Posting on Instagram can come with a rush of validation when likes from friends and strangers come pouring in. But those likes will soon be hidden for some US users.
In an attempt to stamp down on competitive pressure on the platform, Instagram will hide likes for"some" users in the United States starting next week, its CEO Adam Mosseri said Friday. It's a test that the Facebook- owned platform has already rolled out to seven countries: Canada, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.Now the United States will join the list.
Read MoreSpeaking at the Wired 25 conference in San Francisco, Mosseri estimated there were about several hundred people in the audience and said some of them would definitely see their likes hidden.Social media companies have come under pressure to take a more pro-active approach to both monitoring content on their platforms and managing so-called "screen addiction."Some users have so far expressed relief about the move to hide likes.
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