Is there (or could there be) a way to remove the ‘Recommendations’ section? I don’t understand what algorithm generates these, but for me it is determined to tell me I should click on posts I read a long time ago (10 years ago in some cases!). I don’t think I have ever seen a recommendation there that I’ve been tempted to click on.
It samples unread posts from a curated list, then when that list is empty samples weighted based on karma. Unfortunately if you read posts logged out, or on a previous version of the site, then old posts won’t be marked-as-read so they’ll come up again.
Thanks for sharing this. There isn’t currently a way to remove this section, but we are pretty interested in addressing this (no exact timeline, but I’d estimate in the next 2-3 months). You’re right that these are largely something like old classics, and we’re hoping to eventually move them somewhere that someone looking for this sort of content can go find it rather than in the “new and updated” feed.
Is there (or could there be) a way to remove the ‘Recommendations’ section? I don’t understand what algorithm generates these, but for me it is determined to tell me I should click on posts I read a long time ago (10 years ago in some cases!). I don’t think I have ever seen a recommendation there that I’ve been tempted to click on.
It samples unread posts from a curated list, then when that list is empty samples weighted based on karma. Unfortunately if you read posts logged out, or on a previous version of the site, then old posts won’t be marked-as-read so they’ll come up again.
Do you think if I clicked on every member of that list it would go away?
Thanks for sharing this. There isn’t currently a way to remove this section, but we are pretty interested in addressing this (no exact timeline, but I’d estimate in the next 2-3 months). You’re right that these are largely something like old classics, and we’re hoping to eventually move them somewhere that someone looking for this sort of content can go find it rather than in the “new and updated” feed.