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Now it's official: Instagram and Facebook will make it possible to hide the likes counter
After starting the experiment in 2019, and returning it during 2021, Facebook is now officially announcing: the user can choose whether he wants to remove the Facebook and Instagram likes counter.
The option will be available to all users
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Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 20:37
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Will reduce the pressure on the platform?
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Now it’s official: Starting this week, Facebook will allow users to turn off the likes counter, with the change occurring gradually on both Facebook and Instagram.
Facebook tested the change as early as 2019, delayed it following the Corona and recently the experiment came back again.
The idea behind hiding the likes counter is to lower the "depression and anxiety" that users sometimes experience because they have not "received enough likes" and are "not considered popular".
The problem is especially prevalent among the young audience that at times, Like is a measure of popularity.
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"Some likes a person has received, or a friend has received, do not really change the feeling of the users of the platform, but it is at the end of the pole," admitted the head of Instagram, a moral person. "Some people really liked our change, and some people didn't. For those who liked it, and it's mostly what we hoped for - it took the depression away from the social media experience. For others, it helped understand what's relevant on Instagram and Facebook, and they were sad we took it," he said. said. Another moralist rejected the idea that removing the likes counter would affect the popularity of the social network. Although the removal of the likes on Instagram had a certain effect on the behavior of the users, he said it did not cause concern. Some of the groups actually chose to publish more content, thinking that there was less pressure, but some also stayed less on the platform.
The rumor began in April 2019 when Jane Wong, who specializes in reverse engineering, found evidence in Instagram's source code on Android that the company might hide the likes counter from the photos.
A few months later and the rumor slowly became a reality.
Since the experiment began, Instagram has hidden the likes of the app in countries such as Canada, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Brazil, New Zealand and Israel.
The reactions from the users were quite negative, but it does not seem that the social network left a choice.
It is important to note that the likes counter will not completely disappear, and will be available to the account manager, who will still be able to see how many likes they have made to the image.
This is how you will eliminate the likes counter
Facebook has emphasized that the removal of the likes counter will be available first on Instagram, and then on Facebook, with the option being available to all users in the coming weeks.
To remove the Like counter, click on the three dots next to the image, and select "Hide like Count".
Removal of the likes counter will be possible both by image, and in the privacy settings, in a sweeping way for all the images.
On Facebook, the option is available under "Settings and privacy", then click on "Set comments" where you can also remove the likes counter in the personal account, and also remove the likes counter from all photos and posts that appear on the platform, including posts by friends or other pages.
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