Instagram has recently unveiled Favorites and Following, two new ways to choose what you see in your feed.
What are Favorites and Following?
Your Instagram feed is a mix of photos and videos from people you follow, suggested posts and more. The company says that over time, they’ll be adding more recommendations to your feed based on your interests — Favorites and Following are new ways to catch up on recent posts from the accounts you follow.
Favorites shows you the latest from accounts that you choose, like your best friends and favorite creators. In addition to this view, posts from accounts in Favorites will also show up higher in your home feed.
Following shows you posts from the people you follow. Both Favorites and Following will show you posts in chronological order, so you can quickly catch up on recent posts.
To use Favorites and Following, tap on Instagram in the top left corner of your home page to choose what you see.
How your favorites list works
Use Favorites to see the most recent posts from the accounts you’ve added to your favorites list. You can add up to 50 accounts to your list, and make changes to this list at any time — people are not notified when they are added or removed. Posts from accounts on your favorites list will also show up higher in your home feed, as shown by a star icon.
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