[efwfwef]

> Facebook would be a lot less compelling without news.

Yet everyone complains here (me included) that Facebook should go back to its roots, and offer news about your friends only

[yarcob]

Yes, but the people complaining here are not really Facebooks core audience anymore.

Facebook has basically become a news sharing platform, because that's how they keep people "engaged".

Most people just don't have enough relatives that they can browse baby photos all day. But there's an endless stream of news headlines...