Instagram might be getting rid of “Likes” as early as next week

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I'm 100% in support of this.

I believe these vanity metrics hurt platforms.
But without them there is no point...
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Then again, many of you decry these social media platforms because you don't use them the right way like to promote your art, music, business, etc., so I digress.
 

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Guys, they're not getting rid of likes.

They're just hiding it from people other than yourself.

So people can still LIKE your photos. They just can't see the number of likes you got.

that's exactly the point, the metric doesn't need to be public. It only drives ppl to post content that will get the most likes which is a race to the bottom.
 

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Safest place on the internet? :dwillhuh: How the hell do they figure on doing that? What makes IG unsafe? :patrice:
IG is just narcisstic and influences those that are sensitive about their image to have a negative one...

Meanwhile Twitter is floating with hategroups and nazis...and they are gravitating to IG now.

Rather than focus on getting rid of those, they focus on this.

I can't.
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Like those people are literally stalking people on those platforms online and offline and causing harm IRL. That's more of a risk than "likes" and somebody getting bummed out cause they don't have as many likes as someone else.
 

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Why though? Sounds like Instagram is striking against those trying to make a living

I disagree, this is more about making the platform less toxic. people literally delete pictures they post if they don't get enough likes, Instagram is not about getting the most likes but that's what it's turned into.
 
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