Today I've realized that Instagram doesn't sort posts by timestamp, but instead by some weird-ass "importance" algorithm.
That finally explains why I keep missing posts from my friends, thinking there's no new content, because some "influencer's" photo keeps blocking the top of my feed for hours or even days.
You literally had one job Instagram...
@fribbledom it's called algorithmic timestamping or something like that. IT guesses what you are interested in so that you can be better targetted with advertisement. That is one of the concepts sought to be overcome by the federated systems.
@fribbledom I can guess at things, but that's all it would be. I have read a lot about how it works, and what to do to get your stuff where you want it. I am just not sure it is worth the effort as the consumer. I get disheartened when some model follows me and she has 1 post and 2000 followers, while i was busting it to get content out and struggle around 200...
@fribbledom @Absinthe Time You must be joking. They don't have an option to sort them by posted date something?
@Ertain @fribbledom not sure i undertand what you are asking
@fribbledom @Absinthe > Spend more time on their site
According to some people, this is actually their intention, maybe so they can push more ads before you found what you want, and maybe to boost reported engagement times.
@Absinthe
Well, it clearly fails. I've seen that post, why keep it at the top the next time I visit the site, when you're actively hiding new content below it.
It's not even in Instagram's interest, I would imagine. Had I known there's new photos below that old post, I may have spent more time on their site.