Instagram Tests More Algorithm Controls

Instagram testing new algorithm controls: Here's how you can personalise your feed

Instagram is testing new features that will give users greater control over the platform's recommendation algorithm. The upcoming update will allow users to easily choose the type of content they want to see more or less of directly from the Feed and Reels.

Instagram tests new ways for users to customise the ‘Your Algorithm’ setting

The new tests include prompts within the feed and Reels that would allow users to indicate the type of content they want to see more or less often.

Instagram giving users more control over what they see with new feed customisation features

Instagram has previewed new ways for users to adjust recommendations directly from the feed and Reels. The move follows long-standing complaints that suggested posts often crowd out updates from followed accounts.

Instagram is testing a more convenient way to tune recommendations

Instagram is testing new shortcuts for Your Algorithm, making it easier for users to adjust recommendations while browsing Feed and Reels.

Instagram tests more algorithm controls

The app’s Your Algorithm is getting new access points and features, but the experiments fail to address some of users’ biggest requests.

Instagram wants to make algorithm customisation a core part of the app, not a buried setting

Instagram head Adam Mosseri previewed new ways to surface Your Algorithm, the feature that lets users specify which topics they want to see more or less of. In an Instagram post this week, Mosseri said the goal is to evolve the tool “from a setting to something that feels central to your experience on Instagram.” […] This story continues at The Next Web