I am not a NYT author, I am an average Joe with comparatively very few followers and follow. Here is what I did to see a vast difference between what FB was showing me, versus what the reality was.
Create two Lists, add people you know in-person to one list and the unknowns to the other list. Now, only watch these two lists instead of watching the default newsfeed.
I guess you could also accomplish the above by adding everyone to a single list and watch that list instead of the default newsfeed served by FB.
I was surprised to see so much difference between what FB's default newsfeed is serving versus what people are actually doing on the Facebook.
Create two Lists, add people you know in-person to one list and the unknowns to the other list. Now, only watch these two lists instead of watching the default newsfeed.
I guess you could also accomplish the above by adding everyone to a single list and watch that list instead of the default newsfeed served by FB.
I was surprised to see so much difference between what FB's default newsfeed is serving versus what people are actually doing on the Facebook.