Facebook confirms it is considering testing removal of Like counts
a mixed blessing https://techcrunch.com/... Ellen K. Pao / @ekp : Social platforms have known as early as 2014 that social media impacts mental health and only now is Facebook starting to hide like counts https://wongmjane.com/... via @wongmjane https://twitter.com/... Maya Zehavi / @mayazi : I actually think removing likes means there is no external reporting which posts go viral. It means trusting FB even more than we do now. Why? https://techcrunch.com/...
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Discussion
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@wongmjane
Jane Manchun Wong
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The fact that Facebook is following suit after Instagram indicates they have confidence the pros of hiding like counts outweigh the cons https://wongmjane.com/...
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@nmasc_
Natasha Mascarenhas
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“The idea is to prevent users from destructively comparing themselves to others and possibly feeling inadequate if their posts don't get as many Likes.” https://techcrunch.com/...
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@rizzn
@rizzn
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Too little too late. Those that are self-censoring already did so... by leaving the platform entirely. (and frankly, it wasn't like counts that caused me to leave, it was the toxicity of the platform). https://www.techmeme.com/...
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@martinsfp
Martin Sfp Bryant
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Facebook might follow Instagram in removing Like counts. If Twitter did this with Likes and Retweets, it'd kill ratio-mocking of bad tweets overnight — a mixed blessing https://techcrunch.com/...
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@ekp
Ellen K. Pao
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Social platforms have known as early as 2014 that social media impacts mental health and only now is Facebook starting to hide like counts https://wongmjane.com/... via @wongmjane https://twitter.com/...
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@mayazi
Maya Zehavi
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I actually think removing likes means there is no external reporting which posts go viral. It means trusting FB even more than we do now. Why? https://techcrunch.com/...