How a 119-word local crime brief amassed more than 800K Facebook shares, nearly twice as many as any other piece of English-language content this year so far (Will Oremus/Slate)

Will Oremus / Slate:
How a 119-word local crime brief amassed more than 800K Facebook shares, nearly twice as many as any other piece of English-language content this year so far  —  A tale of accidental virality in the age of algorithms.  —  On an otherwise ordinary Sunday in late January …