Five years after Instagram got rid of the chronological feed for an algorithmi cally ranked feed, the original Feed is once again available on the social media network. This change has been rolling out to users globally. Although this news feed is not owned by default and you cannot just get rid of the algorithm-based feed entirely. Instead, you will be able to move between three different versions of your feed; the algorithmic feed [default]; the following feed [chronological feed]; and a new favorites section, The favorite section is a feed where you can select up to 50 favorited accounts.

Even though the chronological feed is not on by default, the thing is that it’s coming back and it is a very big reversal for Instagram. And because Instagram has been getting a lot of heat with the algorithm as it has a very big impact on teens’ mental health [True story, Mine too] It’s a great way for Instagram to just shut up people that just keep talking about Instagram forcing the algorithm by giving users a choice, but also knowing that no one’s even going to be using it, Why? Because it’s not convenient.

Also, as Facebook’s popularity is dipping, Instagram is getting more aggressive in putting suggested posts and reels into feeds in recent months. With these new versions of their feed now, Instagram can head off complaints about their new recommendations-filled approach and also give choices to users to not use the ranking algorithm.