Semantic dissonance, how Facebook is confusing me more and more

Facebook is starting to confuse me now. Although the word friends doesn’t mean the same on social media as in real life, I can’t figure out how one would mix that with the concept of news in general. Friends are beings that one deem closer to oneself. But news would be exactly the opposite, they often feel distant. So I wonder if Facebook is trying to become more and more like Google, while at the same time actually, Google is trying to become more and more like Facebook.