It looks like Instagram may have considered copying another Twitter feature by elevating Verified users to a more prominent spot in the Instagram app, according to a new discovery in the app’s code. According to reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, both the iOS and Android Instagram apps are now showing a new feed filter that would display “Meta Verified” subscribers alongside the chronological Following and Favorites feeds Instagram introduced last year.
Instagram, however, dismissed the new finding saying, “This is not a feature we’re testing,” in a comment to TechCrunch.
The company declined to say if the feature was in internal development or if it was a feature it considered, then decided not to pursue. But Paluzzi tells TechCrunch the feature was ad...
