Instagram's Biggest Change Since 2013
Vivek Prakash / Reuters Instagram, the eighth-most popular app in America, is about to adopt its biggest change in almost three years—and perhaps ever. Starting this month, the app will test displaying...
View ArticleInstagram's chronological feed is about to be replaced by an algorithmic one
Instagram plans on taking a leaf out of Facebook's Timeline by shaking up the order posts are shown. Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, currently shows posts in a user's feed chronologically, with...
View ArticleInstagram To Order Feeds by Relevance Rather than Chronology
Like Twitter, Instagram is moving to reorder the feed of updates its users see from one based on chronology to one based on relevance. The "new experience" will be rolled out over the coming months,...
View ArticleInstagram to trial algorithm-based personalised feed
For years, we have been trained to view web postings from our friends in a certain order. Refresh the top of your various "feeds" — the running column of content on some versions of Facebook, Twitter...
View ArticleInstagram will roll out an algorithmic feed, but promises not to ruin everything
Instagram is following in the footsteps of Facebook and Twitter with plans for an algorithmic feed. Instead of showing new...
View ArticleAlgorithm to make Instagram feeds more like Facebook
Instagram announced Tuesday that it plans to change the way users' timelines look by ordering posts using an algorithm rather than simply displaying the photos in reverse chronological order. The...
View ArticleInstagram to introduce algorithm driven news feed
Instagram is to follow the lead of other social networks by introducing an algorithm which will decide what order posts appear in each user's news feed. The move is likely to annoy some users...
View ArticleInstagram to roll out algorithm that will display photos out of order
Photo-sharing app follows Twitter and Facebook in introducing formula that prioritizes photos based on a user’s interests, friends and other data...
View ArticleInstagram says it will show posts in order of "relevance"
Facebook, which owns Instagram, uses similar formula SAN FRANCISCO — Instead of Instagram showing users the most recent posts first,...
View ArticleWill soon show posts in order of ‘relevance’
Instagram is making big changes to its News Feed. It will now show posts that a user will like on top compared to latest posts. Instagram users could soon notice something different in their feeds:...
View ArticleInstagram Is Becoming a Lot More Like Parent Company Facebook
Instagram users could soon notice something different in their feeds: Instead of showing users the most recent posts first, the mobile photo-sharing app says it will give higher priority to posts that...
View ArticleInstagram is about to look a lot more like Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO — Instagram users could soon notice something different in their feeds: Instead of showing users the most recent posts first, the mobile photo-sharing app says it will give higher...
View ArticleYour Instagram feed is going to become a lot like Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO: Instagram users could soon notice something different in their feeds: Instead of showing users the most recent posts first, the mobile photo-sharing app says it will give higher priority...
View ArticleTwitter begins switching its algorithmic timeline on by default
Twitter is in the process of making its algorithmic timeline opt-out, rather than opt-in, as the social network continues its push to appeal to new...
View ArticleInstagram's New Algorithm Promises Most Favorable Sorting
Instagram on Tuesday announced plans to dump chronological posts in favor of algorithmic recommendations. Users miss about 70 percent of the content that flows through their feeds,...
View ArticleInstagram backlash? Upset users call for service to keep feeds chronological
It's too early to call it a full-blown backlash, but a new petition railing against Instagram's decision to ditch chronological feeds already has more than 100,000 backers. The post Instagram backlash?...
View ArticleInstagram Tests Algorithmic Feed As User Growth Skyrockets
Following in the footsteps of Facebook's News Feed, Instagram will soon use an algorithm to organize users' feeds by relevance instead of by chronology. ......
View ArticleInstagram's got a new way to determine which photos show up in your feed —...
Instagram will soon start showing you photos out of chronological order — a huge change to the photo-focused social network. Instead, like posts you see on Facebook, posts displayed will be based on an...
View ArticleInstagram introduces notifications tab on desktop website
Although Instagram is primarily a mobile app, it's taken steps over the years to make the desktop website much better. The most recent addition is a notifications tab, located in the top-right of the...
View ArticleHate Instagram's new algorithmic timeline? Why you too are to be blamed
Our social media lives have become a battle for control, although it might not feel like it when we're scrolling through tweets about Happy Valley or pictures of our friends getting drunk in bars. We...
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