By Brittany Wilson | Diocesan Social Media Coordinator

Despite the number of social media networks out there — seemingly new ones everyday — the Diocese of Trenton continues to interact and evangelize with the greatest number of faithful via Facebook.

Many of our Facebook followers are loyal and socially engaged. Rarely does a post go by where the DoT doesn’t get at least one comment or share and the number of people who connect with us continues to grow.

And that’s awesome. It means the new strategies we are using to share our faith are resonating with you, our community, and causing you to act by liking, sharing, commenting and posting to our flagship page.

But what about those of you who just like to watch our feed and not participate? It might soon become more difficult for you social wallflowers to see our content. But there’s something you can do to get around that.

Facebook has begun to roll out an algorithm overhaul that will give you more control over what you see in your news feed. It already is set up for desktop users and will be across mobile devices by the time we ring in 2015.

What does the overhaul mean?

Before, Facebook used data based on what it felt was important to you — major life events, older stories of interest, etc. — and what you told Facebook you “liked” through your behavior on the site, and delivered that content to you on your news feed.

Now, Facebook gives you the power — which is great. And with great power comes great responsibility. OK, maybe it isn’t that dramatic.

Here’s what Facebook had to say:

“Our goal with news feed has always been to show people the things they want to see. That’s why we often look to people on Facebook to tell us how we can improve.

“As part of an ongoing survey we asked hundreds of thousands of people how they feel about the content in their news feeds. People told us they wanted to see more stories from friends and pages they care about, and less promotional content.”

Now, if you want to see all DoT content (you should, we have some great stuff there), you can set up your account so you’ll rarely miss our posts. Facebook will no longer choose what you see, but you’ll need change your settings to make sure you get the content you want all the time.

And once again, likes, shares and comments will come into play with what you see from us. So if you like the latest post about the Year of Consecrated Life, or think the photo we just posted of Pope Francis is really great, please share it with your friends, so we can continue to reach as many of the DoT faithful as possible.