Instagram’s Algorithm
Remember the good old days when Instagram shows you your friends posts in a timely manner; well good days are gone as Instagram launched its new algorithm. I have noticed that my Instagram page randomly shuffles my friend’s posts, a post from four days ago could appear as the first post when I refresh the page, followed by a post that was just posted an hour ago. Instagram defends itself by claiming that” 70% of the users miss their feed”, but this new algorithm would only pile more information onto me and maybe even make me miss more feeds?
Instagram claims that it will show you the posts that you care about first, but in fact what is their algorithm’s way to judge? Facebook, the owner of Instagram operates a very successful algorithm, however the same isn’t happening for Instagram. Many users, including me are not amused by this change and hopes Instagram can change into chronologically ordered feeds soon.
Instagram’s algorithmic feed is the worst thing to happen to me all summer
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/07/new-algorithm-driven-instagram-feed-rolled-out-to-the-dismay-of-users