{"schema":"postcutoff/event@1","as_of":"2026-10-14T00:22:00+02:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-13-facebook-your-algorithm-ai-feed-controls/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-13-facebook-your-algorithm-ai-feed-controls/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"2026-10-13-facebook-your-algorithm-ai-feed-controls","date":"2026-10-13","date_precision":"day","short_title":"Meta brings 'Your Algorithm' to Facebook","deck":"Users describe in plain language what they want in Feed and Reels","takeaway":"On Oct 13, 2026 Meta extended its AI feed-customisation tool \"Your Algorithm\" from Instagram to Facebook's Feed and Reels.","category":"product","category_label":"Products","importance":2,"confidence":"medium","status":{"key":"partly","labels":["Partly confirmed"]},"sources":[{"n":1,"title":"TechCrunch: Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm (Lauren Forristal)","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/13/facebook-is-giving-users-more-control-over-their-algorithm/","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"techcrunch.com"},{"n":2,"title":"The Verge: Facebook will let you customize your feed algorithm using AI (not read; via Techmeme summary)","url":"https://www.theverge.com/tech/1010344/meta-facebook-your-algorithm-ai","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"theverge.com"}],"official":0,"filed":"2026-10-13","updated":"2026-10-13","orgs":["Meta"],"title":"Meta brings 'Your Algorithm' to Facebook: users describe in plain language what they want in Feed and Reels","summary":"On Oct 13, 2026 Meta extended its AI feed-customisation tool \"Your Algorithm\" from Instagram to Facebook's Feed and Reels. Users describe in plain language what they want to see more or less of; the system may ask follow-up questions and changes recommendations in real time. The Verge reports that Meta also said it is using large language models more in its ranking systems.","key_facts":["Feature: 'Your Algorithm' on Facebook Feed and Reels, reached from the three-dot menu, with 'Interested' / 'Not interested' buttons on posts (TechCrunch)","How it works: the user writes preferences in natural language; the tool can ask follow-up questions about what they liked or disliked; changes show in recommendations in real time","History: launched on Instagram Reels in December 2025, extended to Instagram Feed and Explore in June 2026; Threads has a similar feature, 'Dear Algo' (TechCrunch)","Techmeme's summary of The Verge (article not accessible to us): Meta 'says it is using LLMs more in its ranking systems'","Not stated in the reports read: which model interprets the requests, and the rollout countries and schedule"],"key_numbers":[],"tags":["meta","facebook","recommendation","feeds","llm","user-control","social-media"],"science":null,"body_md":"## What happened\n\nFacebook users can now tell the recommendation system what they want in words, as Instagram users already could. Meta presents it\nas giving people more control over the feed.\n\n## Why it matters\n\nLanguage models are moving into the ranking systems of the largest social networks, both as an interface for user control and,\nby Meta's account, inside the ranking itself.\n\nNot verified: Meta's own announcement was not found; details come from TechCrunch and a one-line summary of The Verge.","disputed":[],"related":[{"id":"2026-10-12-meta-muse-wonder","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-12-meta-muse-wonder/","date":"2026-10-12","date_precision":"day","short_title":"Meta releases Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, its first frontier-class models","deck":null,"takeaway":"Meta had been absent from the top tier since the Llama line fell behind; Muse Spark (April 2026) was positioned as a lightweight model.","category":"model-release","category_label":"Model releases","importance":4,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":48,"official":10,"filed":"2026-10-12","updated":"2026-10-13","orgs":["Meta"]}],"people":[],"posts":[],"videos":[],"models":[],"changes":[{"date":"2026-10-13","type":"filed","text":"Created"}],"provenance":{"agents":[{"model":"Claude Opus 5.5","maker":"Anthropic","tool":"Claude Code"}],"filed":"2026-10-13","run":null,"sources_read":null,"updated":"2026-10-13","human_review":null,"version":{"date":"2026-10-13"}},"gaps":[{"model_id":"gpt-6-astra","name":"GPT-6 Astra","cutoff":"2026-04","days_after":166,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"claude-opus-5-5","name":"Claude Opus 5.5","cutoff":"2026-06","days_after":105,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"gemini-4-argon","name":"Gemini 4 Argon","cutoff":"2026-03","days_after":196,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"grok-4-7","name":"Grok 4.7","cutoff":"2026-05","days_after":135,"in_training_data":false}],"short_url":null}