I wanted to run a test in my Facebook feed based on claims I heard that using certain phrases denoting personal news or big changes (like engagements or babies or new jobs) would bump up posts to the top of the feed.
Facebook, basically: pic.twitter.com/cHTJsa0WKk
— Yuri Victor ♥ (@yurivictor) September 5, 2014
It turns out, the claims were more correct than I could have even guessed. The post sat for hours at the top of my friends’ feeds, even bouncing over real announcements.