It is undoubtedly a summer of great news regarding Instagram: after the “repost” and “map” functions, in fact, the developers of Meta are at work to implement an instrument capable of creating connections between users on the basis of common interests on the famous social social media.
The rumors about “Picks“, This is the name of the functionality in the realization phase, came thanks to the precious contribution of the expert of Reverse Engineering Alessandro Paluzzi, who shared some screenshots on their profile that show in preview how this new option should be structured.
Instagram makes available to its users a page in which to share their passions, indicating for example films, television series, music, books, favorite sports or video games to create connections: on the basis of these choices, the “Picks” precisely, profiles are selected with which you could have clear affinities, so as to encourage the birth of new interactions.
A tool whose characteristics are not surprising, especially if you analyze the words spoken by the Instagram boss Adam Mosseriwhich at the beginning of the year expressed its will to create new features capable of “Help people find new ways to connect with friends.”
Clearly it is a function still in an experimentation phase, so it is not at the moment that it is not taken for granted that it is made available to all in a short time, and various tests will be necessary before cleaning it out of any imperfections and making it usable.
Nonetheless, we certainly already know that the first rumors about “Picks” met the favor of users more than what happened with the anticipation of Instagram Mapgiven all the risks underlined by the experts regarding the privacy and safety of users due to sharing their position.
#Instagram Is Working on Picks
Add what you’re Into and Find Overlap with Friends Who are all about it too pic.twitter.com/nxsqogtqvf
– Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) August 6, 2025