Whether your own pictures get a lot or a few likes can have serious psychological consequences for users. That is why we explain to you in “How to” today how you can deactivate Instagram Likes and thus hide all “Like” information.
When we post a new picture on Instagram, most people hope that as many friends and family members as possible will like it. The more likes, the greater the feeling of happiness. This desire for acceptance is natural and is specifically promoted through social networks.
Accordingly, the effects are negative if the likes and comments suddenly fail to appear. Then users fall into a hole. Even psychological problems and even suicide are the result. This underpins the (worth seeing) Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma” impressively.
Deactivate Instagram Likes: It’s that easy
Since neither Instagram nor parent company Facebook prefer an image that is dangerous to health, social networks are giving more and more self-determination back to their own users.
For example, it has been possible since June 2021 that you can deactivate Instagram Likes. This applies to the contributions in your feed as well as to your own posts. In “How” we explain how you can hide the Instagram Likes and thus remove all “Like” information.
In the first step you open Instagram for this on your smartphone.
How to hide all likes on Instagram. Step 1.
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You can go back and forth with the arrows under the heading.
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