On my Android phone, if I swipe to the left I get my news feed, which I must like because I read it almost every day. Generally speaking, it shows articles I’m interested in, but the ability to curate the list of stories isn’t as good as I’d like it to be. <\/p>\n
For example, I never want to see another “I’m a ____, and this is what your ____ says about you.” (E.g., Bartender \/ drink, Barista \/ coffee order, Flight Attendant \/ carry on ….) I don’t know why Google ever got the idea that I care, but I can’t find the right switch to turn it off. It wants me to say I’m not interested in some broad topic (drinks, coffee, flying), or it wants me to block a website, and neither fit the need. <\/p>\n
Also, while I am interested in Robert Plant, The Lord of the Rings, fitness, bourbon, etc., I don’t need a story on those topics every single day<\/i>. There’s no “less of this” option, or “no, Google, I just happened to search on Myers Briggs the other day because I was curious, you don’t have to flood me with it.” <\/p>\n
It’s hard to come up with a set of options that are right for everybody. They’re often too simple, or too complex, or require you to know “inside baseball” terms and concepts. But it seems like “less of this” should be pretty easy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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