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If facebook made it possible to write your own ranking algorithm for what you see, there would be a huge variety of different algorithms you could choose from.
by lithocarpus 1y ago
If facebook made it possible to write your own ranking algorithm for what you see, there would be a huge variety of different algorithms you could choose from. 99.9% of end users don't have to write their own they just have to choose whose they want to use - or combine multiple of those available.
I think that'd be great, but not for facebook's profits probably.
- johnny22 1y agoso how would a user know which one to choose? I already get analysis paralysis as a software dev enough.
- Jensson 1y ago> so how would a user know which one to choose? Word of mouth, that makes peoples needs drive the algorithm rather than profits.
- johnny22 1y agoThat is indeed important, but it's not enough.
- lithocarpus 1y agoSame way people choose what to listen to in other kinds of media most likely. I am constantly asking people who I admire or respect where they get their news/information from because I'm trying to find better ways since the general media landscape is very dismal.