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Re:X open sourced their latest algorithm by cubefox on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @11:47AM (#45183676)
This is laudable. But the great thing about Twitter is that you don't have to use the algorithmic "For You" feed at all. You can just use the "Following" feed, which is purely chronological, and doesn't contain any recommended content. This isn't possible on Facebook, which makes it unusable for me.
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Re:X open sourced their latest algorithm by bprew on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @11:59AM (#45183876)
Facebook has a "friends only" feed (Friends button, next to Home), but it's not chronological.
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Re:X open sourced their latest algorithm by Pxtl on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @11:53AM (#45183785)
That ignores the way Twitter sorts replies, which always use an algorithmic weight-based listing.
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Re:X open sourced their latest algorithm by thomasm6m6 on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @12:06PM (#45184006)
On iOS at least, there is a “Sort replies > latest” option which is strictly chronological
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Re:X open sourced their latest algorithm by 833 on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @12:03PM (#45183963)
Not if you sort by recency or likes.
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Re:X open sourced their latest algorithm by SilverElfin on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @01:29PM (#45185352)
I don’t use it - does it remember the setting? My recollection is that Facebook would make you switch to that chronological feed manually each time you load the page.
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Re:X open sourced their latest algorithm by cubefox on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @03:39PM (#45187631)
As I said, Facebook doesn't have a chronological feed. Twitter remembers the feed setting.
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Re:X open sourced their latest algorithm by jandrese on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @04:03PM (#45187988)
The "following" feed helps, but replies to almost any topic still attract outright white supremacists on X. They have seemingly endless time to fill the site up with their talking points.
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