Instagram fixes bug that caused content to disappear when you open the app

Do you know that when you open Instagram on your mobile phone, you encounter interesting content? and you “lose” it because the screen is updated and replaced with another text? platform you won’t do this anymoreTo respond to various requests and complaints from the society.

The change to Meta’s platform was confirmed by Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri. According to him the source was called rug pulling (“rug pull”, free translation into Portuguese) and this happened not by chance, but on purpose.

According to Mosseri, He thought it was “annoying”but there is a technical explanation for this action. Content updated because this was part of the application launch process, which involved pre-downloading a number of photos and videos to display this to the user without crashing.

“We did this because We tried to load the content but it took a while. Later, By the way we showed that I thought it was already downloadedthis was very good for participation,” explains the manager.

After this, Instagram will upload new content and keep it “pending” until the user scrolls down and searches for more posts in the feed. In this way, you will be able to check what appears on your screen once again and if you wish, you will be able to save or share this broadcast.

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Mosseri did not announce when this update was released, but it even says “took part of the engagement” from some publications in exchange for a better experience for the average user.

Additionally, in the interest of saving data, the CEO recently confirmed that the app worsens the quality of unpopular videos.

Additionally, among the updates, the platform has received or is testing filters and categories to help organize DMs, video selfies, and a shortcut to add songs from Reels on Spotify as a way to recover an account.