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That's just the journalist's take on the feature. In Instagram's app itself, the feature is elaborated as follow: > We want your followers to focus on what yo
by wongmjane 7y ago
That's just the journalist's take on the feature.
In Instagram's app itself, the feature is elaborated as follow:
> We want your followers to focus on what you share, not how many likes your posts get. During this test, only the person who shared a post will see the total number of likes it gets.
source tweet: https://twitter.com/wongmjane/status/1118970853654290432 https://twitter.com/wongmjane/status/1118970853654290432
Instagram then stated to the press they are:
> exploring ways to reduce pressure on Instagram is something we’re always thinking about
- twiss 7y agoIt's also possible that they're experimenting with this in anticipation of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19665221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19665221 (a proposed ban on likes for children).