Instagram announced today that the chronological feed is back! It’s not called chronological, there’s technically two new feed options called Favorites and Following, but both feeds show accounts you follow and appear in chronological order. Let’s f’ing gooo!
By default, the app will stick with its algorithm-powered Feed, but users can access the new feeds by tapping the Instagram logo. For Favorites, it’s a feed of your favorite follows, with Instagram allowing for up to 50 accounts to be added to the feed. No one is notified when they are added or removed from your favorites. Following, as one might imagine, is all of the accounts you follow in one chronological feed. You know, the way it should always be and never should have been changed.
Instagram has claimed that the old chronological feed had many users missing posts, but if that was such a big deal, users can always add notifications to the accounts they don’t want to miss. I’d much rather miss a post or two than have to deal with Instagram’s constant suggestions, sponsored posts, and recommended accounts nonsense.
Honestly, I’ve grown to despise Instagram and Facebook, so I’m not 100% sure a chronological feed can save the platform for me, but dammit, I’m willing to at least give it a shot.
The algorithm BS is why I’m leaving Facebook as soon as possible. Not even 10% of the folks to like my page even see the content and I don’t understand it.
Guess I misunderstood Tim’s post. I thought that by default until you pick one, it would be algorithm based. I thought that you could change the default once the option became available but NOPE. I need to pick one each time I open the app. STUPID.
2 of my 3 accounts have the option.
EDIT: All 3 accounts now have the option just a few minutes later. Will probably never remember to use it because I can’t toggle it permanently.
I know right? So close, yet so far. They so desperately just want to be able to pepper in ads and shit. And doing it this way, they know that the VAST majority of users will never even realize it’s an option. What with there not being a tool tip or pop up or ANYTHING indicating that you can switch the feed type beyond that new little arrow next to the logo that will go completely unnoticed by most.
i should’ve stuck to my guns and not come back to the platform when they went non-chron, then i couldve made a triumphant return and gotten 7 likes
Update: the new update (at least for me) is live now as of 5pm (PST). ????
The app is clearly emphasizing video. In the past week, my feed is 90% video.
Yeah, tell them to stop listening to us when we’re not even using the app. I’m tired of just talking to someone about random stuff, like biking shorts, and all of a sudden, I’m getting ads about biking shorts. Yup, biking shorts that I’ve never even shopped for.
Removing the app permissions helps a lot
Already done that. Same difference.
I updated the app and my feed is still all over the place from 4 days ago to 59 mins ago ????♂️
Read the article?
So is it available know? I don’t see anything in the settings for it. You said just tap the Instagram logo at the top of the feed but nothing seems to happen.
Might be a slow roll out, I just checked and had a pending app update thinking it was this and still no option to change feeds.
Yeah, I updated earlier this morning. I didn’t see the change. It will eventually roll out I’m sure.
No article about the Nothing keynote?
It’s been pretty quiet on DL lately. Seems like Kellen and Tim work part-time for the site. Not as many articles and no live shows anymore 🙁
Kellen on vacation, so just me! Nothing post is up and I’m doing the best I can! lol
You’re doing a great job Tim!
You know when the chronological feed will be running. Or is it a slow rollout?
It’s already live. click the Instagram logo in top left when you open the app. It tells you the limitations in the linked article.