Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced a new dating feature for the Facebook app and revealed before the year 2018 ends, the social media platform will engage an army of 20,000 people to work on security and content review.
The Facebook founder and chief executive officer made this known in his keynote at the platform’s F8 conference, an annual two-day event where developers come together to explore the future of technology.
Zuckerberg kicked off the day talking on how the platform is taking a broader view of responsibility by not only giving people powerful tools, but also making sure those tools are used for good.
“By the end of this year, we will have 20,000 people working on security and content review on Facebook,” he said while also stressing responsibility to keep building new services that will bring people together in meaningful new ways across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Oculus.
TheNewsGuru reports the over 20,000 people that would be commissioned to work on security and content review will oversee spam, fake accounts and hoaxes on the social media platform.
Zuckerberg made some other big announcements for the platform that include a feature for users to Clear History.
“In your web browser, you have a simple way to clear your cookies and history. The idea is a lot of sites need cookies to work, but you should still be able to flush your history whenever you want.
“We’re building a version of this for Facebook too. It will be a simple control to clear your browsing history on Facebook — what you’ve clicked on, websites you’ve visited, and so on.
“To be clear, when you clear your cookies in your browser, it can make parts of your experience worse. You may have to sign back in to every website, and you may have to reconfigure things. The same will be true here. Your Facebook won’t be as good while it relearns your preferences.
“But after going through our systems, this is an example of the kind of control we think you should have. It’s something privacy advocates have been asking for — and we will work with them to make sure we get it right,” he stated.
Another huge announcement the founder made for the platform is a feature for dating and relationships within the Facebook app.
“People already use Facebook to meet new people, and we want to make that experience better.
“People will be able to create a dating profile that is separate from their Facebook profile — and potential matches will be recommended based on dating preferences, things in common, and mutual friends.
“They’ll have the option to discover others with similar interests through their Groups or Events.
“However, what people do within the dating feature will not be shown to their friends. We’ll share more information when this begins testing later this year,” Zuckerberg said.
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