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Ethical or pro-social alternatives to addictive, harmful algorithmic recommender feeds based on short-term engagement metrics. Alternative recommender systems include open, interoperable algorithms, and algorithms driven by users' desires rather than companies'.

"Under the EU’s Digital Services Act, Article 38 requires large platforms to offer users “at least one option” for a feed not based on profiling. Articles 25 and 27 further require clear explanations of how feed algorithms work — and accessible ways for users to modify them. A recent Dutch court ruling reinforced these obligations, requiring Meta to make non-profiling feed options easy to access and persistent — and calling the company’s practice of switching users back a “dark pattern” under the DSA." - Tech and Social Cohesion

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Bonsai

Bonsai

Princeton, NJ

Bonsai is a research system that replaces "black-box" engagement models with intentional, natural language-based curation.

https://getbonsai.org
Understanding Recommenders

Understanding Recommenders

Understanding Recommenders is a research-driven effort to demystify recommender systems and their impact on society.

https://medium.com/understanding-recommenders
"Your Custom Feed" feature on YouTube

"Your Custom Feed" feature on YouTube

Mountain View, CA

A YouTube feature to let users customize recommendations on their Home feed. Currently available to signed-in viewers in the U.S. on the YouTube mobile app or desktop in English (May 2026).

https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/436892232?hl=en
Bluesky Custom Feeds

Bluesky Custom Feeds

Seattle

Custom feeds allow third party developers to create entirely new feeds that users can install.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-27-2023-custom-feeds
"Dear Algo" on Threads

"Dear Algo" on Threads

Facebook, Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA

An AI feature test on Threads that lets users talk to their recommender feed algorithm and make requests in natural language. The requests are viewable by other users.

https://www.threads.com/@conno_r/post/DR0H53pkmAR