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by dylan604 543 days ago
If you don't have a way to manually push the algo, then you'd never be able to sell features like promoted posts and the like. And why would you not want a feature to sell?
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Ads can be inserted into any kind of feed, there is no difference between chronological and algorithmic. It’s usually a simple calculation of target ads displayed per posts viewed, with per user/advertiser caps.
nobody said anything about ads
What do you think a promoted post is? It’s an ad based on “user generated content”.