[nixonpjoshua1]

I always assumed that the recommendations are based on what people save to pocket or even save to pocket, and so the bias towards HN/reddit I figured was due to an overrepresentation of Firefox/pocket users on those sites compared and/or the bias of what pocket users choose to save vs simply a sampling of what gets published.

[discardedrefuse]

I don't actually use pocket. I even removed the icon from the toolbar. I just some times click articles on the newtab page. Here is some info on how FF handles those recommendations.

https://help.getpocket.com/article/1142-firefox-new-tab-reco...