{"id":3967,"date":"2016-05-27T15:57:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T07:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/27\/facebook-tests-news-feed-sorted-by-topics-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2016-05-27T15:57:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T07:57:47","slug":"facebook-tests-news-feed-sorted-by-topics-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/27\/facebook-tests-news-feed-sorted-by-topics-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook tests news feed sorted by topics in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f99332%2ffacebook1\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/6WoRcuofYo4eXReRuySYNSD2zfo=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F99332%2Ffacebook1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Facebook+tests+news+feed+sorted+by+topics+in+Australia&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F27%2Ffacebook-news-feed-australia%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F27%2Ffacebook-news-feed-australia%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In Australia, Facebook is testing a new version of the news feed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, a large number of users noticed a selection of topics at the top of their news feed on both the desktop version of the site and its mobile app. Facebook had kindly put an instructional alert stating: &#8220;There&#8217;s a new way to see a stream of stories that focus on a specific topic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/25\/rheo-apple-tv\/\">Apple TV app curates Facebook videos just for you<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/C0r5GICGHqPMQXKjaBs__-w7Q3c=\/fit-in\/575x4096\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F99330%2Ff6da51d33c684267acf39e097ee2d916.png\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Facebook will initially serve users some default topics such as Animals &amp; Pets, Politics, Travel, TV &amp; Movies and Relationships. 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