It was announced on March 23 that Instagram brought two new features to its feed.
One of them had already been mentioned previously by Adam Mosseri, chief executive of Instagram, which is the “following” and “favorites” function where you can change the navigation through the application without having to face the suggested publications based on the classification algorithm of the application. To choose between the feed options, simply click on the Instagram logo at the top of the app's home tab. And another was the return of the much-requested chronological feed, which will be added along with the “following” functionality.
Following: The feed that will only show posts from accounts you follow on the app in chronological order: “See the latest posts from accounts you follow, in the order they were posted.”
Favorites: users will be able to make a list of up to 50 favorite profiles, which will be displayed with priority in their main feed. And there will also be a separate feed that will only show posts from that account. Your favorites list is private and will not be visible to anyone else.
Unfortunately, none of these features can be set as default, making it necessary to manually change them every time you open the application. According to Adam Mosseri: “Over time, we will add more recommendations to your feed based on your interests.” This way you can have your recommendations improved so you see fewer and fewer posts from accounts you don't follow or aren't interested in.
