Facebook wants to remove likes to make users less virtual?

Facebook may delete the function of viewing the total number of likes, expressing feelings for each post, photo, after a successful experiment on Instagram.

Facebook may delete the function of viewing the total number of likes, expressing feelings for each post, photo, after a successful experiment on Instagram.

Jane Manchun Won, an application researcher, recently discovered a piece of code in the Facebook app on Android that hides the number of likes on each user's post.

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Facebook has also confirmed that it is considering hiding the display of likes on the app and will likely test this feature extensively with all posts of some accounts.

For a specific article, other viewers will see only a few emoticons and the names of some of the interacting accounts.

Earlier this year, Facebook tested this feature on Instagram, the Facebook photo network. The failure to see the number of 'heart drop' on Instagram made many test users excited. Perhaps the development team has seen positive changes, so it decided to apply to accounts in more countries last month.

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The likes and dislikes on Instagram and Facebook to prevent users from comparing and inferiority when sharing because their posts are not as liked by many friends. This will help users actively share about things around their lives, not delete the posts less likes .

In short, eliminating the display of likes and Facebook's important features over the past decade will solve many negative psychological issues for users.

Currently, the start of testing this new policy has not been announced by Facebook.

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