[shahflow]

You can definitely view the feed chronologically as well. There's also notifications for things that you shouldn't miss. For the algorithm, we can use a variety of signals (post's content, relationship to author, interactions with groups and related posts) to surface posts we think are valuable for you to see first but definitely agree on the difficulty of building an one-size-fits-all solution. We're thinking through how to let users adjust their feed sorting preferences.

[aurareturn]

It should default to chronological and give users full control over what they want to see. For example, give them tools to always show by keywords, topics, authors.

It’s work. The last thing you want as a worker is to miss something important that has real money implications. For social media, it doesn’t matter. For work, it does. You’re not optimizing for engagement like social media. You’re optimizing for communication.

Do not use an algorithmic feed. Seriously.

[ideamotor]

Some workers want to be baby fed information and don't want to go out of the way to learn something beyond their narrow scope. These employees can write a simple to-do checklist and as they go through their list of narrowly scoped tasks, they can cross each item out perfectly and nothing changes from what was expected. Why would they search for anything? Some managers love this too. Their employees will never deviate from the omniscient plan. Just feed them what they need to know, and secure your position (and time) by limiting access to information. Win win. Too much information and communication are time killers. How many organizations are really structured where employees can "miss something important that has real money implications"?

P.S. I agree with you

[jstummbillig]

That what you are describing is (arguably) failing, is the reason this product is being built in the first place.

If you disagree with the premise, that's fair.

[ckluis]

I'd love to talk to you about the software. ckluis [@ googles email].com