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(Author here) To clarify, we don't actually replace it automatically - we show a pill notification that new stories are available. You can either choose to tap it and see the new feed, or ignore it and continue with what you were doing

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I have definitely had the "the thing I was looking at right after the app opened disappeared after a few seconds and I can't find it again" experience /u/mfontani describes.

Might have been an earlier version we were testing before we built out the new posts pill, this feature went through several iterations.

I just loaded Instagram and it did this. It’s probably not something you see because you open the app multiple times a day. You definitely run into it when you only open the app a few times a week.

This article is about the instagram.com website, not the mobile app. Are you talking about the website or the mobile app?

Why should it be different?

Great for the web team if they are doing a better job than the mobile team I guess.

I see the "new posts" pill if I've scrolled down into the cached content at all, but if I'm just looking at the first post I see the behavior everyone else is describing. It's still pretty annoying.

I have the latest version of the app (on iOS) installed and this literally just happened to me. I run into it nearly every time I open the app.

I also see if it the app is running in the background and I switch back over to IG. I can be in the middle of my feed and scrolling and after a few seconds it refreshes and I lose my spot.

I saw it the other day, but I might not have the most up-to-date copy of the app

seems broken on my copy. I see the same as the GP post a lot. Maybe this is not the cause.

same here. Older android version.

I think it will be better if you remove unread posts from the bottom (keep everything till the scroll point) and append new posts, so, the user won't notice them.

Latest version, and I just tired the beta on Android 10. No pill, no hover button, just here's a post you were looking at aaaaand it's gone.

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