The social network had abandoned in 2016 the chronological classification of messages, to replace it with an algorithmic display.
Le Monde
Instagram should soon offer its users the option to display a timed message wire, not managed by a classification algorithm. The President and CEO (CEO) of the company, Adam Mosseri, has Announced Wednesday, January 5th That the social network will soon test three different display options, two of which allow you to appear in the chronological order the photos published by the people followed.
Currently, the Instagram thread is governed by automatic classification algorithms, which take into account many signals to determine which photos are the most likely to interest users. It gives the priority to the photos published by accounts that these “like” regularly, or to the photos that already know a major viral success on the platform.
Negative consequences
This automated ranking is the subject of criticism, including associations or researchers, who believe it gives a lot of visibility to harmful content. The documents revealed at the end of 2021 by the former Employee in Facebook Frances Haugen showed, in particular, that the content published by celebrities were highly highlighted in the wire of the Internet users, and could have negative consequences for the well-being. part of the users, and especially users, instagram.
All social networks today use a content classification algorithm. In 2016, when Instagram had abandoned the chronological ranking, the company had justified this change by the fact that “given the extent that Instagram takes, it becomes difficult to see all the photos and videos that are shared there. This means that you Missing publications that would have been very interested in [e] “.