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Facebook news feed change: bumping stories and the curse of the meme

Facebook Tip: Starting in August, Facebook started mixing older stories ('most relevant') in with new stories in feeds. So, if you have your feed set to "Sort: Most recent", you may be seeing older posts.

"Facebook announced a couple small changes to the way that the site decides order in News Feed: Story Bumping, which allows engaging posts you haven’t seen to be bumped up to the top of News Feed later in the day, and Last Actor, which takes into account the last 50 engagements a user has performed, and gives those users a slight bump up in News Feed ranking."

More here:
http://allfacebook.com/facebook-announces-story-bumping-and-other-small-changes-to-news-feed-algorithm_b123088

(Facebook is also penalizing folks who post a lot of "low quality" which includes memes).

Linkedin launches university pages

Back in midAugust, Linkedin updated its user (and privacy statement) but the even bigger news is that linkedin is available for highschool students and universities (see below):
http://blog.linkedin.com/2013/08/19/updates-to-linkedins-terms-of-service/
 
Updated User Agreement
We are updating our User Agreement to make LinkedIn available to students 13 years and older, depending on country. Smart, ambitious students are already thinking about their futures when they step foot into high school – where they want to go to college, what they want to study, where they want to live and work. We want to encourage these students to leverage the insights and connections of the millions of successful professionals on LinkedIn, so they can make the most informed decisions and start their careers off right.
With our launch today of University Pages on LinkedIn, we are providing a new way for schools, students, and alumni to connect, communicate, and explore unique insights about the full range of career possibilities – wherever your educational starting point may be.
As we make LinkedIn available to pre-university students, we are taking steps to safeguard the experience of LinkedIn members under the age of 18, so we are implementing the following measures:

• LinkedIn members who are minors will have different default settings to limit publicly viewable profile information and unwanted communications
• Special routing for Customer Support tickets initiated by members under 18
• We have added a link to our Safety Center and Family Center so that all members can easily find and access information on how to safely use LinkedIn

The minimum age for LinkedIn members will vary by country; in the United States it is 14. In deciding these ages, we worked to ensure that all were in line with existing regulations in each country. Here’s the country and age breakdown:

• 14 years old: United States, Canada, Germany, Spain, Australia and South Korea
• 16 years old: Netherlands
• 18 years old: China
• 13 years old: All other countries