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by DrBenCarson 1730 days ago
Because Facebook amplifies or suppresses all content based on revenue implications. You're not seeing user content as submitted by users. A post with 10 likes from a day ago will be presented ahead of a post with 15 likes from 20m ago if Facebook thinks it has a better chance of getting you to engage (i.e. infuriates you because it's ludicrous misinformation)

Apple doesn't make revenue based on some StumbleUpon-like Safari experience where they dictate the content in your Safari window.