Recent news announced that Instagram will be hiding who likes your posted photos. This topic has raised a lot of discussion and controversy. Is this a good or a bad thing for avid Instagrammers?
Lots of people are happy about this change:
It's nice Instagram will start hiding total number of media likes from the public.
"Number of Instagram likes" has messed with the psychology of many people.
It's time to end that madness. π#Instagramlikes
— Sir CLiFF. π© (@Kle4d) November 12, 2019
Instagram Will Test Hiding 'Likes' in the US Starting Next Week!!
Wow! Iβm kind of excited for this change! Anyone else? #instagramlikes #socialmedia https://t.co/yLmD3INWCF
— Ali Levine (@AliLevineDesign) November 9, 2019
The likes on my instagram posts have been hidden for like 2 months in Japan as a pilot program. Honestly I forgot about them. They recently came back once I got to the Philippines and I thought it was weird actually. America… youβll be ok! #Instagramlikes
— Brittany Taylor (@beetee31) November 10, 2019
Social media likes are a form of currency people go to great lengths to acquire. It will be a shock to the system of many millions of people addicted to this pseudo-validation. I think itβs a great idea #Instagramlikes https://t.co/gRwcKyN4R2
— itsme_yoly (@itzme_yoly) November 13, 2019
Though, on the contrary, people are really upset about this new update. Instagram likes mean a lot to some individuals:
I think Instagram hiding likes is shit. The whole point was to have likes and views and comments. Now u take it off it wonβt even be insta it will be like Pinterest? Its like snapchat taking away their views? Makes 0 sense. Iβll fully delete insta @instagram #Instagramlikes
— π¦ (@jaecamss) November 9, 2019
If #instagram removes their likes, Iβm quitting modeling lol. #Instagramlikes #instagramposts
— πΎπππππ π―ππππππ (@_supersergio) November 11, 2019
It is definitely interesting to see the public’s take on this major update. Personally, I am indifferent. I’m not going to lie, I check my likes and hope to get hundreds on all the content I post, but at the end of the day, who actually cares about how many likes your picture got? I think after this change takes place, people won’t even notice that the likes are visible anymore.