{"id":26283,"date":"2021-09-14T12:18:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T12:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/instagram-is-building-a-favorites-feature-so-you-dont-miss-important-posts.html"},"modified":"2021-09-14T12:18:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T12:18:56","slug":"instagram-is-building-a-favorites-feature-so-you-dont-miss-important-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/instagram-is-building-a-favorites-feature-so-you-dont-miss-important-posts.html","title":{"rendered":"Instagram is building a \u2018Favorites\u2019 feature so you don\u2019t miss important posts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instagram confirmed it\u2019s developing a new feature called \u201cFavorites,\u201d which would allow users to select certain accounts whose posts they would like to see higher in their feed. A similar feature already exists on Facebook where it gives users a bit more control over the News Feed algorithm. On Facebook<\/a>, users can select up to 30 friends or Facebook Pages whose posts get shown higher in the News Feed. It\u2019s unclear what limit an Instagram Favorites feature would have, however.<\/p>\n

The Instagram Favorites feature was recently spotted in development by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi<\/a>, who found a new pushpin icon for Favorites in the Instagram Settings menu, and other details about how the feature may work.<\/p>\n

According to screenshots Paluzzi posted<\/a> on Twitter, users will be able to search across the Instagram accounts they are currently following to create a list of Favorites. This list can be edited at any time, and Instagram notes that users would not be notified when they\u2019re added to someone\u2019s Favorites.<\/p>\n

This is a similar level of privacy as offered by Instagram\u2019s several-years-old \u201cClose Friends\u201d feature, which instead focuses on allowing users to create a separate list of followers so they can share their more private and personal Instagram Stories with a select group of their own choosing.<\/p>\n

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#Instagram<\/a> is working on “Favorites” \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n

\u2139\ufe0f Posts from your favorites are shown higher in feed. pic.twitter.com\/NfBd8v4IHR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) September 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Paluzzi tells us he was able to add contacts to the Favorites list, but didn\u2019t yet notice any changes to the Instagram feed after doing so. That implies the feature is still being built and a launch is not imminent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis feature is an internal prototype that\u2019s still in development, and not testing externally,\u201d an Instagram spokesperson told TechCrunch. They declined to share any other specifics about the feature.<\/p>\n

A Favorites feature could play into Instagram\u2019s larger plans to better establish itself as a home for creator content. In other leaks, Paluzzi had also found the company was building out \u201cFan Subscriptions,\u201d which would allow users to pay for elevated access to creator content \u2014 like exclusive live videos or Stories, for example. Paid subscribers may also be given a special badge that would highlight their name when they commented, DM\u2019ed or viewed the creator\u2019s Stories.<\/p>\n

Given that users who were paying for content would not want to miss a moment, it would make sense to give them tools to designate those creators as \u201cFavorites\u201d whose posts were also more highly ranked in their Feed.<\/p>\n

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Let’s see another step of the Creators’ onboarding screen of the #Instagram<\/a>‘s Fan Subscriptions feature \ud83d\udc40 pic.twitter.com\/eBxIp6BtXw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) September 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A Favorites feature could also be useful to those who had taken a break from Instagram and would rather see the important photos and videos they missed from favorite accounts upon their return, rather than just the most recent or interesting updates from across all of the accounts they follow.<\/p>\n

And while not likely the main goal, the new feature could help to address users\u2019 complaints about the algorithmic feed in general.<\/p>\n

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Understanding Instagram\u2019s founding story and more from SXSW<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Today, there are still a number of people who want to be able to see Instagram posts in chronological order, preferring to not have posts re-ordered by an algorithm they can\u2019t control. Favorites wouldn\u2019t give in to this demand (though Instagram has tested<\/a> a chronological feed in the past). But it would at least give users the ability to ensure they weren\u2019t missing the posts from those whose updates they wanted to see the most.<\/p>\n

Though Instagram did say it\u2019s working on the development of Favorites, it doesn\u2019t necessarily mean such a feature will launch to the public. Companies of Instagram\u2019s size often prototype new ideas, but only some of those tests make it to a general release.<\/p>\n

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