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So, like, just how much is Facebook manipulating and tailoring what I see already? I'm already fairly certain it's not simply showing me everything all of my f
by krupan 11y ago
So, like, just how much is Facebook manipulating and tailoring what I see already? I'm already fairly certain it's not simply showing me everything all of my friends post in the strict time order they post them (like it used to in the old days?).
I was starting to wonder the other day if it was like Pandora radio. If I click "like" on something do they show me more posts similar to the one I liked? If so, can I please have a thumbs down button so I can explicitly tell them, "don't show me stuff like this." It sounds like this is a start to exposing that functionality. Are they very slowly and gently admitting that they do manipulate our feeds?
- Aldo_MX 11y agoThe thumbs down exists, but is quite obscure, you have to select "Hide", and after the post gets hidden you get a set of options such as: See less from __________ Unfollow __________ Report _________
- krupan 11y agoThat makes it sound like it is just going to show me less content from a particular person. I might want to see a friend's pictures of their kids, but maybe I hate when they go on a political rant or share/repost annoying memes. If Facebook can tell the difference between those types of posts I'd love to have it filter the one and promote the other.
- eastbayjake 11y agoThey do use your likes to tailor content, which someone explored (with hilarious effects) by liking literally everything in his feed for 48 hours: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/i-liked-everything-i-saw-on-facebook-for-two-days-heres-what-it-did-to-me/ http://www.wired.com/2014/08/i-liked-everything-i-saw-on-fac...
- krupan 11y agoNice. I would love to try the opposite experiment and "thumbs down" literally everything in my feed for 48 hours :-)