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Facebook Is Desperate To Be More Like TikTok

The bid for relevancy continues over at Facebook.

by Sophia June

In a sad and desperate attempt to achieve a relevancy they haven’t had since the summer of the Ice Bucket challenge, Facebook is changing its newsfeed to be more like TikTok’s.

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Last year, the company launched its video product Reels, which, I, for one, have never opened. Reels served to make Instagram look, and function, more like TikTok.

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