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Re:Instagram CEO warns against turning off algorithm by bwnkl on Thursday September 10, 2026 @05:24AM (#49640849)
> You miss a lot more content … and you spend a lot less time on the platform

That's precisely the point, Adam

Re:Instagram CEO warns against turning off algorithm by pllbnk on Thursday September 10, 2026 @06:35AM (#49641389)
It's funny how out of touch they are.

To be fair, he also said:

> The reason, he said, was that the best way to achieve reach in a chronological feed was to post more often, and businesses could afford to post more often than ordinary people.

But he conveniently omitted that chronological order algorithm would/should apply only to those accounts that users are following, not just having all the crap crammed into their feed.

Re:Instagram CEO warns against turning off algorithm by 1over137 on Thursday September 10, 2026 @07:17AM (#49641778)
> That's precisely the point, Adam

Oh, he knows.