Facebook’s EdgeRank algorithm decides what stories shows up in your Newsfeed based on three variables: Affinity, Weight and Recency. The variables make up the algorithm which ultimately makes the difference between your posts being buried in the Newsfeed or shown as in a Top Story.
The very popular Facebook Like button seen all across the web may be getting some company if some recent Facebook tests pan out. Uncovered in the Facebook SDK Javascript code, developer Tom Waddington found something interesting which could bring an additional button to the Facebook Open Graph.
Facebook is now up to 900 million users, which was uncovered in their recent Initial Public Offering. Having that many users, close to a billion, is astronomic for any one entity which then has to take that user data and turn it into something - that something being useful data which is forming the social web which many want to be a part of and which Facebook can benefit financially from. So, how does Facebook do it all?
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