The new following option is a traditional chronological feed, and it displays the latest posts from the accounts that each Instagram user follows in reverse chronological order. Favourite shows the latest posts from a selected group of accounts that are followed, also in chronological order. Show The feature can be accessed by tapping on the Instagram logo in the top left corner of the home page to choose either following or favourites. The feed options will be available to global users across iOS and Android, but won’t be available on the web version of Instagram. HOW NOTIFICATIONS WILL WORK:Users will be alerted to the new options, Following and Favorites, from a pop-up at the top-left of the app, under the word Instagram. From there, you can tap on which feed you want to view. Company head Adam Mosseri first announced Instagram’s intention to bring back the chronological feed during statements made during his December 2021 testimony before a Senate panel that focused on the potential harms to young people using the app. When scrolling through the main Home feed, posts from those accounts on your Favorites list will now rank higher and will be designated by a star icon. LIMITATIONS OF THE NEW FEATURE:In both of the two new feed options, Following and Favorites, posts will appear in chronological order without any other ranking involved, Instagram notes. But there is one big caveat to these new options and that is, neither Following nor Favorites can be set as the default. Instagram says its research indicates people are more satisfied with a ranked feed, so it will not default users into a chronological feed experience when they open the app. Twitter, however, recently found the opposite was true. After the company introduced an easier way to move in between its algorithmic and chronological feed, users were so angry that they couldn’t set the latter as their default that Twitter actually scrapped the whole idea. READ What is POSH: Meaning and procedure of complaint READ What is Inflation: Meaning, effects, measures and causes You'll likely never see the reverse-chronological feed return to Instagram, but the Facebook-owned social network might soon offer something very close to it. Software engineer Jane Manchun Wong(Opens in a new window)
discovered a hidden feature within the Instagram app that dedicates a special area to missed posts and organizes them in time-based order. Known as 'Latest Posts' internally, the feature describes itself as a method to "get caught up on" what friends uploaded recently. It surfaces as a pop-up while a user looks at the main feed. Select the 'See Posts' button, and Instagram will open the special area that relies on reverse-chronological order rather than an algorithm to display posts.
Latest Posts should focus on posts that either haven't been seen or, at the very least, liked yet. Instagram redesigned the main feed in mid-2016. Users could no longer get posts in reverse-chronological order, and instead the social network started pushing content to the top depending on the type of content you like and the users you follow. Because of that, users felt some posts would never get viewed. It's a sentiment that exists today, too. Instagram hasn't reintroduced reverse-chronological order despite users' demands, though. In fairness, the algorithmic produces satisfactory results if you scroll through long enough. Previously, the app distributed a pop-pop saying "You're All Caught Up" at the top of the main feed if a user saw everything from the last 48 hours. Some users still receive this notification, but others are left not knowing if they've viewed all posts. The other social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, do allow users to set their feeds in reverse-chronological order. Recommended by Our EditorsFacebook denies that it's testing such a feature. In a tweet, a company spokesperson said Latest Posts is "an early prototype"(Opens in a new window) introduced during a recent hackathon. That doesn't explain why code for the feature appears in the official Instagram app, though. But the spokesperson stated Facebook isn't actively testing the feature and has no plans to roll it out publicly. So if you're holding for a reverse-chronological feed on Instagram, you might be out of luck. There's still some hope, however, since the code still exists and Wong notes that Facebook recently renamed the feature(Opens in a new window) as well. Be patient, and Instagram might just gain it as a public-facing feature later this year. Instagram will label ‘False Information’ on misleading posts Get Our Best Stories!Sign up for What's New Now to get our top stories delivered to your inbox every morning. This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from the newsletters at any time. How do I change my Instagram to reverse chronological order?Instagram users will now have the ability to toggle between two modes outside of the main feed: “Following” and “Favorites,” both of which will show you posts in chronological order and, according to the press release from Meta announcing the change, “are new ways to catch up on recent posts from the accounts you ...
Will Instagram ever bring back chronological order?Instagram is bringing back a chronologically-ordered feed option, its parent company Meta said Wednesday, after years of user outcry to bring back the popular feature.
How do you reverse the algorithm on Instagram?How to change your Instagram algorithm to a chronological feed:. Open Instagram.. Tap "Home" in the upper left hand corner. Tap "Home." Credit: Screenshot: Instagram.. Select "Following" Tap "Following." Credit: Screenshot: Instagram.. |
