to influence US election results. They correctly surmised that discord increases engagement, and paid for posts that played social factions off against each other. As a result, at least million Americans were exposed to articles that likely influenced election results to some degree.
Sign up. Facebook's 'ticker,' aka creeper feed, is no more Gone is the last vestige of its chronological news feed.
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