alt Hacker NewsThis is not true for the major social media sites that control the algorithmic feeds. (Facebook, Xitter, Reddit, YouTube...)
While you may be able to add a small bend to the feed, it's really 90% in their power, not yours.
I'm looking at Facebook "Home" feed. Funny how they added a separate "Friends" feed, the original purpose of the site, that's not the default.
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Dr_Birdbrain • yesterday at 10:51 PM
For Reddit, you can select an option so that it only shows you things from subs you follow. Dramatically improves the experience!
IDK, I still find my Facebook and Instagram feeds very topical and useful to me, so I keep using them. I also curate aggressively, have a wide variety of interests and a few hundred close connections. It could be that I am just fitting into what the algo is steering to, but I don't get the low quality stuff that OP is complaining about.