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Instagram Offers More Details About The New Policy Of Hiding “Likes”

<p>Well &num;Roommates&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;instagram-to-test-hiding-likes-for-u-s-users-starting-next-week&sol;">Instagram<&sol;a> is officially making good on its promise to hide the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;likes” on certain user accounts&comma; as they test the move in an effort to make the platform more beneficial and well-rounded&period; To give context to the new changes&comma; Instagram provided a few more details about what all this means&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While many are still upset regarding Instagram deciding to hide &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;likes” as a way to test if the practice should be a permanent decision for everyone&comma; the popular social media platform has offered <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2019&sol;11&sol;14&sol;tech&sol;instagram-hiding-likes-globally&sol;index&period;html">some clarification<&sol;a> via a series of posts on Twitter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Instagram tweeted the following&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Starting today&comma; we’re expanding our test of private like counts globally&period; If you’re in the test&comma; you’ll no longer see the total number of likes and views on photos and videos posted to Feed unless they’re your own&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>While the feedback from early testing in Australia&comma; Brazil&comma; Canada&comma; Ireland&comma; Italy&comma; Japan and New Zealand has been positive&comma; this is a fundamental change to Instagram&comma; and so we’re continuing our test to learn more from our global community&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>In addition&comma; we understand that like counts are important for many creators&comma; and we are actively thinking through ways for creators to communicate value to their partners&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B42vUMXhfCs" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Instagram users can still &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;like” content by double tapping on a photo&comma; video&comma; or by pressing the heart below a post&comma; but there will now be no total shown for the number of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;likes” a post receives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; when an account you follow has &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;liked” someone else&&num;8217&semi;s photo&comma; it will say &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&lbrack;name of Instagram account&rsqb; and others” under the post where likes would typically appear&period; Users can then click to see only a list of accounts that have liked the post&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"54522" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;instagram-offers-more-details-about-the-new-policy-of-hiding-likes&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0d81ef196e"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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