hearing last year about the impact the platform has on teens. At the time, the move appeared topush younger users into harmful rabbit holes that can impact their mental health.
Instagram said Wednesday that users will be able to select from two new ways to display posts in their feed in reverse chronological order. The first, and most familiar to those who used social apps before the rise of algorithmic feeds, is a Following tool that highlights posts from the people the user follows in the order the posts were shared.shows the latest posts from a list of specific accounts, such as closest friends and favorite creators.
"We're always working on new ways for people to have more control over their experience on Instagram, and giving you ways to quickly see what you're most interested in is one example of those efforts," a spokesperson for Meta, which owns Instagram, told CNN Business.users will have to opt into the feature if they want it.
"We know from research that people have a better experience on Instagram with a ranked feed, so we won't be defaulting people into a chronological feed," the company said in a statement.