If you have a perfect Internet connection, you probably have no problem going through your Facebook News Feed because everything loads properly, there is no waiting or buffer time, and things work as they should. But of course there is no such thing, and a lot of people, particularly those who are still in developing economies, often have 2G connections on their mobile devices. This of course reduces the enjoyment of going through your social media app as viewing stories and commenting get frustrating, The company is now working on solving that issue.
Previously, you had to wait for your News Feed to load properly before you could enjoy going through your friends’ food pics, selfies, rants, humble brags, or if you’re really lucky, interesting news articles they’ve been posting. What they’re working on now is that they will rank according to relevance all the stories that you haven’t read yet but have already been downloaded by your app. Meaning, they can show you stories that you haven’t seen yet but are deemed important by the algorithm. When you’re back on a stronger connection, you will see new stories that have been loaded and ranked the normal way.
Facebook is also now giving you more chances to still join the conversation, even when you’re still offline. If before you could like and share posts even without connection (they actually post it for you when you’re back online), now you can also comment even when your network is bad or non-existent. Facebook then posts it for real when the connection has been restored.
Facebook has been working on improving access for people who rely on unstable networks so that they will still be able to communicate with loved ones and be updated with what’s happening around the world, regardless of Internet connection speed.
SOURCE: Facebook
