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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Andrew Griffin

Instagram’s Threads has made an important change – and it could help explain why social media feels different

Instagram’s Threads says that it has made a change that might have altered how people’s social media looks.

The Meta-owned social media platform recently made a change to its algorithm that aims to show people more posts that they might actually want to read, according to its boss. The app appears to have changed its algorithm so that it will show more posts from accounts that users actually follow.

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