Facebook is getting a feature called Your algorithm, where you add and manage the topics you want in Feed and Reels. Meta announced it on Oct. 13 and says it is rolling out. Its post gives no countries, platforms or dates, so you may not see it yet.
Where the control is
Meta's post describes the controls and embeds four videos. It describes two separate options.
Manage topics. Meta says it updated the three-dot menu on every post, and that Your algorithm, where you add and manage the topics you want to see in Feed and Reels, is found there.
Give feedback on a post. On posts in Feed and Reels, you can choose "Interested" or "Not interested." Meta says Facebook may then ask follow-up questions, and you can answer in your own words what you want more or less of. Meta says recommendations update in real time.
The Verge reports you can select "Interested" or "Not interested" from the three-dot menu on individual posts, and that the buttons may also appear under posts.
What Meta does not say
Meta's post is about recommendations in Feed and Reels. It does not say which countries or devices get the feature, or when. It does not say whether the topics affect ads, posts from friends or the order of a chronological feed, and it does not say how long a request lasts. Meta describes changes as appearing "within the same session."
How it compares with Instagram and Threads
The Verge says Your algorithm reached Instagram earlier this year; its June report says it shows topics Instagram thinks you like and lets you change them. On Threads, Meta says Dear Algo works through a public post starting "Dear Algo" and adjusts your feed for three days. Meta describes Facebook's version as a dedicated topics space plus post-feedback prompts.
From tap signals to a typed request
Meta says its ranking has inferred interests from what you like, comment on and watch, among thousands of signals. Large language models, it says, can now take in the intent behind a request you type in natural language. Meta calls it an algorithm "you can actually talk to."
Our take
As described, it is a useful change: a topic list is easier to correct than guessing what a "Not interested" tap taught the feed. It suits anyone whose Feed or Reels has drifted from what they want. When the control appears, open Your algorithm first and fix the topic list, then give feedback on posts.
