10 of the biggest secrets behind Facebook’s newsfeed

Ever wonder why one particular Facebook friend’s status updates always appear at the top of your newsfeed, while other updates — perhaps ones that are more interesting — are buried? Of course, we all have: To 21st-century humankind this question is like early humans wondering why the sun only appears during certain hours. The Daily Beast believes it has cracked the newsfeed code. The online news site conducted a month-long experiment, in which a newcomer to Facebook allow…