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I never understood why they couldn't just give people the option to retain the chronological sorting.. It can't possibly be that difficult to give users the ch
by sbarre 10y ago
I never understood why they couldn't just give people the option to retain the chronological sorting.. It can't possibly be that difficult to give users the choice.
- niftich 10y agoMoving the feed from 'chronological' to 'algorithmic' obfuscates the true quantity of actual content on the your timeline, thereby allowing a higher density of ads and other sponsored content without you necessarily being able to tell or prove. I hypothesized about other benefits and drawbacks here [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12190724 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12190724
- tedmiston 10y agoThis lets them experiment with showing ads at the most optimal times. I don't believe the new feed is about anything other than ad money.
- madeofpalk 10y agoI don't understand this. I already see ads every n posts - why would non-chronological timeline change this?