http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2018/06/01/facebook-is-shutting-down-its-notorious-trending-feature/

Facebook is discontinuing its troubled "trending" section, the social network announced Friday.

The section, which launched in 2014, was designed to help people quickly find interesting topics on Facebook. But Alex Hardiman, the company's head of news products, said in a blog post that users are shifting to consuming news on their phones and through video.