“This is a good thing, right?”: Netizens react as Google plans to add posts from X and Instagram to Discover feed

The Google Discover feed is soon going to have an update where you will be getting posts from X and Instagram.

The Discover feed is personalized content and some AI-generated summaries that you find on your Google app home screen. This content is generated based on your activity on the web, similar to how content-based apps show you creators or content that aligns with your interests based on your algorithm.

Taking this idea, the search engine wants to start off by introducing a few apps before adding even more in the future.

“In our research, people told us they enjoyed seeing a mix of content in Discover, including videos and social posts, in addition to articles,” Google wrote in its announcement.

Additionally, it will allow users to choose their news sources on Search and let them follow their creator or publisher to see more content from them.

Netizens react to Google's potential update

This new update has received quite a few mixed reviews as the internet debates its pros, cons, and whether we actually even need an update like this. People are arguing how, from a business perspective, it is a smart move for the multi-billion-dollar groups involved; however, this has the potential to make content even more saturated than it has become and lead to endless doomscrolling, which in turn could ruin the whole point of the search engine.

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This is a good thing, right?

One user explained the whole update in harrowing detail,

"That means if someone Googles “haircare tips”, an influencer’s Instagram or X post can appear right in the search results. This applies to content posted from January 2020.

Why this matters: Instagram & X will no longer a closed ecosystem.. your content now lives on the open web. Your potential reach extends far beyond your followers even to people who don’t use Instagram."

Another explained the downsides,

"These corporation are mass feeding us these social media apps to the point when it will become impossible for us to stay alive without them. Brilliant yet hungry campaign by these wealthy billionaires once again"

While one user argued the pros,

"This could be a great way to discover new creators and content on X and Instagram without leaving the Google ecosystem. It makes sense for Google to want a piece of that social media action."

One user stated,

"Great, now I can doomscroll across three platforms simultaneously without switching apps."

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Another expressed,

"Makes sense from Google’s perspective. they want to keep users engaged by showing popular content from multiple platforms. Could change how we consume social media."

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