Re:Facebook announces Clear History feature
by artursapek on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @03:20PM
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I don't know... personally my Facebook experience improved dramatically after I deleted my account in 2013 :)
I can see it having to do with the ordering of timeline events, the ads you see, and the news visible in the top right corner.
Re:Facebook announces Clear History feature
by hjnilsson on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @02:51PM
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Yes, it would make a difference there. My question is in regards to the top-level comment, will people notice the difference?
For example: If my mother "cleared her history", I really doubt she would notice the worse quality of Facebook and regret deleting her data, as the top-level comment implied. So my point is it's not a move to show how effective the algorithms are, but a privacy-conscious one from Facebook.
There probably will be a difference, but I think in actual use, for most people, it will be very small.