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I call this idea the "feed marketplace" as opposed to "feed-as-a-service" which is what @openrank and others are doing. 

The challenge building a "choose your algorithm" is that the most interesting feeds are no longer just "algorithms" or fancy SQL queries.

For most users, what they say they want in a feed and what they actually do is a textbook example of stated vs. revealed preference.

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I love the sentiment. RSS+ etc. 

But modern consumers want relevant algorithmic feeds that aren’t a simple set of heuristics.

I’m not sure I would call them “modern” users so much as normie users. Most users don’t want to take action to curate, but many nerdier ones do. I have yet to see algorithmic feeds work. In fact, they are almost always poisoned by business interests. E.g. Spotify knows what I like. They do not serve that to me.

Also, supporting open standards like RSS makes information more accessible and consumable.

Why not both? Users can have sophisticated algos and get control back- probably will still need trusted curators and good defaults but we have AI now that can trained easily by anyone.