The head of Instagram announced the return of the chronological news feed

09 December 2021, 16:44 | Technologies 
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Instagram head Adam Mosseri, speaking in the US Senate, announced that the social network will return a chronological news feed, reports Techcrunch. According to him, this could happen as early as next year..

Mosseri was asked if he believes that users have the right to use Instagram " He replied that users will get the option to view posts in chronological order.. According to him, the company is already developing this option..

“We believe in more transparency and accountability, and we believe in more control. This is why we are currently working on a timeline version that we hope to launch next year, ”Mosseri said..

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He also added that Instagram has been experimenting with various ways to give users more control over their feed for several years now.. One such mechanism is the Favorites feature, which allows users to select the people whose accounts they would like to see at the top of the news list.. Another idea is a chronological news feed.

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As a reminder, Instagram ditched its timeline feed in favor of algorithmic in 2016 as it increased user engagement rates..

In the past few months, the social network has introduced several significant innovations, increasing the length of the published videos, allowing the publication of joint posts and adding hyperlinks to stories..

In addition, Instagram has begun testing a new 'take a break' feature that will allow you to receive a reminder when you need to take a break from the app..

Источник: Зеркало недели