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Facebook now lets you tell its algorithm what you want to see, in your own words. Meta has announced a tool called Your algorithm, plus new feedback options, that let you type in your interests to tune what shows up in Feed and Reels.

Meta says its ranking systems will adapt in real time, even within the same scrolling session. That's a change from how Facebook has mostly worked, where it guesses your interests from what you like, comment on and watch.

We’re introducing Your algorithm on Facebook, an AI-powered tool that lets you shape what you see in your Feed and Reels by telling us in your own words. https://t.co/XN158Mn2Dq

— Meta Newsroom (@MetaNewsroom) October 14, 2026

There are two parts. Your algorithm is a dedicated space where you add and manage the topics you want in Feed and Reels. Meta says you reach it from the three-dot menu, which it has redesigned on every post to make these controls easier to find.

The second part changes the familiar Interested and Not interested buttons. After you tap one, Facebook may ask follow-up questions about what you liked or disliked. You can answer in plain words, such as wanting more of something or less of something else.

Meta says large language models make this possible. They read the meaning and intent in what you type and combine it with the thousands of signals Facebook already tracks about you.

Meta's post leaves out some basics. It doesn't say which countries or languages get the tool first, whether it's on the web as well as the app, or how long the rollout will take. It only says the tool is "rolling out," so many people won't see it yet.

How to shape your Facebook feed

• Be specific. "Trail running in the Himalayas" should give you better results than "sports."
• Say what you don't want, too. The follow-up questions after Not interested are the fastest way to cut out a topic, like celebrity gossip or a game you've stopped playing.
• Use the post menu while you scroll. When a post feels off, open the three-dot menu and explain why instead of just scrolling past it.
• Check your topics now and then. Your interests change, and an old topic can keep filling your feed long after you've lost interest.
• Give it a session to show results. Meta says changes land in real time, so scroll for a bit afterward to see if your feed actually shifted.

There are limits worth knowing. Meta hasn't said whether your requests stop ads or posts from friends and Pages you follow, or how much weight a typed request gets against your past behavior. Those claims about real-time updates also come from Meta and haven't been tested independently.

Privacy is the bigger open question. What you type is a direct, written record of your interests, which is more revealing than a like. Meta's post doesn't say whether that text is used for ad targeting, how long it's kept, or whether you can see and delete it later.

The more telling detail is that Facebook is the last of Meta's big apps to get this. Instagram launched its own Your Algorithm for Reels in the US in December 2025, showing an AI summary of the topics it thinks you like. Adam Mosseri later brought it to Instagram's main feed.

Threads went a different way with Dear Algo, where you post "Dear Algo" followed by what you want to see more of. Those requests are public posts. Facebook's version keeps your requests in a private menu, closer to Instagram's.

Meta has been rolling the same idea out across its apps for almost a year. For Facebook users who have long complained about irrelevant suggested posts, it's the first direct way to argue back. How well it works will depend on how closely Facebook actually listens.