Instagram reveals more about how your algorithms decide what you see

More than five years after Instagram moved from a strictly chronological diet to an algorithmic, you always hear people pin for the “good old days”. And although the company appears not to come back to the way it did things in the past, Instagram shared a new blog post that tries to remedy some of the “false ideas” around the surface content. Latted by Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, the blog begins with saying that no algorithm decides what you see through all the facets of the application. Instead, each part of the software has its own set of code governing its content.

All algorithms work widely in the same way, although they are “adapted to how people use it”. For example, when it comes to your queue and your queue, Instagram indicates that the goal is to put photos and videos in front of you who come from friends, family and those that you are the closest.

Each message is filed based on information excerpts from applications from them. According to Instagram, there are “thousands” of these “signals”, but in the majority of cases, one of the most important is the popularity of a position. However, it will also hold to play your recent activity and your story of interaction with someone. Instagram will then use this information to predict how much you are likely to pass “a few seconds” on a position to comment, like and save it. “The more likely you are to take action, and the more we weigh in this action, the more you will see the post,” Mosseri said. In short, the company aims to maximize your engagement with a position.

Although the focus moves towards the discovered tab with the Explore tab, here too, Instagram tries to gauge how much you are likely to dialogue with a photo or video. Where things are slightly different, it’s when it comes to rollers. Here, Instagram says that the goal is to surf clips he thinks you will find funny or entertaining. To this end, Instagram indicates the most important prediction it tries to do with regard to the coils is whether you are going to look at everything through.

The message of the blog also affects shadowbanning. Unfortunately, Instagram does not have much to say here other than the fact that it plans to be more transparent things. It is said that it develops a “better” integrated notification that will inform people why the company has removed one of their positions.

If you want more control over your Instagram experience, the company recommends two things. First, he says you should select your close friends for stories. Not only will it allow you to limit that sees your stories, but it will also hie its photos and videos. You must also mute (or non-replace) an account if you do not want to see their messages. And be sure to press the “Non-Interested” option to train what you see elsewhere.