Posted on 05/26/2021 8:53:19 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Instagram is offering its users the option to hide the number of likes they receive on posts on the app.
The aim is to “depressurize people’s experience” on the platform, the social media giant said.
Users with the feature enabled will now see the username of a follower who has liked the post, “and others”, instead of a number.
The tool has been tested in several countries since 2019, but it is now being rolled out globally.
Instagram’s algorithm will still take the number of likes into account when promoting posts on the platform, but it also takes into consideration other factors, such as what the user follows or engages with.
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So you still know that nobody likes your post, but nobody else knows that nobody likes your posts. And you know the names of who doesn’t like your posts. Or something.
So doxers can set up dummy posts/accounts to collect data on the political opposition?
>> it also takes into consideration other factors, such as what the user follows or engages with.
So your success as a photographer (art, not selfies/foodpix) on Instagram is determined on whether your followers follow “successful”/”high profile” accounts or not?
So nobody knows how many folks don’t like him.
If it’s a conservative post and it gets too many likes, they’ll hide it FOR you!
What’s more pathetic than spending your life seeking likes on the internet? May as well blow your brains out if that’s your level of motivation.
Well, I’m an artist, with over 13K followers on Instagram, and “likes” on the pieces I post (or lack thereof) helps to give me a sense of which of my paintings people respond to most positively. This information is useful to me in a number of ways— both for marketing, and also to perhaps influence to a degree the subject matter that I might use in future paintings.
Is it something of an endorphin rush to get 9K “likes” on a painting? To be honest, yes! hahaha
That’s quite different than some basement dweller with no life.
In the social economy, likes absolutely translate into dollars. Not just for content creators but for businesses as well. Like it or not, the social market is a valid and even critical channel for businesses (large and small) to succeed or find new ways for revenue.
Yes, I have sold a lot of art to clients who found me on my Instagram or Facebook. I’ve sold art to clients all over Europe, a few in South America, and of course plenty in the US. I would have nowhere near this “reach” without social media. I have fans literally all over the world, in every continent. Well, except for Antarctica! hahaha!
Huh?
Where can I “not like” that mumbo jumbo?
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