{"id":28635,"date":"2016-12-06T18:01:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T10:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=28635"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:07:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:07:41","slug":"facebook-curated-content-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-curated-content-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook&#8217;s New Collections: Curated Content for You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After weeks of getting grilled for the possible role it played during the U.S. Presidential Election,<strong> Facebook is gearing up to release a new feature as part of the company\u2019s effort to combat fake news<\/strong>: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/12\/2\/13820208\/facebook-news-feed-curation-discover-feature-collections\">Collections.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The function is pretty much identical to Snapchat\u2019s Discover section. Collections  showcases new stories, listicles, videos and other content submitted by media partners that participate in this feature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-etiquette\/\">Essential Facebook Etiquette: 10 Dos and Don\u2019ts<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/facebook-curated-content-collections\/facebook-collections.jpg\" width=\"1498\" height=\"1265\" alt=\"facebook collections\"><\/figure>\n<p>Details of how Collections work remain scarce at the moment, but <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/facebook-working-on-curated-collections-section-for-news-feed-with-publishers-2016-12?op=1&r=US&IR=T\">Business Insider <\/a>reported that the partners who participated in Collections will have their content publish in News Feed by Facebook.<strong> This allow participants to sidestep the \u201clikes\u201d requirement as well as Facebook\u2019s sponsored post program. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Collections also give Facebook an opportunity to compete head on with the aforementioned Discover feature found on Snapchat<\/strong>. As the Discover section currently serves more than 150 million users on a daily basis, it\u2019s no wonder that Facebook wants to cut itself a slice of the pie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-hashtags\/\">Facebook Hashtags \u2013 How It Works, How to Use It Right<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook is still working on the feature to ensure the effectiveness and integrity involving curated news<\/strong>. Reason being is Facebook was put on a difficult spot earlier this year as the editors of Facebook was allegedly prejudice towards conversative-leaning news. So for now, no release date was given as to when Collections will go live.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/12\/2\/13820208\/facebook-news-feed-curation-discover-feature-collections\">The Verge<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/facebook-working-on-curated-collections-section-for-news-feed-with-publishers-2016-12?op=1&r=US&IR=T\">Business Insider<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After weeks of getting grilled for the possible role it played during the U.S. Presidential Election, Facebook is gearing up to release a new feature as part of the company\u2019s effort to combat fake news: Collections. The function is pretty much identical to Snapchat\u2019s Discover section. 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