My newsfeed experience drastically improved the minute they allowed to disable generic this-happened-x-years-ago posts. That said I think it's reasonable to as

My newsfeed experience drastically improved the minute they allowed to disable generic this-happened-x-years-ago posts. That said I think it's reasonable to assume that some further control mechanisms for the user might make a better experience. On the other hand there is probably a point where possible configuration hurts the experience.