Facebook launches Your Algorithm to give users more control over recommendations

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Meta launched Your Algorithm on Facebook, allowing users to describe in natural language what they want to see more or less of in Feed and Reels. Meta says preference changes affect recommendations in real time. An updated three-dot menu provides access to the feature and Interested or Not interested options, with possible follow-up questions to clarify feedback.

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Meta launched Your Algorithm on Facebook, giving users a way to describe in natural language what they want to see more or less of in Feed and Reels. The feature, which Meta first introduced on Instagram, lets Facebook users add and manage topics they want recommended. An updated three-dot menu provides access to Your Algorithm and the “Interested” and “Not interested” options on posts. Users may receive follow-up questions to clarify their preferences. Meta says natural language feedback changes recommendations in real time within the same session, and that it is making greater use of large language models in its ranking systems.

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