{"id":309107,"date":"2025-12-10T15:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/309107\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:46:11","slug":"instagram-gives-you-more-control-over-your-reels-algorithm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/309107\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram gives you more control over your Reels algorithm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Instagram is launching a new AI-powered feature for fine-tuning which videos appear in your Reels tab. The \u201cYour Algorithm\u201d update allows you to see which topics Instagram already thinks you\u2019re interested in based on your previous activity, and then remove some, or add new topics, to better direct what kind of videos you actually want to see.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cAs your interests evolve over time, we want to give you more meaningful ways to control what you see on Instagram, starting with Reels,\u201d Instagram said in its announcement. \u201cUsing AI, you can now more easily view and personalize the topics that shape your Reels, making recommendations feel even more tailored to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The feature is available in the US starting today, and rolling out globally in English \u201csoon.\u201d Instagram users can access it by selecting the icon that resembles two hearts on line sliders that appears at the top-right corner of Reels videos. From there, users can see the AI-generated summary of topics they\u2019re being recommended, tune their preferences, and share the list of those interests on their Instagram Story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Instagram says it\u2019s planning to bring adjustable algorithms to the Explore tab and \u201cmore places in the app soon.\u201d A similar feature is in development for Meta\u2019s Threads app, which will allow users to tell the algorithm to show them more or less of specific content by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/837813\/dear-algo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tagging posts with \u201cdear algo.\u201d<\/a> Meta says it\u2019s also adding the ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/841036\/facebook-redesign-instagram-photos-feed-algorithm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">give feedback<\/a> on why something in your Reels and Facebook feed isn\u2019t relevant to you, and will \u201cintroduce new ways for you to shape your Feed and provide your algorithm feedback in the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Instagram is launching a new AI-powered feature for fine-tuning which videos appear in your Reels tab. The \u201cYour&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,103,1324,50,224,227,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-309107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-instagram","12":"tag-meta","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-social-media","15":"tag-tech","16":"tag-technology","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}