For the first time in eight years, you can view your Instagram feed in chronological order.
Instagram on Wednesday gave users the option to switch to a chronological feed. Instagram's feed used to be purely chronological until 2016, when it changed to an engagement-based feed that introduced posts from accounts users didn't follow.
Critics, including Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, said Meta's focus on engagement can promote harmful or divisive content. Haugen told a Senate hearing in October last year she believed that replacing engagement-based ranking with chronological feeds is one way of making Meta's various platforms safer.
Like Facebook, Instagram lets you toggle the chronological feed on and off but does not let you set it as your default feed. This means you'll need to manually turn on the chronological option every time you open the app.
Here's how to switch on your chronological feed: