Instagram Testing Out Hiding "Likes";Twitter Considering Following Suit

[Thurgood Thurston III]

I suppose advertisers will or have tools to determine the reach of “influencers” because understanding eyeballs and viewership of those influencers’ pages is important to the ad dollars they commit.

If not, this is a stupid update from a business perspective

Actually, I suspect this is a move by Instagram to cut out the middle man. They want to be able to sell the "tools".

 

[agpxknt]

I cant see live stories on my story bar anymore
Stop changing shyt Instagram

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

I was against this at first but now I’m for it.

And yes, people do like stuff because other people like it. It’s the same way with daps on here. It’s not the sole reason but it has some influence

 

[Jim Cornette]

yeah this is live in Australia..

I like it

 

[BK The Great]

IG models gonna be on suicide watch

 

[Oatmeal]

I don't mind this idea. I post stuff from time to time that gets a lot of likes that is really just filler content, the stuff I really enjoy gets 10% of the same amount of likes . I don't give a damn but I have a feeling that it messes with the algorithm when I post "unpopular" content, IG bots be salty. I post whatever I want

 

[I Really Mean It]

This is great. It removes the clout chasing snd gives small businesses an opportunity to be on a level playing field. Too many people take likes as social proof of a business’ viability and it completely impairs the ability of new companies to gain a footing because of how indebted many consumers are to superficial metrics.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

So they settled on making it optional...

Facebook getting rid of likes? No, but soon Facebook and Instagram will let you hide them