Facebook has launched a feature to make networking easier for users with sluggish internet connections.
Facebook stated this week that it would launch a new tool for users on sluggish mobile connections to still find new stories in their respective News Feeds, even when they are using a slow connection or when they are unable to access the enterprise’s servers.
Apart from this, users would be allowed to comment on posted content when they are offline, and those comments would be posted to the application when their connection is reestablished. Facebook news exclaimed that the corporation has explained that the objective with these alterations is to better help those in least developed markets, where they mostly avail the social platform via smartphones on slower 2G connections.
The way in which the network’s News Feed was originally designed did not take into account how its users will struggle when they try to find new content on the platform over these lingering connections, nevertheless.
Since the News Feed is known for being the most significant destination on Facebook, it has devised a method to get fresh content without compelling users to wait for the load of new stories. Facebook Breaking news affirmed that from now onwards, the it is examining a feature where it would be looking at all the previously transferred stories available on a user’s phone (those that a user had not yet viewed), then carry out their ranking depending upon relatedness.
This rating algorithm would also consider the availability of images, Facebook stated. Then, the application would show users these “new” stories – which are really those who already loaded but had not yet reached by scrolling down a user’s News feed. The experience of the end user would be significantly enhanced by this procedure, as instead of viewing a spinner whereas waiting for the loading of content, they would just view posts.
When a user’s connection has returned, the network would continue to download and rank stories normally. It would also examine other enhancements to transfer new stories during the day when a user has a good connection, so that he or she would always have relevant content to read when the connection is being disrupted.
Facebook news today reported that a user would also now be allowed to interact with these posts and stories as if the user was online. Whereas in the past, a user could share and like posted content when user was offline, the new feature would let user comment on the posts as well, which would not post unless the user is back online.
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