Business Insider - Facebook has apologised for its new "Year In Review" feature after it led some users to revisit a few unpleasant memories. The feature, designed to celebrate life's most recent best bits, automatically generated a collection of Facebook photos uploaded by users over the past 12 months and displayed it on their news feed. But an oversight in the app led some people to look back on pictures of their dead relatives, The Washington Post reports. The problem lies with Facebook's choice of algorithm: Year In Review marks posts and photos that prompted the most interaction and engagement and each post chronicles images from the past 12 months, which are tailored to each individual. Users are invited to scroll through a nicely designed collection and then share it with their friends and family. The default tagline is: "It's been a great year, thanks for being a part of it!" But, naturally, it hasn't been a great year for everyone and the app doesn't identify that. The
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