[abhchand]

I like this idea.

In response to it just creating more echo chambers:

- it can't be worse than now - At minimum, it's an echo chamber of your own creation instead of being manipulated by FB. There's value in that, ethically. - Giving people choice at scale means it will at least improve the situation for some people.

[ketzu]

Isn't facebook (and reddit, and twitter) showing you posts by people companies etc. that you decided to follow? (And some ads)?

I am pretty sure things can be worse than right now, pretending like we are in some kind of hell state at the bottom of some well where it can't possibly be worse, seems unrealistic to me.

[notriddle]

I've seen Twitter pull tweets from an account merely because someone I follow follows them. Facebook is the same.

I think Reddit sticks strictly to your subscriptions, unless you go to /r/all.