>How come much smaller Facebook groups have a tendency to devolve into a mess, but something as large as HN doesn't? Facebook has an algorithm optimizing what

>How come much smaller Facebook groups have a tendency to devolve into a mess, but something as large as HN doesn't? Facebook has an algorithm optimizing what you see for their purposes. It tends to preferentially show emotionally charged content, to try to increase "engagement". Needless to say, this is not conducive to calm, rational, discussions on that platform.