Vibz Recommender & Feed Transparency

Last updated: 2026-05-03 Status: v1 draft pending counsel review.

This page explains how Vibz decides which content to recommend to you on the public feed, in search, in discovery, and in notifications. We publish this page so you understand what signals we use, what we do not recommend, and what controls you have. It supplements (and does not replace) the Privacy Policy.

1. What gets recommended

We recommend the following on Vibz public surfaces:

• Public posts authored by Creators or other public-account

users.

• Public Channels to follow or subscribe to.
• Public groups (those marked discoverable at creation time).
• Search results for users, content, and Channels you query.

We do not recommend:

• direct messages or any DM content;
• private groups or any content posted in a private group;
• view-once or time-expiring secure media;
• content from accounts you have blocked or muted;
• content reported and removed under the Community Guidelines.

End-to-end encrypted content (DMs and private-group messages) is not visible to the recommendation system because Vibz cannot read it.

2. Signals we use to rank content

Your activity on Vibz

• which Channels you follow and subscribe to;
• posts you watch, like, react to, share, or comment on;
• accounts you message or call;
• search queries you submit;
• explicit "not interested" feedback you provide.

Signals about the content itself

• topic, language, and length of the post;
• when it was posted;
• the author's account standing and history of policy violations;
• engagement signals (views, likes, watch time) from other users;
• moderation status (e.g. content with active reports may be

de-prioritized).

Signals about your account settings

• your declared age range (used to filter age-inappropriate content

and to apply teen safety defaults);

• your region and language;
• your privacy and content-control preferences (e.g. sensitive-content

filter setting).

What we do not use

• the contents of your direct messages or any E2EE message;
• your microphone or camera unless you explicitly attach media;
• third-party tracking pixels or off-platform browsing history;
• precise location, unless you explicitly enable a feature that

requires it.

3. Content we will not recommend

Even if a piece of content does not violate the Community Guidelines outright, we will not recommend the following on the public feed, in search, or in discovery:

• adult-oriented content beyond what the Guidelines allow;
• borderline content that the moderation system has flagged for

review;

• content from accounts under enforcement action (warning, feature

limit, suspension);

• content the platform considers low quality (mass copy-paste, spam,

engagement-farming patterns);

• content that has been reported by multiple distinct viewers and

is pending review.

4. Teen accounts (users 13–17)

Teen accounts have stricter recommendation defaults:

• the public feed is filtered to a more conservative set of topics;
• teen accounts are not recommended to adult strangers;
• content from accounts the teen has not interacted with is shown

less often than for adult accounts;

• adult-oriented topics are excluded;
• search results for sensitive queries (eating disorders, self-harm,

etc.) surface crisis resources first.

See age-and-teen-safety.md for the full list of teen safety defaults.

5. Controls you have

You can control your recommendations from Settings → Feed:

• "Not interested" on any recommended post tells the system to

show fewer posts like that one.

• Reset feed clears the in-app recommendation history we have

built up about you (it does not delete the underlying activity records).

• Mute / unfollow / block on a user removes their content from

your recommendations and search.

• Sensitive-content filter (on by default for teens; user-set

for adults) hides borderline content the platform identifies.

• Hide search history removes your search queries from

recommendation inputs going forward.

6. Diversity and de-duplication

We try to avoid showing the same Creator's posts back-to-back, the same topic repeatedly in a single session, and content you have already seen. We do not guarantee any specific level of diversity.

7. When content is not recommended

If your post is not being recommended, common reasons include:

• the post is in a private group or DM (intentionally not

recommended);

• the post or your account is under moderation review;
• the topic is in a category we exclude from the public feed (see

Section 3);

• engagement signals from other viewers indicate low interest;
• you have an active enforcement action on your account.

You can check your account standing and any current enforcement actions in Settings → Account → Moderation history. If you believe a moderation decision is wrong, you can appeal under Settings → Account → Appeals.

8. Changes to this page

We will update this page when we make material changes to the recommender. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent change.

9. Contact

For questions about recommendations or feed behavior: support@marketvibz.com