Instagram is considering hiding the like counts on photos

Instagram is considering hiding the like counts on photos
ФОТО: dpreview.com

Instagram boasts one billion active monthly users. One is its defining features is the ability to like posts. Recent studies indicate that addiction to social media, and the number of likes received on content, is akin to drug use.

Instagram is currently working on a prototype design that will conceal the number of likes on posts. Likes will only be visible to the person who made the post.

This testing in design change was discovered by Jane Manchun Wong, a prominent reverse-engineering expert who has uncovered many of Instagram's planned features before they were announced or launched. Wong spotted the tweaks in the Instagram Android code base and has generated the following screenshots:

Instagram is testing hiding like count from audiences,

as stated in the app: "We want your followers to focus on what you share, not how many likes your posts get" pic. twitter. com/MN7woHowVN

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) April 18, 2019

The screenshots clearly display the adjustments in design as likes are not visible on the public interface. There is also a ‘View Likes’ button which lists the users who liked a specific post.

Wong says the test states that Instagram 'want(s) your followers to focus on what you share, not how many likes your posts get. During this test, only the person who shares a post will see the total number of likes it gets. '

Instagram claims it has not tested the feature. In a statement to The Verge, a spokesperson for the company said: 'We’re not testing this at the moment, but exploring ways to reduce pressure on Instagram is something we’re always thinking about. '

Wong has also discovered testing for new stickers in Instagram's Direct Messaging service.

Instagram Direct is testing Stickers pic. twitter. com/VEpXMgEnZP

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) April 18, 2019

Instagram has faced a series of challenges this year. Facebook recently revealed that millions, not tens of thousands, of Instagram users had their passwords stored in plaintext. The services co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, also parted ways last September over disagreements with Mark Zuckerberg on the app's future.

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instagram likes → Результатов: 1 / instagram likes - фото


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Instagram expands its hidden ‘likes’ experiment to additional countries

In April Instagram launched an experiment and started hiding like counts for some of its users in Canada to examine if the move could be beneficial from a user experience point of view. There has been no word on the results but it looks as though the results have been promising as Instagram is now expanding the trial, hiding likes and video views for select users in Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Japan and New Zealand, in addition to those in Canada. dpreview.com »

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