Meta is extending its Your Algorithm feature to Facebook, giving US users a direct way to shape what appears in their main feed and in Facebook Reels. The tool lets people add and manage the topics they want to see, and Meta says recommendations adjust immediately after any change. The company previously introduced Your Algorithm on Instagram earlier this year and rolled out a comparable feature called Dear Algo on Threads.
Facebook users can reach Your Algorithm directly, or they can mark individual posts as interested or not interested through the three dots menu. The interested and not interested buttons may also show up beneath posts. According to Meta, the system may ask follow-up questions to capture more detail about what a user liked or disliked.
Meta says the feature also lets people describe their preferences in their own words rather than choosing only from preset options. Those plain-language responses feed into the recommendations, which Meta says update in real time. The company frames the tool as part of a broader set of AI-powered features intended to customize what users encounter on Facebook.
A central piece of that effort is heavier reliance on large language models in Meta's ranking systems. The company says LLMs can take in the interests, context and intent contained in natural language, which it describes as making an algorithm users can talk to. Meta says telling the system what you want more or less of produces recommendations that respond in real time and adapt within the same session to reflect current priorities.
The launch brings Facebook in line with Instagram, where Your Algorithm debuted earlier this year, and with Threads, which received the similar Dear Algo feature. All three efforts point in the same direction: giving users more explicit control over the content that surfaces in their feeds instead of relying solely on passive signals. For US Facebook users, that control now includes both quick taps on individual posts and written instructions about what they want to see.
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