<story><title>Show HN: I built a self hosted recommendation feed to escape Google&apos;s algorithm</title><url>https://github.com/jawerty/myAlgorithm</url><text>I created this chrome extension for myself where I track my own behavior locally and recommend myself content from platforms I want content from (youtube&amp;#x2F;twitter&amp;#x2F;quora&amp;#x2F;etc) in a feed. I made it public just in case anyone else was interested.&lt;p&gt;I would rather have control over my own algorithm and own the data. Also, it gives me flexibility. Turns out I do like these feeds just not when I don&amp;#x27;t own it haha. Let me know what you think of my implementation?</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>O__________O</author><text>While I completely get being in control of your feeds, from rolling your own to understanding how &amp;amp; why the feeds you subscribe to work — also feel like it’s just as important to be aware of significant topics and beliefs that are not in your feeds.&lt;p&gt;Case in point, as another commenter pointed out — it appears the OP feels GAB, commonly viewed as a far-right social media platform, should be listed as one of a handful of default sources.&lt;p&gt;World needs more systems that actually reflect how the user fits into the world, allows people to understand differences and find shared beliefs — not systems that create information bubbles, enable isolation, and increase the likelihood of extremists.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>oceanplexian</author><text>GAB is a type of bubble, and definitely a (US politic) right-leaning discussion forum, but my ears perked up when you used the term &amp;quot;Far Right&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Is there such thing as a moderate-right social media platform? Does far-right mean &amp;quot;not supported by a majority of right-leaning people&amp;quot;, or does it mean &amp;quot;extreme from the perspective of an average left-leaning person&amp;quot;? I&amp;#x27;m not going to either defend Gab or put it down, but even if you deconstruct your statement, it&amp;#x27;s the product of an information bubble. And it can have different meanings depending on what type of information bubble you live in.</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: I built a self hosted recommendation feed to escape Google&apos;s algorithm</title><url>https://github.com/jawerty/myAlgorithm</url><text>I created this chrome extension for myself where I track my own behavior locally and recommend myself content from platforms I want content from (youtube&amp;#x2F;twitter&amp;#x2F;quora&amp;#x2F;etc) in a feed. I made it public just in case anyone else was interested.&lt;p&gt;I would rather have control over my own algorithm and own the data. Also, it gives me flexibility. Turns out I do like these feeds just not when I don&amp;#x27;t own it haha. Let me know what you think of my implementation?</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>O__________O</author><text>While I completely get being in control of your feeds, from rolling your own to understanding how &amp;amp; why the feeds you subscribe to work — also feel like it’s just as important to be aware of significant topics and beliefs that are not in your feeds.&lt;p&gt;Case in point, as another commenter pointed out — it appears the OP feels GAB, commonly viewed as a far-right social media platform, should be listed as one of a handful of default sources.&lt;p&gt;World needs more systems that actually reflect how the user fits into the world, allows people to understand differences and find shared beliefs — not systems that create information bubbles, enable isolation, and increase the likelihood of extremists.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jawerty</author><text>I personally wouldn&amp;#x27;t consider Gab far right but I certainly respect your opinion there. What are some sources you&amp;#x27;d want in a tool like this? Next iteration i want to add Hacker News but also make it extensible so you can add sites you like manually.</text></comment>