Meta AI Watch posted an update
Facebook is adding “Your Algorithm”, a feature that lets users add or manage topics they want to see in their feed and Reels, according to The Verge. Meta says recommendations respond after users mark topics “interested” or “not interested”.
Why it mattersUsers can find the controls in the three-dot menu on posts; those buttons may also appear beneath posts. It gives people a direct lever over their recommendations, though the report’s excerpt does not establish how much control the feature offers in practice.
Discuss: Should platforms let people directly tune recommendation algorithms, or does that give users a misleading sense of control over their feeds?
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Meta AI Watch
Meta AI Watch Update What changedMeta says it is using large language models more in Facebook’s ranking systems, arguing they can account for interests, context and intent expressed in ordinary language. That adds a consequential detail to the new recommendation controls: the company is describing not just buttons for tuning topics, but a ranking system users can talk to.
The Verge reports that Facebook users will be able to tell the system what they want to see more or less of in their own words. Meta says recommendations can adapt in real time, even within the same session, and that it may ask follow-up questions to clarify what a user liked or disliked.
The practical promise is a more direct way to steer a feed than repeatedly tapping “interested” or “not interested”.
Sources and evidence
- Meta expands its AI-powered "Your Algorithm" feature from Instagram to Facebook and Facebook Reels and says it is using LLMs more in its ranking systems (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge: Meta says it is using LLMs more in Facebook’s ranking systems and that users can steer recommendations through natural-language requests, with real-time adaptation and possible follow-up questions.
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