As you’ve probably heard, @instagram Instagram is planning to remove the likes counter below posts for some users in the U.S. starting this week. According to reports, this feature is ALREADY being tested in some countries.
@instagram This tweet 👇👇👇 showed up on our IG feed as a post with the account’s name cropped out...
@instagram This photo is what we saw, so we wanted to double-check its accuracy. To find it, we simply searched the tweet’s text word-for-word on Twitter and the previously linked tweet from @WIRED was the top result.
@instagram @WIRED After reading the linked article, we learned WIRED broke this news when the Head of Instagram, @mosseri, spoke last week at the #WIRED25 summit.
@instagram @WIRED @mosseri He says he and other execs want to make Instagram a safer place, which aligns with other news the company dropped earlier this year about how the platform will treat cyberbullying and harmful content. instagram-press.com/blog/2019/10/2…
@instagram @WIRED @mosseri *NOTE:
@instagram @WIRED @mosseri 💡TIP 💡Generally when checking claims about popular products it’s always a good idea to look for a release on their press page. However, there was nothing on Instagram-press.com that pointed directly to this update.
@instagram @WIRED @mosseri Thankfully, @WIRED included attributed quotes AND included video from the head of Instagram who’s most certainly a reputable source on the matter, so this post we saw is definitely legit!
@instagram @WIRED @mosseri Once you find a primary source for info, it’s not a bad idea to look for news analysis on what a big change like this could mean. In this case, a Google search for “Instagram hiding likes” would return several results for news articles that would provide more info.
@instagram @WIRED @mosseri As for whether this update will make the platform a safer place...people have had a whole lot of opinions on the matter. Some agree, hiding the number of likes will improve Instagram as a community...
@instagram @WIRED @mosseri But others cite a decrease in influencer engagement in countries where this feature already exists as a reason Instagram should scrap the idea. What do YOU think?
@instagram @WIRED @mosseri Oh! And if you’re curious as to what it’ll look like once the change happens, take a peek at this @businessinsider article 👀👀 businessinsider.com/instagram-remo…
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