Meta Is Redesigning Facebook To Resemble Instagram To Attract Gen Z. Have you noticed? Recently, Facebook’s ‘user interface’ has been changing day by day. Especially in the news feed, it has started to look like Instagram. For example, ‘double-tapping‘ on a photo will result in a like, and the photo of the user who reacts will appear in the post.
Social networking company Meta seems to be adopting this strategy to attract the ‘Gen-Z’ generation in particular. Instagram is more popular among the younger generation. It appears that Meta is trying to bring that same popularity to Facebook.
Accordingly, Instagram features are being implemented into Facebook’s interface. In line with CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to make Facebook even more influential than it is now, Meta has redesigned the app and announced various new updates.
To make the feed simpler and more engaging, it has added a feature that allows you to post multiple photos at once in a ‘grid layout’ and like photos by double-tapping them. The company has also revamped the way stories and feed posts are created, putting tools like adding music and tagging friends in easy-to-find places.
Meta has added a feature that lets users provide feedback when they find content in their feed to be irrelevant. Facebook has also promised to introduce new ways for users to customise their feed and provide suggestions to the algorithm in the coming months, similar to Instagram and Threads.
The interface for posting on the Facebook app is also different now. When uploading a new post, you’ll see options for Music, People, Location, Feeling/Activity, and Albums at the top. Similarly, options for Gallery, GIF, Life Events, and Live are at the bottom.