Loyal users and Kardashians forced social network to partially retreat by demanding renewed emphasis on photo-sharing
“The majority of users I’ve spoken to would like photos to be the priority, want better support, a default chronological feed and an algorithm that serves them better,” he said. “I suppose this rollback is a step in the right direction because it means they’re attentive and they’re listening, but they would still need to do more. They could even consider creating a separate reels app to rival TikTok if that’s what they want to do.
to buy it for $1bn in 2012. It shaped celebrity culture, drawing legions of users as it became as ubiquitous as its Insta abbreviation.on Instagram that the world was changing and Instagram needed to change with it. “I do believe that more and more of Instagram is going to become video over time.”, pointed to a short-video future last week when it reported a 30% increase in time spent on Reels across Instagram and Facebook.
Experts say Zuckerberg, who is also making a major strategic push into the virtual world of the “metaverse”, will not backtrack.“Make no mistake, this is a regroup not a walk back. Meta is clear that its future is the metaverse and short-form video. And the latter means that Instagram wants to be like TikTok,” said Mike Proulx, a research director at the analysis firm Forrester.
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