Why does my Instagram suddenly look so different? Welcome to the murky world of app design and 'dark patterns' - ABC News

Finding Instagram's new feed annoying but also hard to put down? The secret may lie in behavioural economics, app design, and the murky world of "dark patterns".

The widespread criticism from Instagram users of the latest version of the app raises the question: Why did they change it? One answer is for the image-and-video-sharing app to be more like its main… [+6073 chars]

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