Add explicit topic category preferences to Pocket recommended stories on homepage

[probablywrong]

No matter how many times I give a thumbs down to every single story in specific categories like parenting, home & garden, sports, and food, I still get served these stories. Over and over and over. Same goes for stories I give a thumbs up to — I don't see any more stories of the same type, just the same exact makeup every single day for months.

The thumbs up/down system is either a placebo or preferences are simply not weighted enough. At least allow me in the preferences for the homepage to select which categories to enable or disable, arrange them in a preference hierarchy, something. This should be a cool feature but right now it's just a chore.

[Jon]

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[myspace]

Good idea. Would make using Pocket much more attractive.  

[BryanM]

Thank you for sharing this feedback! I work on Firefox and wanted to let you know that we are in the process of improving this experience. We believe it is important to offer user controls, and will be building out more capabilities. Thank you for your patience as our work evolves!

[jamesjohnny]

Totally agree we need real control over our feed

[mattcrows]

This is honestly my only gripe with Pocket homepage on my browser. The thumbs up/down does not get rid of the category because it is not algorithm driven I gather. I do not need Sport nor Popular Today. There is no limit to articles that I want to read and I do not need someone telling me that I should read something because it is popular. Cigarettes were popular when I was a kid but I never decided to become a smoker because it was popular. 55 years later I still am smoke free. 
If we can't choose our own categories for whatever reason, at least let the users delete the ones we know we do not want. Otherwise, I may have to revert to Flipboard more often than I'd like to.