Facebook has recently released a
new way of showing what the most popular topics are all over the world. Instead
of using a hashtag like Twitter does, they use a little area on the top, right
side of the Facebook page that says, “Trending”. The “Trending” icon is a zigzag, lightning
bolt-shaped arrow, and it also can show up on the news feed of Facebook. Next
to the icon, it shows a brief comment about what it is that is trending. It is
a fast, simple way to access what is going on around the world in media and is
a good source for when boredom strikes. Sometimes the topics are something that
you have never heard of and something that you would not understand why it is
trending. When one of the topics is clicked, it leads to another page that has
an article about the topic, and underneath, are statuses that use the trending
word in them. This is an important resource on Facebook because many people do
not read the newspaper or watch the news, and this is so easily accessible and
has a lot of important news; it kind of acts as a virtual newspaper. According to the article “Facebook Rolls Out
Its Version of Trending Topics” by Vindu Goel the topics are based on the user’s
interest and three other criteria: the authority of the people commenting on
the topic, how recently the topic has surged on Facebook and how much users are
engaging with it.
The
usage of trending topics is becoming widely used on social media. It is
important that the people of the world learn about other worldly topics rather
than just information about what their friends or family are thinking or doing.
World information is really important to the well-being of society because we
would be in the dark about a lot of things if all we did was pay attention to
social networks. According to an article by Katerina Eva Mats and Amy Mitchell
at journalism.org, Facebook gives more news to “more Americans than any other social
media site, overall, three in ten adults get at least some news while on
Facebook.”
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