{"id":45271,"date":"2026-02-12T20:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/technologies\/how-the-dear-algo-meme-forced-meta-to-change-its-feed-forever\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T20:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:42:14","slug":"how-the-dear-algo-meme-forced-meta-to-change-its-feed-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/technologies\/how-the-dear-algo-meme-forced-meta-to-change-its-feed-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"How the \u201cdear algo\u201d meme forced Meta to change its feed forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dataconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1120623.jpg\" alt=\"How the \u201cdear algo\u201d meme forced Meta to change its feed forever\" title=\"How the \u201cdear algo\u201d meme forced Meta to change its feed forever\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meta has introduced an official Threads feature that lets users modify algorithmic recommendations in real time by posting messages that begin with \u201cdear algo,\u201d a change that follows long\u2011standing user complaints and a meme that emerged on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Since Threads launched, users have repeatedly voiced dissatisfaction with the platform\u2019s recommendation algorithm, noting that the feed often surfaces irrelevant content. Over time, the criticism evolved into a meme in which participants posted jokes addressed to the algorithm, explicitly requesting different content.<\/p>\n<p>Meta now formalizes the practice. A post that starts with the phrase \u201cdear algo\u201d triggers a real\u2011time adjustment of the user\u2019s feed. For instance, a user may write \u201cdear algo, show me more posts about cute cats,\u201d or \u201cdear algo, stop showing me posts about sick pets\u201d to reduce exposure to undesired topics.<\/p>\n<p>Requests are recorded in the application\u2019s settings, where users may revisit or delete individual entries. The interface also allows reposting another user\u2019s \u201cdear algo\u201d message, causing the cited topics to influence the reposting user\u2019s feed. Each request remains active for three days, a duration Meta says is intended to keep recommendations fresher and more flexible.<\/p>\n<p>Meta states, \u201cDear algo\u201d posts on Threads will change your recommendations for three days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The feature follows a limited test conducted late last year. It is being deployed to Threads users in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New\u202fZealand, with more countries coming soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured image credit<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta has introduced an official Threads feature that lets users modify algorithmic recommendations in real time by posting messages that begin with \u201cdear algo,\u201d a change that follows long\u2011standing user complaints and a meme that emerged on the platform. Since Threads launched, users have repeatedly voiced dissatisfaction with the platform\u2019s recommendation algorithm, noting that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technologies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}