Facebook plans ‘discovery engine’ feed change to compete with TikTok

I still think the TikTok design has really bad effects in the real world. It doesn't seem sustainable. Facebook should move to be more like Twitter in terms of discussion.

I was on Facebook today and I saw at least 10 posts in my feed in about 10 minutes that had over 500k likes. I had no clue how many people actually used Facebook. Facebook profile pages are horribly designed. Facebook just needs a more simplified look to get its users back. They also need to stop acting like political hacks.

TikTok is only one form of social media, but there's Twitter and Snapchat which are all completely different apps and ideas. Facebook should continue to do what they're doing, because when TikTok format and fads die down, everyone will go back to Facebook. The only criticisms of Facebook in reviews are the design and censorship. Fix those 2 things and there you go. Back on top. TikTok is far too radical to be adopted by most Americans, so Facebook still has the upper hand.

  Tom Alison, spelled out the plan: rather than prioritize posts from accounts people follow, Facebook’s main feed will, like TikTok, start heavily recommending posts regardless of where they come from.

This is the perfect recipe for disaster for any country's election cycle. Or any other significant event to be hijacked by bad actors.