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> Instagram just shows me all the stuff my friends post. That's it, as far as I can tell. Unfortunately, Instagram is not just "showing you everything your fri
by blendergeek 6y ago
> Instagram just shows me all the stuff my friends post. That's it, as far as I can tell.
Unfortunately, Instagram is not just "showing you everything your friends post".
- bobthepanda 6y agoI’m kind of curious as to what the person is seeing, because every third post I see is an ad placed by Instagram, and for some of the meme pages you reach nearly that much saturation with sponsored posts.
- GavinMcG 6y agoI mean obviously there are ads, but if my friends post something, it's at the top of my feed, and I can scroll through only content that my friends post (and ads).
- kelnos 6y agoIt's still not just a linear feed, though. Years ago it was just a reverse-chronological feed of things your friends post. Now the ordering is "algorithmic". I can't think of any good reason to reorder posts other than to try to increase engagement, which is the problem we're talking about here.