Facebook Will Test Hiding 'Likes' On Its Own Site (engadget.com) 26
Facebook is getting ready to start hiding "Likes" on its own site. Engadget reports: The company has now officially started a test that will remove public visibility of Like, reaction and video view counts from people's posts and ads across Facebook. This is going to be happening only in Australia, though, and Facebook told Engadget it has not decided whether the test will expand to other places in the future. Facebook said it wants to get some initial results from Australia, before eventually deciding which steps to take next.
If you're a Facebook user in Australia, this means that while your friends and family will still be able to like and add emoji reactions to your posts, they won't be able to see how many others interacted with it. The same goes if you want to see how many people liked a post from someone you know; that information on counts will now only be visible to the author of a post, who can still see the number of Likes or reactions their posts are getting, it just won't be public. "We will gather feedback to understand whether this change will improve people's experiences," a Facebook spokesperson said. Facebook's move to hide Like counts follows a similar test it started running on Instagram earlier this year.
If you're a Facebook user in Australia, this means that while your friends and family will still be able to like and add emoji reactions to your posts, they won't be able to see how many others interacted with it. The same goes if you want to see how many people liked a post from someone you know; that information on counts will now only be visible to the author of a post, who can still see the number of Likes or reactions their posts are getting, it just won't be public. "We will gather feedback to understand whether this change will improve people's experiences," a Facebook spokesperson said. Facebook's move to hide Like counts follows a similar test it started running on Instagram earlier this year.
If you're hiding 'Likes' (Score:3)
It means that nobody likes you.
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It means that nobody likes you.
I'm not even on facebook and nobody likes me!
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can eat a dick.
Fuck Zuck.
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can eat a dick.
Cannibalism is illegal in the US (technically legal in the UK though) so Zuckerberg will have to travel to the UK to eat one.
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Or he can buy bull pizzle or any other legal in the US phallic entre
Won't deter influencers (Score:4, Insightful)
You'll see people sharing screenshots of their own comment with the number of likes they've received so far.
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Last I heard, Twitter was thinking of hiding "likes" by default as well.
Re: Won't deter influencers (Score:3)
Better proposal (Score:1)
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That's okay (Score:5, Informative)
I've been testing hiding Facebook - so far it's going pretty well.
https://github.com/jmdugan/blo... [github.com]
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Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure you missed a few.
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It's narcissism, and platforms like FB feed into that. The era of social media has brought about a sick and malignant form of "me" and "I" into this world.
I'm reminded of the tools that measure their self worth by how many "friends" they have and how many "followers" they have on Twitter. They act as if their statements are so much more important because they have thousands of mindless followers who never even read their crap versus someone with a purpose-rolled account with a small number of followers who relies on people following threads and hashtags.
Wow, it's time for people to know what a friend is (Score:1)
A friend is a person who give a damn about you, who is there both in good times and in bad, and who you can rely on.
Some person 1000 miles away clicking on a "like" button does not make that person your friend.
It irks me to no end to see words that describe something very important being watered down to the point that they become meaningless.
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It's narcissism, and platforms like FB feed into that. The era of social media has brought about a sick and malignant form of "me" and "I" into this world.
Yep.
You and I have been at this a long time and drama is the number-one eyeball attractant.
I ran a chat room years ago and members regularly appealed to me to block "so an so" for misconduct and stuff.
I'd publish those requests to create recursive engagement.
There was an "Ignore" button to make people disappear, but members wouldn't use it. They HAD to know what their nemesis was posting about them.
I had a saying that still applies: "No one comes to the Internet to be ignored and when it happens, it is the
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I was against Facebook removing the "like" button (see my earlier post on this thread) but now you put it that way, I think it is a good idea for FB to remove it.
And yes, it really sucks when a kid commits suicide. It makes it even worse when it happens over a mostly empty like/dislike count. :\
The ones that matter can stee see them (Score:1)
It is only the hoy poloy like me and you who will stop seeing them and we do not matter. We are the product.
Hiding fading user engagement (Score:2)
My guess is the real goal is to hide the fact that fewer people are using facebook, and those who still are are using it less. I've pretty much only ever used to share my photography (not in a business sense, I don't sell or do anything for hire). I've noticed quite a drop off in likes in thing I and others share.
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My guess is the real goal is to hide the fact that fewer people are using facebook, and those who still are are using it less. I've pretty much only ever used to share my photography (not in a business sense, I don't sell or do anything for hire). I've noticed quite a drop off in likes in thing I and others share.
Exactly my story.
I'm an amateur, and judging by the reactions I get, a pretty good one.
I posted several thousand photos on Facebook along with some videos. The most popular were the ones where I used my GoPro to view unusual places and provide interesting perspectives like time-lapse sunrises.
I don't know if you're aware of "social cooling," where in these days of political and social division (LGBTQ+, abortion, immigration, religion, etc.), people are careful of what they post, like people are careful to a
all it takes is a bit of Cowardace (Score:1)
Seriously. Is this being done because parents are worried about their precious snowflake
going off to hang her self because the dislikes exceed the likes or something?
It's time for a bit of tough love, and let kids know that not everybody is going to like you,
that there are twisted, fucked up people online and IRL, and to grow a thick skin, and be smart when it comes to dealing with people.
This is not to be confused with cyberbullying which is a huge problem that needs to be dealt with, but