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Re:Facebook announces Clear History feature by hjnilsson on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @02:25PM (#16969842)
How do you judge how "good" Facebook is, in order to evaluate this? I'm having a hard time thinking people will notice either way.

There probably will be a difference, but I think in actual use, for most people, it will be very small.

Re:Facebook announces Clear History feature by artursapek on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @03:20PM (#16970478)
I don't know... personally my Facebook experience improved dramatically after I deleted my account in 2013 :)
Re:Facebook announces Clear History feature by pandoma on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @02:43PM (#16970071)
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 (#16970158)
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.