The algorithmic feed is a compromise between adding value for the user and revenue for the company. Feeds based on followers, the followed, hashtags, likes, an

The algorithmic feed is a compromise between adding value for the user and revenue for the company. Feeds based on followers, the followed, hashtags, likes, and other data about a user's habits are not increasing value for the user in terms of discovery or catching up on what was missed. In a chronological feed, if you missed something, you know when and seek out that section of time. The nuances of discovery are diminished when you trust Instagram to do that for you. If you follow a bread maker and enjoy seeing their photos on occasion and you don't tap the heart every time, or haven't tapped the heart much in the past, you may hardly ever see their posts again. You'll have to find them, and look at their feed, which takes away from the nuance of enjoyment you once had. The curation one builds for their feed is not always a conscious decision. You have your own process for making an enjoyable feed. Then someone else's idea of this process steps in. A foreign feed steals your once familiar orientation. I would appreciate a toggle between their idea of my feed vs my idea of my feed.