Social media has become one of the most popular ways to communicate, whether it be by posting a status on Facebook or a tweet on Twitter. Instagram is one of the top social media platforms with a total of 400 million users, surpassing Twitter, according to CNBC.

Recently, Instagram has announced that the company will update the app by altering the timeline of when photos are posted. According to Time, “Instagram will soon begin using algorithm to predict photos which photos users are most likely to like.” Facebook bought Instagram for 1 billion in 2012 and then introduced the same adjustment in 2014, that users have no way to view content in sequential order.

“I don’t think that it will be liked by everyone because if it’s not in chronological order, you could skip over some pictures that people posted,” said Bailee Schroeder, 11th grade. “I don’t really see how Instagram will know which ones I would like or not.”

Molly Alspach, sophomore, says that the Instagram update “seems more enjoyable. You won’t have to scroll through your whole feed to find your friends’ pictures. They would be easier to see.”

Calvin Nguyen, 11th grade, said, “I don’t necessarily care for it because the chronology of the photos on Instagram makes it Instagram, but I do think it would be pretty interesting to see it.”

 Instagram reveals that “people miss about 70% of their feeds” so the update will be “based on the likelihood you’ll be interested in the content, your relationship with the person posting and the timeliness of the post”. Gabe Madway, an Instagram spokesman, said that there will be “weeks, if not months of testing” before releasing the update.