This search for the word “Discovery” brought up a TBD.com and WashingtonPost.com story on the Discovery gunman. Clicking on the headline takes you straight to the story. The stories are ranked by “the number of likes and the number of friends who liked that object,” explains AllFacebook, and by the looks of it, stories are getting premium placement.

Is it the beginnings of a competitor to Google News? Perhaps. As Flipboard has shown us, it wouldn’t be difficult for Facebook to whip together a social news experience that would be pretty compelling. By the way, people are so desperate for a Facebook iPad app (there currently isn’t an official one), they’re paying for third-party bootlegs.

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* Foursquare preps new features, links coming?It looks like Facebook has added most-liked stories into its on-site search results.

This search for the word “Discovery” brought up a TBD.com and WashingtonPost.com story on the Discovery gunman. Clicking on the headline takes you straight to the story. The stories are ranked by “the number of likes and the number of friends who liked that object,” explains AllFacebook, and by the looks of it, stories are getting premium placement.

Is it the beginnings of a competitor to Google News? Perhaps. As Flipboard has shown us, it wouldn’t be difficult for Facebook to whip together a social news experience that would be pretty compelling. By the way, people are so desperate for a Facebook iPad app (there currently isn’t an official one), they’re paying for third-party bootlegs.

Related posts:
* Facebook unveils local ‘Places’ feature
* Props to TBD for Discovery Channel hostage coverage
* Foursquare preps new features, links coming?

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