Instagram is updating its algorithm to surface more content from smaller, original creators | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
from alb_004@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.world on 01 May 2024 03:27
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HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world on 01 May 2024 04:10 next collapse

Don’t care until it’s not 98% ads and promoted content

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 01 May 2024 05:06 next collapse

🥱

Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee on 01 May 2024 06:00 next collapse

I was quite proud of my profile there. I had over 300 high quality photographs there taken by me and zero bullshit like pictures of meals etc. After using it for close to 10 years I had gained 32 subscribers and was getting around 10 likes on average. I just stopped posting and left. Why bother if no one is even seeing them. I’m not going to start spamming several posts a week just to please the algorithms, I post when I have something of value to show. This comes too late. I’m already gone.

philodendron@lemdro.id on 01 May 2024 06:43 collapse

Now it seems like posts don’t even work anymore. It’s all about stories and reels

thehatfox@lemmy.world on 01 May 2024 07:41 next collapse

Youtube has made similar changes a while back. YouTube recommendations feature small/tiny channels with few subscribers a lot more often.

It’s mixed results for viewers but it does help to good small channels to not be drowned out by the bigger players.

MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz on 01 May 2024 13:20 next collapse

Oh! That’s why I’ve been finding tiny channels with oddly well made videos lately.

yggstyle@lemmy.world on 01 May 2024 20:19 collapse

It’s a play to try to fix the algo. Large creators have gaming the system down to a science and it’s making the experience as bad as yaho… google search.

xcjs@programming.dev on 01 May 2024 20:41 collapse

Or maybe just let me focus on who I choose to follow? I’m not there for content discovery, though I know that’s why most people are.