We are not keen to hide likes from everyone

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri said he did not lean towards the idea of ​​hiding the likes completely.

Having become quite popular in recent years Instagram, testing some new features on the platform. Aware that the users in the app are competing with each other for likes, the company wants users to focus on posts, not likes.

Wanting to avoid like competition among users, the company has been working on a system that hides the number of likes coming to a post you share from other users for a long time.

The application of removing likes, activated for blue-ticked and popular accounts, is not yet implemented in standard accounts.

INSTAGRAM CEO: WE DO NOT LOOK HOT

Instagram CEO’s Adam Mosserimade a statement about the removal of the number of likes. Mosseri, He said that the idea of ​​keeping their liking numbers private from others was a polarizing idea, and they were not keen on it.

Mosseri, “Obviously, this is a very polarizing idea. Currently, this feature is not for those who are not interested; We started to investigate whether it is possible for us to offer it only to those who are interested. So be prepared to hear more from us in the next month or maybe two months. ” used the expressions.

If the change in question comes to life, users will see two new options in the menu section of the posts made on Instagram: “show like numbers” and “hide likes”. In short, wishing users will be able to hide the number of likes in the posts from their followers.

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