Feed

A feed is the main scrollable stream of posts on a social platform. It refers both to the permanent posts on your profile and to the personalized home stream of content a user scrolls through.

In more detail

There are two related meanings. Your profile feed is the collection of permanent posts on your account, the grid or list someone sees when they visit you. The home feed is the personalized stream a user scrolls through, pulling posts from accounts they follow plus recommended content. Most platforms rank the home feed with an algorithm rather than showing posts in time order, so what gets seen depends on predicted interest, not just when it was published. Feed posts are the core, lasting format on a network, different from stories or reels that sit in their own spots.

Example

If you post three times a week, your feed is the running column of those posts that someone sees when they tap your profile, plus the mix of posts from accounts they follow that shows up on their home screen.

FAQ

Feed, answered.

What is the difference between a feed and a story?
A feed post is permanent and stays on your profile until you delete it. A story disappears after 24 hours and shows up in a separate bar at the top of the app, not in the main scroll.
Is the feed shown in order?
Usually not. Most platforms now use an algorithm that ranks posts by predicted interest instead of showing them newest first, though some let you switch to a chronological view.

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