You can now as soon as once more flick thru trip pics, meals porn, and thirst traps in reverse chronological order. Instagram announced the roll out of two new methods to regulate your feed Wednesday.

They’re categorized as “Favorites” and “Following,” that means you’ll be able to decide to see posts from particular accounts you mark as a favourite (as much as 50) or you’ll be able to select to point out posts from the entire accounts you comply with. Either method you go about it, each will seem within the order by after they have been shared, with the newest being first.

This is particularly nice information when you’re uninterested in seeing posts by an individual you gave a pity-like to or that point you have been making an attempt to be the ‘bigger person’ by liking an ex’s selfie. Instagram gained’t guess at which content material you’d wish to see primarily based in your exercise whenever you’re looking the Favorites and Following tabs.

Instagram made the change from a reverse chronological to a ranked one in 2016. The firm mentioned in assertion, “We know from research that people have a better experience on Instagram with a ranked feed, so we won’t be defaulting people into a chronological feed.”

Your exercise will nonetheless play into a few of what you see on the app. (algorithms gonna allegorize, ya know.) Algorithmic rating of posts will stay the default for the feed you see whenever you open the app. In Wednesday’s announcement of the adjustments, Instagram’s head Adam Mosseri additionally wrote, “Over time, we’re going to add more recommendations to your feed based on your interests.” Which kinda seems like outdated habits die arduous…or under no circumstances. Adding an account to your Favorites will trigger it to seem larger in your fundamental feed, in response to Instagram. An account gained’t be notified whenever you add it to your Favorites checklist. Mosseri hinted on the adjustments in a Senate listening to final yr on Instagram’s results on the psychological well being of customers underneath 13.

At the tip of the day, Instagram says they need to make the time you spend on their app, “feel more intentional.” Which sounds nice, till we’ve discovered ourselves (once more) in a late evening spiral wanting by way of Britney Spears’ account and questioning why we awoke drained.