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I'm speaking of posts that I see from friends. I'm sympathetic to the problems of algorithms mediating what's seen; I'm often annoyed at the ways feeds are put

I'm speaking of posts that I see from friends. I'm sympathetic to the problems of algorithms mediating what's seen; I'm often annoyed at the ways feeds are put together myself. I'm especially annoyed that the former feature enabling you to look at a feed of specific lists of friends seems to have fallen by the wayside. That's distinct from the issue of whether FB is systematically demoting / hiding posts by keyword, and there's evidence that they're not doing it based off the keywords you specified.

bmarquez 5y ago
I've also noticed some strange behavior based on those types of keywords on Facebook as well, but there is something more than just the keyword itself. I believe there there is some sort of user reputation rating or other algorithmic factor (or maybe even their own friends reporting the content) -- because certain people on my feed get demoted faster than others. Unfortunately unless the algorithm is disclosed to the public (IMO it should) nobody will know with certainty.