Business Insider - A new study from the social marketing education firm Social Fresh sheds light on a recent change to Facebook's news feed algorithm that actually makes life on the social network easier for brands. In recent months, much has been made of the destructive effect Facebook's big December news feed change has had on the brands and social media marketers who use the platform to reach consumers. The tweak prioritized news stories from major media publishers (Buzzfeed, The New York Times, et al.) over posts from brands and smaller publishers, leading to a sharp decline (more than 40%, according to social media agency Ignite) in the number of people who saw what brands were trying to put in their news feeds. Ever the optimists, Social Fresh decided to take a look at what happened to brands after Facebook made another change to its algorithm Jan. 21. That's when Facebook announced the news feed would create a distinction between status updates from brands, which users had not been
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