Social users cannot tune feeds to show what they actually want
People want social feeds that prioritize followed accounts, filter recommendations, or otherwise reflect their own preferences. Current platform feeds provide limited control, and some users also want an easy way to reset recommendations or limit how long they spend browsing. Requests for feed navigation and reconnecting with former followers are related to social platforms but are outside this core problem.
For social media users who want more control over their feeds. Mentioned from Oct 2023 to Jun 2026 on Bluesky and Hacker News.
8 different people described this problem in 8 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 2.0/10
- Pain
- 5.3/10
- Frequency
- 7.9/10
- Willingness to pay
- 6.1/10
- Momentum
- 5.0/10
- Who pays
- Consumers
- Competition
- High
- Build difficulty
- Medium
What people said
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What I'd really like to be able to do is define my feed logic as a small piece of custom code (maybe in something that gets compiled to WebAssembly behind the scenes) that runs on someone else's servers, which I would happily pay for
That's the real problem that I'd like to pay away - just leave me with what I follow and nothing else
Build brief
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- Current workarounds, existing solutions and risks