Current Events > Instagram plans to remove "likes" from public view.

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https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/instagram-likes-like-counts-hidden-1203399222/

Instagram likes are about to disappear from public view for many more users: The Facebook-owned photo sharing service is getting ready to hide like counts from U.S. users as early as next week, CEO Adam Mosseri announced at a Wired event in San Francisco Friday.

In an attempt to strengthen conversations over popularity contests, Instagram has been experimenting with hiding like counts from its users for a few months now. The service first began testing hidden like counts in Canada this spring, and subsequently expanded the test to half a dozen other countries, including Brazil, Japan and Australia.

Instagram wont be getting rid of like counts altogether; users will still be able to see how often a post of theirs has been liked. However, these like counts wont be displayed to followers anymore, and wont appear in public Instagram feeds.

Facebook recently also announced plans to test hidden like counts within its core Facebook app, starting with users in Australia. We are running a limited test where like, reaction, and video view counts are made private across Facebook, a Facebook spokesperson said at the time. We will gather feedback to understand whether this change will improve peoples experiences.
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Site where everyone does stuff for attention removes the attention aspect
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Good

Remove upvoting from reddit too. The hiveminds must be stopped

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IG is really about flexing for likes, I don't think this is gonna go well.
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i think this would be good for mental health and social media pressures for younger ppl but there's def a capitalist reason behind this

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I haven't seen the amount of *likes in months now in Canada I got use to it.

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Parappa09 posted...

i think this would be good for mental health and social media pressures for younger ppl but there's def a capitalist reason behind this

Agreed, I'm glad it's happening but I still don't trust Facebook (who owns instagram)
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I dunno how I feel about this tbh
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isn't this bad for users? Brands won't be able to see which users have good engagement

We live in a society

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I thought they already did this. I used to browse the likes of the people I follow to see what kind of thottery they were into, and I haven't seen it in months.

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Hayame Zero posted...

I thought they already did this. I used to browse the likes of the people I follow to see what kind of thottery they were into, and I haven't seen it in months.

They're going to hide the likes from individual posts, I believe.

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Romulox28 posted...

Site where everyone does stuff for attention removes the attention aspect

I already saw a girl post about how she's worried she won't be able to flex her numbers and attention now.

Live in a society etc.
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Wonder if people will still like things as much
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they already did this. like, months ago
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averagejoel posted...

they already did this. like, months ago

Not in America
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For comments too?

Lameness is lame.
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Can they not remove visible like counts for posts I make, to me?
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I'm glad. I look at a gang of booty videos that I never hit the Like button on because I don't want my family to know I'm a freak
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They'll still use likes to bring content to the top. Nothing will change because posters can still see their like counts.

Do users share stuff or like stuff based on the like count per se? I'm guessing not but who knows

This could actually make it easier for companies to pick and choose what content they'd like to promote, as no one would be able to verify if a post is truly well liked or promoted by the company
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