Facebook comment-ranking update to make it more ‘meaningful’

Facebook is once again trying to address the public comments section on its site and make it a little bit more meaningful for its users.

The social media giant made an update to improve the comment ranking on public posts, and also shared with its users how Pages and people can control their own comment ranking settings.

In a blog post, Facebook product manager Justine Shen wrote that Facebook has been conducting surveys to figure out what sort of comments users like more.

She explained that the new ranking system will be based, in part, on “integrity signals” that somehow determine if comments are “safe and authentic,” and it will respond to how users engage with the comments, according to the blog post.

This ranking system is now a default for public pages and pages for people with many followers, but the operators of those accounts will be able to turn off comment ranking, according to Facebook.

All other users will have to opt-in to the comment ranking system if they want to bury the strange comments on their page.