Facebook to Retrain Employees
Yesterday, Facebook announced they will be retraining employees and implementing new “controls and weights” to eliminate any chance of displaying biased news in the site’s “Trending Topics” section. Even further, the site will no longer be using sources like BuzzFeed, The New York Times, Washington Post, and more to judge a stories’ importance. Unless you’ve been undergoing a digital detox lately then you’ve probably heard that the conservative party cried wolf and accused Facebook employees of intentionally discriminating against displaying conservative political news. As of now there has been no evidence of such behavior, however what has surfaced is the fact that human judgement played a higher role in the process than previously thought. (Source Washington Times)
Imagine Night Ray Vision
For all of those night owls out there Twitter is testing a new way to scroll in the dark. The platform is experimenting with a stealth night mode for the Alpha version for Android users. The feature automatically switches your newsfeed to a dark blue shade after the sun goes down then back to normal in the A.M. Twitter has yet to announce the new feature which many users are currently seeing and as of now there’s no way to turn the in beta feature off. Don’t expect to be seeing the night mode go mainstream anytime soon, but in the meantime if you need assistance with stealth mode we recommend calling Batman. (Source The Verge)
Skip Button Linked To Happiness
Let’s face it we all countdown the seconds till we can skip the ad and get to our favorite cat video. With that said, researchers at Duke University’s Center for Cognitive Neuroscience went ahead and well did the science. The center recently published findings indicating that people experience the most intense feelings of happiness upon pressing the “skip ad” button. Serotonin and endorphin levels were measured and the largest spikes of joy were encountered when ads were skipped and a favorable video started. The proof is in the pudding advertisements are fun suckers. (Source The Onion)
