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Re:Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year by balls187 on Monday February 12, 2018 @09:13PM (#16364229)
> I don't know why Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, etc can't have a simple toggle between chronological and the default algorithmic feed...

It's not that they can't have it. They have no incentive to do so.

Algorithm feeds provides the guarantee that an ad is seen by a minimum number of users, which is the entire value of facebook.

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Re:Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year by a13n on Monday February 12, 2018 @09:58PM (#16364392)
What? You can put ads in chronological feeds too.
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Re:Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year by balls187 on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @01:05AM (#16365077)
Fair enough. So, why doesn't facebook allow chronological ads?
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