Instagram hides likes, Facebook to follow?

September 16, 2019
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September 16, 2019 nschaerer-cs

Instagram hides likes, Facebook to follow?

Remember the huge storm around Instagram likes being hidden? Well, Facebook has confirmed that it may soon extend its “hiding likes” experiment from Instagram to the mothership.

Facebook started testing the removal of total post likes in Canada back in April this year and since then, has expanded the test to six other countries. The same media spin is being used.. the changed dubbed to be for the greater good of society. That is, they’re doing it for ‘user wellbeing’. Which let’s face it, is total BS because at the end of the day Facebook and Instagram are in the business of making money, not improving a person’s wellbeing.

Whether Zuckerberg and his crew of “wellbeing warriors” will go all out on hiding likes on their two signature networks has yet to be seen, but it’s clearly being carefully considered.

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