Tag Archives: likes
YouTube Music finally lets users filter out liked YouTube videos
Instagram expands hidden likes test worldwide
Instagram started hiding the total number of likes on posts for some people in the US this week as part of a broader test. It made like and video view counters private in other countries over the last few months, and now it's ready to expand the test...
Instagram’s push to hide ‘Like’ counts comes to the US next week
Instagram has been testing out a change that hides the "likes" counter on posts around the world for months, but not in the US. According to Instagram head Adam Mosseri, that's about to change. During an interview at the Wired 25 event today Mosseri...
Facebook will test hiding ‘Likes’ on its own site
As rumors suggested, Facebook is getting ready to start hiding "Likes" on its site. Starting this Friday, September 27th, the company will begin a test that's going to remove public visibility of Like, reaction and video view counts from people's pos...
Facebook will soon hide likes and reaction counts on posts
Facebook could soon remove one of the most contested features that people have been butting heads about since the social media giant’s inception.Jane Manchun Wong, a white hat hacker who is known for...
Instagram now hides photo and video ‘likes’ in 7 countries
As more internet users succumb to the life of likes, comments and shares, one of the biggest social media platforms appears to be ironically attempting to alter that.Instagram, the now Facebook-owned...
Instagram will start hiding ‘Like’ counts for users in Canada
As rumored, Instagram is indeed getting ready to roll out a test that hides "Like" counts from people looking at your pictures and videos. The company made the announcement at Facebook's F8 developers conference, where it revealed that it will start...
Instagram test visualizes hiding ‘Like’ counts from viewers
Everyone has their own opinion about what specifically is wrong with social media, but the currency of likes is a commonly-cited issue. The latest grab bag of Instagram test features dug up by Jane Manchun Wong includes a version that doesn't let the...
New York settles with company selling fake social media followers
The state of New York's Attorney General has settled a case with a company that made millions of dollars selling likes, comments and followers on social media, according to CNN. The activity of the now-defunct Devumi was discovered as part of a probe...