{"id":21440,"date":"2021-09-19T11:21:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T05:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/instagram-wants-you-to-pick-your-besties-to-totally-change-your-photo-feed-again\/"},"modified":"2021-09-19T11:22:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T05:52:12","slug":"instagram-wants-you-to-pick-your-besties-to-totally-change-your-photo-feed-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/instagram-wants-you-to-pick-your-besties-to-totally-change-your-photo-feed-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram wants you to pick your besties to totally change your photo feed again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p><strong>INSTAGRAM is reportedly getting a new feature that could put posts from your friends at the top of your feed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The photo sharing app is said to be working on a feature called \u201cFavorites&#8221; that lets you prioritise the accounts you consider most important.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"1671726\"><a href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A mobile developer posted an example of the feature\" height=\"787\" width=\"960\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NINTCHDBPICT000679813314.jpg\" data-credit=\"Twitter\/Alessandro Paluzzi\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NINTCHDBPICT000679813314.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 1.2 1&quot;%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data- title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article__gallery-count-value\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\"><span class=\"article__media-span\">A mobile developer posted an example of the feature<\/span><span class=\"article__credit\">Credit: Twitter\/Alessandro Paluzzi<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mobile developer Alessandro Paluzzi posted screenshots of the feature on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex193a\/status\/1435919581277609989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1435919581277609989%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2021%2F9%2F10%2F22666744%2Finstagram-testing-new-favorites-setting-prioritize-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He captioned the images: &#8220;#Instagram is working on &#8220;Favorites&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Posts from your favorites are shown higher in feed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It appears Paluzzi found the &#8220;Favorites&#8221; option on an Instagram app that had extra options in the Settings menu.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/9\/10\/22666744\/instagram-testing-new-favorites-setting-prioritize-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Verge<\/a>, Instagram said the feature \u201cis an internal prototype that\u2019s still in development, and not testing externally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear when or if the feature will be rolled out further.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram had a similar feature tested in 2017. 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