Announced October 13, 2026, a new set of AI-powered controls lets Facebook users tell the ranking system, in natural language, what they want to see — adding and managing topics from an updated three-dot menu, with recommendations that adjust in real time. Meta says the leap is possible because large language models now sit inside its ranking.
2026-10-13 · by Moe Ameen
Meta announced "Your algorithm" for Facebook on October 13, 2026, in a company newsroom post. The feature is a set of AI-powered tools that let users tell Facebook, in their own words, what they want to see in Feed and Reels — and, per Meta, have their recommendations respond right away. Meta describes "Your algorithm" as a "dedicated space" where you can "directly add and manage the topics you want to see in Feed and Reels."
The controls live in the post menu. Meta says it has "updated the three-dot menu on every post," so from a post or Reel you can open Your algorithm, add topics to your interests or to a not-interested list, or tap "Interested" / "Not interested" — after which Facebook "may ask follow up questions for more detail." A text box lets you describe what you want more or less of in plain language rather than only reacting to individual posts. Meta frames the shift as moving away from reading signals off your behavior alone toward letting you state intent directly, and says large language models in its ranking "can incorporate the interests, context, and intent behind natural language," which is what makes an algorithm you can talk to possible.
The move is not isolated. Meta brought a similar "Your Algorithm" experience to Instagram earlier in 2026 (first launched for Reels in December 2025, then widened across Feed), and Threads has its own "Dear Algo" control for steering recommendations. On rollout, Meta said only that it is "rolling out Your algorithm" — it did not specify timing or geography, and at least one hands-on report noted the feature had not yet appeared in that writer's app, so treat it as a gradual rollout rather than live for everyone. Details beyond the newsroom post come from press coverage, so check Facebook's own settings for what is actually available on your account.
A feed you can talk to quietly rewrites the creator's job. When every viewer can type the topics they want and the ranking system reads that intent with a language model, reach stops being "beat one algorithm" and becomes "match the stated interests of many different people." You win that by being unmistakably about your subject across a dense, varied body of content — enough distinct angles on one topic that you show up for the many ways people describe wanting it, and consistent enough in voice that each one reads as you. That is a generation problem before it is a posting problem, and it is what [Kompozy](/) is built for: a content generation and publishing engine, not a repurposing add-on. From one source idea it produces a [Persona Short](/glossary/persona-shorts) for Reels, a brand-exact [Carousel](/glossary/hyperframes), [Quote Graphics](/glossary/output-buckets), native text posts, a blog article, and an email newsletter — each governed by a [Persona Brief](/glossary/persona-brief) so the topic and voice hold across all of them.
The hedge against a feed anyone can re-tune under you is owned distribution plus topical depth. Instead of guessing what Facebook's new controls will surface, you generate a steady cluster of on-brand content on your subject and fan it natively across the eight social platforms plus blog and email from one queue, behind a per-post review gate and on an [Autopilot](/glossary/autopilot) cadence — so when a viewer tells Facebook what they want, you are already the creator who clearly makes it. For the mechanics of a user-steered [algorithm](/glossary/algorithm), see [YouTube algorithm customization with AI](/guides/youtube-algorithm-customization-with-ai) and the [Instagram chronological-feed debate](/guides/instagram-algorithm-removal-debate); for the Facebook-specific playbook, [how to work with social media algorithms in 2026](/how-to/work-with-social-media-algorithms-2026) and [how to build a brand presence on Facebook](/how-to/build-a-brand-presence-on-facebook).
A set of AI-powered controls, announced by Meta on October 13, 2026, that let Facebook users tell the ranking system in their own words what they want to see in Feed and Reels. From an updated three-dot menu on posts you can open a dedicated "Your algorithm" space to add and manage topics, mark content Interested or Not interested, and describe your preferences in plain language — and your recommendations adjust in real time.
Open the three-dot menu on a post or Reel. From there you can tap Interested or Not interested — after which Facebook may ask follow-up questions for more detail — or open Your algorithm to add topics to your interests or a not-interested list and type what you want more or less of. Meta says changes are reflected in your recommendations right away. Because the feature is still rolling out, check your own Facebook settings for what is available on your account.
It shifts reach from optimizing for one algorithm toward matching the interests individual viewers describe. An LLM-driven feed that reads stated intent favors creators who are clearly and consistently about a subject across many pieces of content, and it makes it easy for viewers to tune out anything off-topic. The practical response is topical depth — a dense, on-brand body of content on your subject — rather than chasing a single viral hook.
It is closely related. Meta brought a similar "Your Algorithm" experience to Instagram in 2026 — first launched for Reels in December 2025, then widened across Feed — and Threads has a "Dear Algo" control for steering recommendations. The Facebook launch extends the same natural-language approach to Facebook Feed and Reels.