Facebook launches "Your Algorithm" to let users steer their feed

Facebook's Your Algorithm adds written topic preferences and post feedback for Feed and Reels. Here is how to use the controls and judge the results.

What users can change

Open a post’s three-dot menu to find Your Algorithm. It gives users a place to add and manage topics they want Facebook to recommend.

The same menu has “Interested” and “Not interested” options. After either choice, Facebook may ask a follow-up question. Users can explain what they liked or disliked in their own words, including what they want more or less of.

Meta says large language models interpret those requests alongside existing engagement signals. The company says recommendations adapt within the same session. Its announcement gives no country or language rollout schedule.

Practical checklist

Test one specific preference before changing several

Use Your Algorithm when you want to name a topic for your feed. Use post feedback when a particular recommendation needs an explanation. That distinction helps you choose where to make a request without waiting for Facebook to infer it from your activity.

To assess the result, try one specific topic request and inspect the recommendations that follow in the same session. Note whether the requested topic appears more or less often, then check again on a later visit. Changing several preferences at once makes it harder to judge which request had an effect.

Meta’s same-session claim gives you a time frame for that first check. Its announcement provides no measured success rate or duration for a preference’s effect, so treat the result on your own feed as the basis for deciding whether to revise the request.

Sources

Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm, TechCrunch. Facebook controls and Instagram launch history.
Your Algorithm, Your Words: New Ways to Shape What You See on Facebook, Meta. Control paths, ranking explanation and same-session claim. Lead image credited to Meta.