> They have the data, so obviously they know more about the effects of their tweaks than I do, but: > It seems like I don't really get fresh content anymore. I

> They have the data, so obviously they know more about the effects of their tweaks than I do, but: > It seems like I don't really get fresh content anymore. It seems like a few, mostly stale stories from people I barely talk to. That makes it harder to be engaged in the service, and it makes me use the service less. It's entirely possible that their algorithms fail for your personality/usage patterns, but are successful enough on other accounts to make up for your loss of "engagement" from Facebook's perspective. > What I wish I could have (by default) is just a chronological list of things that people have posted. > Maybe there is a team of facebook who needs to justify their jobs or something? I don't want my feed optimized at all. I do the optimizing by selecting who I follow. They don't want you to do the optimizing for yourself because that means they can't nudge you into doing what serves them the most.