Facebook has decided I’m most interested in three things: Ford trucks, baby-boomer hospitalizations and high school dances.
Due to the algorithms that decide what shows up in one’s news feed, I get these three topics over and over again. Facebook’s own website explains that the company’s goal is “to show people the stories they care about most, every time they visit.”
Really?
If Facebook actually knew what I care about most, my Facebook home page would be filled with posts about the Pittsburgh Steelers, small dogs and Hershey’s chocolate syrup.
As far as I can figure, Facebook populates your news feed with posts, and if you read the posts, it gives you more of the same — so everything becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.