PARIS, August 31 (Benin News/EP) –
Instagram is testing new feed customization options that will allow users to limit post suggestions that contain certain hashtags or specific words.
The company announced that it is running two new tests so people can narrow down what they see in this space on the platform and reiterated what the current options are. to define the Instagram experience.
First of all, this Meta-owned service pointed out that it takes into account the following different elements interactions with users in the app to personalize the content it offers that pays special attention to five specific interactions.
This is the probability that users spend a few seconds on a post, that they comment on it, that they like it sharing it again or go to the profile that posted it.
In doing so, he clarified that accounts can be added to favorites to see more posts higher and more frequently. There are no suggested posts in this view and the app never makes public who is in each user’s favorites list.
Also, he pointed out that you can see the posts of the accounts that appear in the “Following” section in chronological order and access the last 30 published contents.
Regarding the suggested content, he reminded the audience that the recommendations are included in the section « Explore ». and in the tabs Boutique y « Coils and that comments can be sent to the platform so that the suggested messages better correspond to the interests of the users.
In addition, the horizontal three-point menu on each station incorporates the command Not interested.an option that, if clicked, instantly removes content from the feed and reduces related suggestions in the future.
In doing so, she reminded users that they can adjust the “sensitive content control” settings to see more or less of this type of content, which recently tightened its protection for those under 16.
Additionally, she said the app may stop showing suggested posts in the “feed,” which may be temporarily hidden for 30 days.
In a similar vein, Instagram announced that it is conducting a series of tests to simultaneously select uninteresting posts in the “Explore” section, which can be… select with the “Not interested” button. at the same time.
Just like this control located in the feed, the platform will immediately hide these messages and will avoid displaying related content in the future.
Finally, she indicated that she will soon start testing the possibility for users to be able to notify the platform that they do not want to know the content that includes hashtags or certain keywords in photo or video captions.
According to the company, which did not say when it will roll out these features. officially, he pointed out that this will serve to refine the search for publications and bring up the ones they like to see or are interested in.