Facebook Newsfeed Tweaks: More News, Fewer Memes

jfruh writes: The Newsfeed is the core of the Facebook experience, and Facebook is always tweaking the algorithm that determines what feed items users see, the better to keep people coming back and sticking around. The latest round of tweaks seems to indicate that the company is interesed in appealing more to grownups: it wants users to see more 'high-quality' news items and fewer meme photos macros. Facebook has already implemented some tweaks earlier this year that have dramatically increased the traffic it's sending to at least some customers.