Instagram takes to Twitter to address algorithm rumors

The photo-sharing platform used the rival channel to quell scuttlebutt that the app was limiting the reach of new posts. Despite its explanation, many users are demanding algorithm changes.

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Instagram is keen to defend its algorithm, even on another social media platform.

The photo-sharing app took to Twitter to push back on a rampant rumor that the platform is limiting the reach of new photos. Accounts on Instagram have been sharing what looks like commonplace copy-and-paste spam.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsv55mZnOfI/?utm_source=ig_embed

Instagram has been vulnerable to such rumors since it changed its algorithm in 2016.

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