Facebook is doing its very best not to make you sad. It used to show pictures of your ex which may / may not have hurt a little. Photo memories appear in the top right corner of some Facebook pages which are chosen by Facebooks complex algorithm which tries to figure out who your most interested in. If you check it out you will notice it normally is old romances as you have spent more time looking through their profiles, pictures and wrote on their wall more then others. No one know exactly how the Facebook algorithm works but this user created a group to complain about this and Facebook Photos Project Manager Sam Odio took notice.

Yesterday he commented on a post about this issue Inside Facebook, saying, “I’d like to let you know that we’re listening to your feedback. The photo memories product no longer shows tagged photos of your friends if you were previously in a relationship with them.”

This is another clear sign of social media users making big brands stand up and listen and causing good change. Facebook are not changing the algorithm but instead will hide any pictures of past romances if you have selected them as being in a relation.

Do you care if pics of your ex are shown in your Facebook? What else would you like Facebook to change?

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