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Your News Feed can connect you to who and what matters most — your people, your interests and your world — all in one place. Our goal is to make sure you see the posts that are most valuable to you at the top of your Feed every time you open the Facebook app. And because most people have more content in their News Feed than they could possibly browse in one session, we use an algorithm to determine the order of the posts you can see.

But how exactly does this algorithm work? How does it decide what to prioritize in your Feed? Find out in the next episode of Let Me Explain — a video series that breaks down complex topics related to safety and integrity on Facebook platforms.

Facebook's Let Me Explain video series explores topics related to safety and integrity on its platforms. In this video, News Feed is explained.

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Interested in learning more about how ads work within your News Feed? Find out how Facebook uses machine learning to deliver ads.


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