Instagram has been displaying old posts to users in their feed, but this is not a bug.
It’s been a rough few weeks for Instagram. First, the app was hit with complaints that it was forcing users to install the Facebook Messenger app. Then, the platform was accused of secretly deleting comments from certain accounts. Now, Instagram has been displaying old posts to users in their feed, but this is not a bug.
The problem appears to be affecting some people who have switched from an iPhone to an Android device and then back again. Instagram’s algorithm chooses which posts are displayed in your feed based on how much you interact with them – so if you liked or commented on a post from two years ago, it might appear again.
While the problem may be annoying for some users, it’s not actually anything new – and it isn’t even something that Instagram can control. This is because Facebook owns both Instagram and WhatsApp and as such they share similar algorithms.
