Facebook is using an old drug dealer tactic to keep users hooked

Have you ever logged in to Facebook and saw what appeared on your newsfeed to be some sort of random post from someone who is probably not your friend? well don't panic, Facebook said its making some far-reaching changes to what you see in your newsfeed. The next time you log in to Facebook and see post, its might just be an article or link one of your friends shared and not just because you follow a certain page.
Micheal Coren, a reporter summarized the decision Mark (Facebook Founder) outlined in a Facebook post below;

we built Facebook to help people stay connected and bring us closer together with the people that matter to us,” Zuckerberg wrote. “But recently we’ve gotten feedback from our community that public content—posts from businesses, brands and media—is crowding out the personal moments that lead us to connect more with each other.”
That marks a tectonic shift for Facebook’s algorithm, which has been built to prioritize engagement (and monopolize users’ attention) above almost all other considerations. That has helped propel the company’s revenue to record highs, hitting about $34 billion last year, but the strategy has drawn fierce criticism for favoring inflammatory and misleading content. That criticism grew even fiercer after a 2016 election in which Facebook proved crucial for Donald Trump’s successful campaign to win the White House

With all these changes taking place, Facebook however is in crisis. In November, tech gadabout, Sean Parker said the Facebook exploits human psychology. Scrolling through your newsfeed, dead-eyed but unable to stop is something all of us have experienced.
Although the company's revenue is projected to dip this year and this already started with Wall Street's similarly merciless algorithms its sent stock price down by 5%. While disrupting the functioning of the human mind, there is no business value in doing so and hence the company has taken a different path in reassessing its business models with the introduction of Oculus VR. While deleting your account is done voluntarily by a user, Facebook is doing everything possible to persuade active users like you to remain on the platform.