1411788 - about:newtab Pocket Recommended doesn't change to "Recommended For You" after I login

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, enhancement)

Description

[:Atoll]

A while back when I made this profile on 2017-08-15, I worked with some of the browser-integrated Pocket stuff and eventually signed into Pocket using a flow initiated by Firefox UX somewhere. However, in the time since, the about:newtab "Pocket Recommends" (not actual name) section has never switched over to "Pocket Recommends For You Specifically", which is far more interesting and relevant to me.

Comment 1

[:Atoll]

Pocket's web page has at least one "Recommended For You" suggestion, derived in whatever manner from my hundreds of currently-saved links, so it is certain that Pocket's backend servers could be recommending me links in about:newtab. This bug is either reporting that we're failing to pick up "user logged in" at about:newtab properly, or it's a feature request for the current implementation. I'm not sure which, sorry.

Comment 2

[Tim Spurway [:tspurway]]

Thanks for the report :atoll.  The Pocket feed on about:newtab and about:home is generic, so everyone sees a curated feed.  We are definitely exploring deeper integration and personalization capability with Pocket.