i see no implication of interventionless &quot;most popular.&quot;<p>especially on facebook.  each person&#x27;s trending stories could be different and be presented based on what it thinks is popular AND applicable to you.  all i see is &quot;here is a subsample of some of our most popular stories.&quot;  do you and your friends have the same trending stories at the same time?  cuz i get regional stories.  im sure my friends in other regions dont get those stories.  it is quite obviously targeting me based on something besides a global trending list.<p>nothing on facebook is ever organic.  and ive never seen facebook claim anything was.