Instagram to begin hiding "like" counts

[ClaraC]

This is brilliant. The user (mostly young people) will be able to see how many "likes" they get, but no one else will - hopefully taking the pressure off young people to compete for likes.

This is a really good first step. A little risky for Instagram, as in theory, it will reduce some of the addictive quality.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/na...4-6502a9cab85c

[LilLisa83]

But that's the whole point of Instagram.... well I mean that's what it's known for.
The way I read it is they'll take away the like button completely. They probably should.

Ok so only you can see it.... Good. Because I barely get any likes anyway.. but my husband gets more and I feel bad. So this is probably good.

[2x3x29x41]

Originally Posted by ClaraC

This is brilliant. The user (mostly young people) will be able to see how many "likes" they get, but no one else will - hopefully taking the pressure off young people to compete for likes.

This is a really good first step. A little risky for Instagram, as in theory, it will reduce some of the addictive quality.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/na...4-6502a9cab85c

This is neither what the article states nor what Instagram is doing.

Instagram is merely testing the 'no likes' feature. They have already done so on a limited number of accounts in other countries. Now they plan to do so on a limited number of accounts in the United States.

No decision has been made whether or not to remove public likes on all Instagram accounts.

[carrcollie]

a step in the right direction.

It is sad that young people compete for numbers of "likes" on social media.