A fairy tale made Instagram shallow. A story of hoax and denials.
Several Instagrammers were claiming that the platform has limited reach of their posts to only 7% of their followers. Instagram today made it very clear by tweeting about the hoax and told users to keep the calm.
What Instagram Tweeted?
Well, Instagram used Twitter to deny the rumor, where it tweeted:
What shows up first in your feed is determined by what posts and accounts you engage with the most, as well as other contributing factors such as the timeliness of posts, how often you use Instagram, how many people you follow, etc.
— Instagram (@instagram) January 22, 2019
We have not made any recent changes to feed ranking, and we never hide posts from people you’re following – if you keep scrolling, you will see them all. Again, your feed is personalized to you and evolves over time based on how you use Instagram.
— Instagram (@instagram) January 22, 2019
Instagram here clearly denies the rumors and also, makes it very clear about the issue and reason why it is happening. However, users still have something to say about the recent changes to Insta’s feed algorithm’.
How Users Reacted To It?
Most of the hatred given to Instagram is because of the new feed order. The app is now using Facebook’s algorithmic feed, with which users cannot see their posts in chronological order.
Many Instagram users are asking to revoke Facebook’s algorithmic feed and to go back to displaying posts in chronological order like before. Here are some of the reactions by the users on Instagram tweet:
I hate that. Just hate. I don’t wanna see something from 3 days ago. Chronology, for God’s Sake!!!!!
— Miranda Priestly (@VaiLeia) January 22, 2019
How about you freaking change things back to chronological order?! That’s what everyone wants. Your feed is the worst feed out of all the social media platforms.
— Cameron (@CMillike) January 22, 2019
Bring chronological feed back for GODS SAKE
— CALMA VITÓRIA (@alvessvic) January 22, 2019
But Does It Deserve All This Hate?
This is not the first time Instagram is dealing with this much criticism and agony. Instagram has already explained about its algorithmic feed and how it works. Yet again, to ensure users, Instagram explained its process of displaying posts and how the feed works.
With this much given, seems like Instagram is really certain about everything and is continuously working on making the process transparent for users.