Instagram announced on Wednesday that it will add two new modes to change the behavior of the main feed and bring back the long-awaited reverse chronological view. The company calls the two new modes “Follow” and “Favorites” and states that they are designed to “give you more choice and control over what you see” while using the app (that is, , Sorting by algorithm based on suggested posts and who thinks what they like).
Instagram’s description of the “next” feed is really noteworthy. “Show the latest posts from the accounts you follow in the order they were posted.” And I say so. That’s exactly what I want to be all social networks!
Instagram says it will further reduce the linearity of the main feed
Instagram also details the favorite mode in the announcement. Basically, you can star up to 50 accounts and posts from them will appear at the top of your main feed. You can also view these posts in another “favorite” feed, starting with the latest post, according to Instagram.
Instagram spokesman Seine Kim emailed The Verge, “Your favorites list is for you only and not visible to others.”
Of course, everything comes at a price. In a press release announcing the changes, Instagram head Adam Mosseri wrote: To me, this sounds like the main default feed, but it’s getting more and more content from people I don’t follow (this is a complaint many people have with the current version of the feed. ).
However, as long as the next feed is in place, it should be tolerable. If you need to tap a few more times to get to what you want, that’s what it is — unless that nice chronological feed disappears (and you might see the same protests that happened on Twitter. (Maybe) I made it harder to access the chronological feed).
These modes have been working for some time. Adam Mosseri talked about it several times last year, and some users have begun to test it. Instagram too I made fun of coming on Twitter yesterday. But now it should finally be heading for everyone. To access one of the alternative feeds, tap the Instagram logo in the upper left corner when the Home tab is displayed and enjoy the bliss of the timeline.