I'm nervous about a Pocket news feed in Firefox. The idea sounds promising, but in practice Pocket's Discovery feature surfaces a kind of pseudo-personalized clickbait that is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. Here's some of the stories my Pocket Discovery feed found for me today:
"Why your brain hates other people"
"The most hated Bachelor in America explains himself"
"You're doing Scrum wrong and here's how to fix it"
"Fund managers warn a downturn is coming and it's going to be ugly"
"The dangers of belly fat"
It's lots of outrage & negativity, and I imagine it's because that's the kind of article people are actually reading & sharing, so that's what feeds the recommendation algorithms.
I don't mind if Pocket develops a personalized profile of my interests, but I'd like it to surface what I want to see. Right now YouTube does a better job of detecting my interest in music hardware & album production techniques than Pocket does.
"Why your brain hates other people"
"The most hated Bachelor in America explains himself"
"You're doing Scrum wrong and here's how to fix it"
"Fund managers warn a downturn is coming and it's going to be ugly"
"The dangers of belly fat"
It's lots of outrage & negativity, and I imagine it's because that's the kind of article people are actually reading & sharing, so that's what feeds the recommendation algorithms.
I don't mind if Pocket develops a personalized profile of my interests, but I'd like it to surface what I want to see. Right now YouTube does a better job of detecting my interest in music hardware & album production techniques than Pocket does.