LPT: if you want to view Facebook as it was pre-algorithm and just see chronological posts from your friends, go to the “Feeds” tab and select “Friends” I hate how everything is an algorithm of suggested posts now so this is really nice submitted by /u/MagnetoNTitaniumMan

Instagram is adding a chronological feed for Reels and Stories in Europe Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeInstagram and Facebook users in Europe are getting more options to opt out of Meta’s recommendation algorithms, the company has explained in a blog post today. According to Meta’s president of global affairs Nick Clegg, European users will be able to access features like Reels, Stories, and Search on Facebo…

Threads gets retweets — sorry, reposts — in the reverse-chronological feed Illustration: The VergeThreads is adding reposts (aka retweets) to its reverse-chronological “Following” feed, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced in a Threads post on Thursday. It’s a small but nice addition to the app that makes the Following feed a bit more useful, and while Mosseri said Meta added it “based on your feedback,” the Following…

Chronological feeds won’t fix platform polarization, new Meta-backed research suggests Image: Nick Barclay / The VergeFacebook and Instagram users see wildly different political news in their feeds depending on their political beliefs, but chronological feeds won’t fix the problem with polarization, new research published Thursday suggests. The findings come from four papers produced through a partnership between Meta and more th…

Threads Begins Rolling Out Chronological ‘Following’ Tab Meta today started rolling out a highly-requested “Following” tab in its Threads app, allowing users to view posts from accounts they follow in reverse-chronological order. The app continues to show algorithmically recommended posts under the “For you” tab. The addition of a “Following” tab brings Threads more in line with its rival Twitter, an…