Facebook just launched “Trending,” a Twitter-like feature that highlights topics popular on the site right now.

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When Facebook added hashtags last year and almost no one used them, you might have thought the social network would give up on trying to become more like Twitter. You’d have thought wrong.

Today it doubled down on its bid to rival Twitter as a hub for real-time public conversations about the news, adding a “Trending” section that highlights topics your friends and others are talking about at any given time. This is not a minor change: Facebook has placed the section at the top right of its main news feed, which is prime real estate on the page. It’s the clearest signal yet that the company is serious about becoming a destination for news, not just a place to share photos with your friends and family.

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