Meta has started rolling out a Facebook tool called Your algorithm, which lets you type the topics you want to see more of in Feed and Reels instead of relying only on what the app guesses from your likes and watch time. The company announced it on October 13, 2026, alongside follow-up questions that appear after you mark a post as Interested or Not interested, so you can explain in your own words what you’d like more or less of.
Facebook is still one of the most used apps in Nigeria, and plenty of people here open it for football clips, church livestreams, Nollywood skits or small-business pages, only to have their feed fill up with things they never asked for. Meta hasn’t said which countries get the feature first or when the rollout will finish, so it may already be on your phone or it may still be on the way.
| Announced | 13 October 2026 |
|---|---|
| Works in | Feed and Reels |
| Where to find it | Three-dot menu on a post |
| How you use it | Type or manage topics in your own words |
| Price | Free |
| Available in Nigeria | Not confirmed |
Open the three-dot menu on any post to find Your algorithm
Meta says it redesigned the three-dot menu on every post so these controls are easier to reach. Tap the three dots at the top right of a post in Feed or on a Reel, then look for Your algorithm. That opens a space where you can add topics you want to see and manage the ones already there, so if you’d like more Super Eagles highlights and fewer celebrity quarrels, that’s where you say it.
The second change happens after you react to a post. When you tap Interested or Not interested, Facebook may now ask a follow-up question, and you can answer in plain words. Meta says recommendations update in real time and can adapt within the same session, which is different from the old system that learned slowly from repeated likes, comments and how long you watched.
Large language models now read what you type about your interests
Under the hood, Meta says it’s using large language models to interpret the free text you enter and match it to posts, on top of the ranking signals it already uses. In its announcement on the Meta Newsroom, the company described the aim as recommendations that are “more relevant, more nuanced, and more you.” That makes it more flexible than the old Hide post option, because you can describe a specific taste, such as afrobeats dance videos but not prank skits, rather than blocking a whole Page.
Keep your expectations realistic. Telling Facebook what you want shapes suggestions, but it won’t stop friends’ posts, Pages you follow or ads from appearing, and ads still have their own settings under Ad preferences. If the option isn’t in your menu yet, update Facebook from the Play Store or App Store and check again over the next few weeks, because Meta is releasing it gradually.
A cleaner feed can also cut the data you burn on Reels
Reels autoplay is one of the quiet reasons data finishes fast on MTN, Airtel and Glo, and a feed full of videos you don’t care about wastes megabytes as well as time. Steering Reels toward fewer, more relevant clips won’t replace Facebook’s own data saver, but pairing the two with the data-saving settings in our Nigeria guide can make a noticeable difference on a monthly plan.
A more personal feed is also worth a moment’s thought about scams, since fraudulent “investment” and job posts often hide among the topics people say they want, such as crypto or remote work. Adding a topic doesn’t make every post in it trustworthy, and reporting fake offers from the same three-dot menu still helps Facebook remove them. Spend two minutes setting your topics once the tool appears, then check after a week whether your Feed has actually changed, and adjust the list if it hasn’t.
