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Instagram backflips on hiding the ‘likes’ feature

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3 years ago

May 19, 2021

Anthony Lucas

One of the world’s most popular apps has backflipped on a decision to hide ‘likes’

Instagram will now give users the ability to either show or hide how many likes content gets.

The social media platform, which is owned by Facebook Inc. announced it would hide the likes feature for certain users back in 2019. Since then, Instagram has been collecting user feedback after disabling the feature and had expressed their surprise at how positively it was received.

Instagram has since then expressed its interest in elevating this experience and bringing more changes to the feature.

An update on like counts.

Last year we started hiding like counts for a small group of people to see if it lessens some pressure when posting to Instagram. Some found this helpful and some still wanted to see like counts, in particular to track what’s popular.
— Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) April 14, 2021

Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri said in a Twitter post acknowledged that some users found it useful to see their like counts, especially to track what is trending and ‘popular’.

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Deadpool & Wolverine movie seeks to break Disney’s streak of comic book flops

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1 day ago

July 26, 2024

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A new hope for Disney’s comic book universe.

The upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine movie aims to revitalise Disney’s comic book adaptations, breaking the recent streak of underperforming titles on Disney Plus. Despite high expectations, series like She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and Secret Invasion failed to capture audiences, leaving fans eager for a blockbuster hit. With iconic characters and a promise of thrilling action, this film is set to reinvigorate the franchise and restore faith in Disney’s comic book ventures.

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AI enters the Big Brother house, raising concerns around the truth of reality TV

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3 days ago

July 24, 2024

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How will the integration of AI into reality TV impact audience engagement and what role will this have on the future of entertainment?

The latest season of Big Brother has left fans scratching their heads with the introduction of Big Brother AI, also knowns as BB AI, taking centre stage.

Tom Finnigan from Talkingbrands.ai joins to discuss all the curious AI cases of the week. #featured