Facebook launches Lists feature to make users share personal content
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Facebook has started rolling out a Lists feature on Android that allows users to share content in list format. The feature aims at encouraging users to share more personal content that can range from bucket lists to grocery lists. Through this, users are expected to create and come up with all sorts of lists for social media like New Year's resolutions and travel destinations.
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The feature is an addition to Facebook's status update box
The feature comes as an addition to Facebook's status update box along with already existing options like Polls, Feeling/Activity, Photo/Video, Check In, and GIF. Users can opt for Lists after clicking on 'What's on your mind?' and even decorate their lists with colored backgrounds and emojis. Just like any other post, lists can also be commented under and shared by Facebook friends.
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Facebook trying hard to promote personal content
Personal updates were once everything that Facebook was about. The platform was extensively used by friends and family to share stories about their lives before the company's News Feed got filled with videos, news, memes, and ads. Today, Facebook is trying several things to solve the problem of too much non-personal content, including tweaking the News Feed algorithm to show more posts from friends.
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Here are some of Facebook's tactics from the past
Other ways by which Facebook has tried to push personal content on the platform in the past are introducing statuses with colored backgrounds, the 'Did You Know' feature meant to answer icebreaker questions and launching desktop uploads for the Stories feature.