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Instagram users, brace yourselves for change.
In a new feature that’s currently being tested out, the social media platform wants your “followers to focus on what you share, not how many likes your posts gets.”
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Code hunter, Jane Manchun Wong, spotted the recent design change test in Instagram’s Android code.
The screenshots taken show a post that lacks a “Like” count but still shows a name and a couple of faces of people who’ve liked the post. Users are alerted that only they will see their post’s Like count, no one else will.
“We want your followers to focus on what you share, not how many likes your posts get,” the prompt reads. “During this test, only the person who shares a post will see the total number of likes it gets.”
The social media platform confirmed to TechCrunch that this design is an internal prototype and is not available or visible to the public just yet.
“We’re not testing this at the moment, but exploring ways to reduce pressure on Instagram is something we’re always thinking about,” a spokesperson said. “
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Jane also recently discovered several other Instagram prototypes lurking which include “chat thread stickers for Direct messages, augmented reality filters for Direct Video calls, simultaneous co-watching of recommended videos through Direct, karaoke-style lyrics that appear synced to soundtracks in Stories, emoji reactions to feed posts and a shopping bag for commerce,” TechCrunch reports.
What do you think? Is hiding likes a good or bad change? Let us know in the comments!
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