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This was an incredibly dumb change. No one asked for this, and there is no setting to keep likes public. We already had bookmarks. Seeing other people's likes

This was an incredibly dumb change. No one asked for this, and there is no setting to keep likes public. We already had bookmarks. Seeing other people's likes was a great way to find additional content. Further illustrates that the purpose behind this change was to both protect a very small number of not-so-smart users and further remove analysis behind posts and its engagement. Very poorly thought out.

xenospn 2y ago
Not if you’re into things that will get you “canceled”! I think this is designed specifically to make it easier to spread hate speech.
- f38zf5vdt 2y ago
  It will come back to bite people since the likes are still visible to the content creator. Elon has a history of liking stupid things and will be emboldened by this, and content creators may freely see/repost these likes on their accounts as endorsements. Feels bad all around.
- darklion 2y ago
  It’s being done in response to Elon Musk being caught liking some questionable things. Now people (e.g., Musk) can like anti-Semitic and pro-white supremacy and pro-Nazi content all they want without fear of being exposed as anti-Semitic or pro-Nazi.
  - forgot-im-old 2y ago
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  - alan-hn 2y ago
    This is the real reason
  - mrguyorama 2y ago
    More importantly, now how will we be able to make fun of politicians for "liking" weird porn on 9/11?
- skhunted 2y ago
  Indeed. Obviously this is the real reason for the change. Musk wants people to be able to follow whatever lunatic bullshit is out there without fear of being ridiculed. One can now be a sycophantic dupe without people knowing about it.
- tracker1 2y ago
  Using left examples of activities that could also be filtered as extremist. One may definitely want to know all the people that liked a given Hamas post, BLM, Antifa, etc. How else are you going to keep the potentially disruptive and disastrous people out of your company. edit: I'm not a proponent of this type of action, only pointing out that it isn't just "far right hate speech" that can be a target.
  - skhunted 2y ago
    Yes. It works both ways as it always has. Being a communist was enough to get you fired at one time. Sinead O’Connor famously got canceled.
  - alan-hn 2y ago
    Someone liking a black lives matter post could be disastrous? That's an interesting take that definitely doesn't smell like white supremacy
    - tracker1 2y ago
      Like lighting a police station on fire, shooting up a car, vandalization, tearing down a statue, or launching commercial fireworks at a courthouse? Can't see how someone might find that offensive at all (/s).
      - alan-hn 2y ago
        Those are not BLM, BLM is the support of the idea that there should be racial equity in policing. What you are describing is vandalism which is not what the person I'm replying to said
        tracker1 2y ago
        The riots, vandalism, etc was definitely under the BLM flag in terms of optics... which is why support for BLM was lower after the riots than before George Floyds death.

xenospn 2y ago

Not if you’re into things that will get you “canceled”! I think this is designed specifically to make it easier to spread hate speech.

f38zf5vdt 2y ago
It will come back to bite people since the likes are still visible to the content creator. Elon has a history of liking stupid things and will be emboldened by this, and content creators may freely see/repost these likes on their accounts as endorsements. Feels bad all around.
darklion 2y ago
It’s being done in response to Elon Musk being caught liking some questionable things. Now people (e.g., Musk) can like anti-Semitic and pro-white supremacy and pro-Nazi content all they want without fear of being exposed as anti-Semitic or pro-Nazi.
- forgot-im-old 2y ago
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- alan-hn 2y ago
  This is the real reason
- mrguyorama 2y ago
  More importantly, now how will we be able to make fun of politicians for "liking" weird porn on 9/11?
skhunted 2y ago
Indeed. Obviously this is the real reason for the change. Musk wants people to be able to follow whatever lunatic bullshit is out there without fear of being ridiculed. One can now be a sycophantic dupe without people knowing about it.
tracker1 2y ago
Using left examples of activities that could also be filtered as extremist. One may definitely want to know all the people that liked a given Hamas post, BLM, Antifa, etc. How else are you going to keep the potentially disruptive and disastrous people out of your company. edit: I'm not a proponent of this type of action, only pointing out that it isn't just "far right hate speech" that can be a target.
- skhunted 2y ago
  Yes. It works both ways as it always has. Being a communist was enough to get you fired at one time. Sinead O’Connor famously got canceled.
- alan-hn 2y ago
  Someone liking a black lives matter post could be disastrous? That's an interesting take that definitely doesn't smell like white supremacy
  - tracker1 2y ago
    Like lighting a police station on fire, shooting up a car, vandalization, tearing down a statue, or launching commercial fireworks at a courthouse? Can't see how someone might find that offensive at all (/s).
    - alan-hn 2y ago
      Those are not BLM, BLM is the support of the idea that there should be racial equity in policing. What you are describing is vandalism which is not what the person I'm replying to said
      - tracker1 2y ago
        The riots, vandalism, etc was definitely under the BLM flag in terms of optics... which is why support for BLM was lower after the riots than before George Floyds death.