Comment by @ethflippening • Hey

i wonder if people will be able to choose their own social media algorithms, would they choose the ones that are actually healthy for them?

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Yeah it’s such an open question. I suspect most people won’t want to choose algorithms directly. I have a feeling they’re like lists. Some small percentage of users are fanatical about curating their feed, but most stick with defaults. Where this might play out is with Apps and AI assistants. You tap on Explore, and then Travel, and then those algos are under the hood. You’re choosing them without knowing you’re choosing them. Or you ask your AI assistant to find something (I want to see travel photos from my friends, no influencers) and it looks for the right algorithm to surface that info. Who knows for sure though, just some guesses.
Very good question. We will test it live in the comming years I guess.