The only thing the Reels algorithm is showing me are videos of ladies with fat butts. Now, I must admit, I may have clicked once on such a video. Should I now be damned to spend an eternity in ass hell?
It’s easy to populate your feed with things you specifically want to watch: watch the stuff you’re interested in and swipe on the things that don’t interest you.
Reels don't interest me, they are just showed in my face whenever I use Facebook (or should I say Face-butt?). It's impossible to hide without using a custom script/adblock, which I ended up doing, but the only long term, cross device solution is to simply to delete the Facebook account.
They can be useful. My feed is filled with startup advice as well as Chinese lessons. I think a big part of my Chinese vocab comes from watching reels teaching me chinese.
I could have saved them a lot of money by revealing to them that, yes, heterosexual men tend to gravitate towards ladies with fat butts.
I have a hunch that some of the more professional folks there game the algorithm. If you ever wanna find a place where people share algo optimization secrets, it’s OF creators on reddit.