Hide Likes Feature Overview
On the gone Wednesday, Facebook and Instagram has rolled out new feature where the users can hide the numbers of likes which is get from public. This features allowed you to show your likes or not in the post or a feed. The company has officially said that this is done by the company to provide people to give a full authority of using social networking platforms.
If we talk about this feature then we will get that Instagram has begin to start this feature on 2019 in order to see the user’s anxiety around how “popular” the content is. But it is easy to see about your own likes you get on your own post. The official from Instagram has said that “We tested hiding like counts to see if it might depressurize people’s experience on Instagram,”. Also company has said that “What we heard from people and experts was that not seeing like counts was beneficial for some, and annoying to others, particularly because people use like counts to get a sense for what’s trending or popular, so we’re giving you the choice.”
In this article we are going to cover about how you can hide likes on a content seeing on the feed of Facebook or Instagram.
Follow the steps below to hides the like on Instagram feed
- Select the three dot’s in the upper right corner of a post.
- Click on the option named “Hide Like Count”.
- This settings can be turned “OFF” and “ON” anytime as per your wish.
Follow The steps to hide likes on Facebook
- First of all open Facebook app.
- Tap the three-line on the bottom right corner.
- Go to Settings and Privacy then hit on the “Settings”.
- Slowly scroll down and click on Reaction Count bottom.
- You can see the toggle bottom on the reaction preference page’s.
- Turn on first bottom if you want to Hide reaction of other and turn on second bottom if you want want to hide your own reaction.
- This settings can be turned “OFF” and “ON” anytime as per your wish.
Why the changes?
The head of Instagram Adam Mosseri has told that this feature is came to reduce the anxiety and stress. While some others examination have said that this is the simple move to migrate the face against the companies. The response towards this feature of anxiety, depression are criticized by the Instagram among the young users and audience. According to the UK’s Royal Society Public Health report found on Instagram the worst social media to the young mental health is determined by giant social media Instagram.
We hope these guidelines help you to know Facebook and Instagram now let you hide likes. Here’s how to do it. If any queries arise regarding this topic then ICT BYTE recommend you to comment below. Here, we are always active to help you so don’t hesitate to share your doubt.
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