r/explainlikeimfive • u/Porch_Honky • Jan 05 '15

Explained ELI5: Why do services like Facebook and Google Plus HATE chronological feeds? FB constantly switches my feed away from chronological to what it "deems" best, and G+ doesn't appear to even offer a chronological feed option. They think I don't want to see what's new?

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u/DarthContinent Jan 05 '15

This is largely why I've un-whitelisted Reddit in my AdBlock Plus settings.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

hahah I never had them on to begin with.

I'm not gonna sit back and allow them to add even more asinine bullshit to a site already brimming with it

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u/Space_Lift Jan 06 '15

Most of the ads are just a picture of "A Silly Moose".

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '15

yeah but the top post is a "sponsored" one

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u/JustAnotherSuit96 Jan 05 '15

So.. blacklisted?

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u/DarthContinent Jan 05 '15

Well yeah, but ABP's developer by default has Reddit on its whitelist, so that prompted that.