Business Insider - Earlier this month, Facebook changed the algorithm that determines which "stories" show up on the News Feed . The News Feed is that center column you see when you go to Facebook.com or open your Facebook app. Lots of industry insiders noticed the change and said it would screw over a few companies that depend on Facebook. These industry insiders were right, but they had the wrong victims in mind. They also may have missed the true motive behind Facebook's change. In a December 2 blog post, Facebook said it would start to put more articles from publishers in the News Feed, ranking them by how much your friends have been clicking on them. Facebook said it would favor "high quality articles" over "the latest meme." When the change went down, lots of people assumed it would be terrible news for publishers that write a lot about "memes" and publish other "viral" content â publishers like Buzzfeed and Upworthy. Then AllThingsD's Mike Isaac reported that the Facebook exec
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