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0 pointsselwynii4y ago0 comments

But people don't like new material.

The top comment mentions people hiding posts from pages they don't follow - alternatively, that's called showing brand new content you haven't seen before.

Opposing material suggests a binary, sure that makes some sense in a US centric political spectrum, but what's the opposing viewpoint to my friends photo from hiking last weekend?

Geographically nearby could mean my neighbor 5 doors down who I don't know anything about and am not friends with. Do you think, if she were a privacy-concerned individual like many people on HN are, she'd be happy to know I saw her post about her new flowers?

It's less narrative control and more human condition - if anything I'm glad they tried this experiment. Chronological feeds are how you end up with news teams spamming posts every three minutes, and you having to hit the hide button every time.

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godshatter4y ago

> The top comment mentions people hiding posts from pages they don't follow - alternatively, that's called showing brand new content you haven't seen before.

These were people who had already been sorted into echo chambers. Turning off the algorithm sent data to them they had already learned to hide. I'd be interested to see how this same experiment fared with completely new user. Maybe we'll run across a new tribe in the Amazon or something so we can try this out.

heavyset_go4y ago

> Chronological feeds are how you end up with news teams spamming posts every three minutes

They do this anyway.

saghm4y ago

> Chronological feeds are how you end up with news teams spamming posts every three minutes, and you having to hit the hide button every time

Or you just stop following the spammy ones

threeseed4y ago

But then like the article says you are spending all your time curating the experience.

People don't want Facebook to be a chore.

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