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

When you interact with content on Vibz, you provide signals that help the ranking system understand what you might want to see. We use these signals to score candidate posts; the highest-scoring posts are shown in your feed. The signals currently used are:

Your activity on Vibz

• which Channels you follow and subscribe to (posts from channels

you subscribe to score higher);

• posts you have already seen (we avoid re-showing them) and how far

you watched them;

• explicit "Not interested" feedback you give on a post — this is

the strongest negative signal and effectively removes similar placement of that post;

• reposts by people you follow may be surfaced at the top of your

feed.

Signals about the content itself

• when it was posted (newer posts score higher, decaying over time);
• engagement velocity — likes and comments from other users,

weighted by how recently the post was published.

Signals about your account

• whether the account is under 18 (teen accounts get a filtered

feed and are excluded from adult-oriented recommendations).

We expect to add signals over time (for example, language, region, or topic matching). When we make a material change to the signals we use, we will update this page.

What we do not use

• the contents of your direct messages or any E2EE message;
• who you message or call;
• your search queries;
• your microphone or camera, unless you explicitly attach media;
• third-party tracking pixels or off-platform browsing history;
• precise location.

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 for teen accounts;
• adult-oriented content is excluded from teen recommendations;
• teen accounts are not recommended to adult strangers, and do not

appear at all in user search or phone-number lookup by non-contact adults;

• crisis resources are surfaced in-app when our classifiers flag

self-harm or crisis language.

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

5. Controls you have

You can control your recommendations directly from the feed:

• "Not interested" on any recommended post (the thumbs-down

control) tells the system to stop recommending that post and down-ranks similar placements.

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

your recommendations and search.

• Following feed. Alongside the ranked home feed, a separate

Following feed shows content only from the channels you follow and subscribe to.

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.

If content or your account has been restricted, we tell you the reason. If you believe a moderation decision is wrong, you can appeal by emailing appeals@marketvibz.com.

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