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> see semi-random headlines from a variety of source to increase my exposure to stories I might not have seen otherwise Isn't that exactly personalized news?

> see semi-random headlines from a variety of source to increase my exposure to stories I might not have seen otherwise Isn't that exactly personalized news? But you can just load it on incognito or signed out and not have any personalization other than location/country.

bamboozled 8y ago
What a horrible UX, loading it in “Incognito mode”, no.
- saudioger 8y ago
  You get what you pay for.
- skybrian 8y ago
  It's quite useful! These days I browse pretty much all news sites in Incognito mode, due to paywalls.
3steve 8y ago
Personalization does not arise from passive use. Consider the converse, articles from a list of user selected sources. That sounds more like personalized news. Besides Google News used to function that way so I think I should be entitled to my opinion of how it should function.
- gowld 8y ago
  https://news.google.com/news/settings/sources https://news.google.com/news/settings/sources ?
- ucaetano 8y ago
  Oh, just found out that Google News has what you're looking for: go to headlines section. I opened the app and found it weird that there were news about Taylor Swift, the British royal wedding and a lot of other topics that I'm not interested in. Then I noticed I was in the "headlines" section, and not the "for you" section. I'm glad they split both up.