Bangalore: After hash tag fiasco Facebook is yet to learn its lesson, as it has again aped Twitter and the newly added feature has not gone well with its users. This time it is for introducing ‘trending stories’. The feature displays selected news stories to the users depending on their area of interest. If you are browsing through your desktop, you can notice it at the top right column under the news feed. Many users felt that it was annoying as it contained just some celebrity gossip which was irrelevant to them. Members cannot turn it off too.  Some have resorted to using F.B. Purity (a third-party browser extension) to filter unwanted information. Facebook responded by saying that it is open to feedback.

The social networking website has launched this feature in different countries including U.S., U.K. and Canada, PC World reported. In India, only some select users are provided with this feature and the roll out will be gradual.

S. Shyam Sundar, founder of the Media Effects Research Laboratory at Pennsylvania State University opines that users are benefited as the news that matters to them will find them rather than they looking for it. Some have responded back by saying that they are happy to browse a reliable news website for the same.