Facebook began to hide the number of "Like"

The number of "likes" or 'likes' is usually (unfortunately) a good reflection
of the apparent 'quality' of the publications. If a photo, a video or
publication receives hundreds of 'likes' is that it has succeeded, but if the
Amount received is low the feeling is just the opposite. And it doesn't have to
Be necessarily like that. For prevent users from feeling
judged almost constantly, the company of Mark Zuckerberg is
Experimenting with other solutions. Among them is to eliminate the number of
'likes'.

One of the first movements in this direction was the incorporation of
The reactions. And recently we have seen that Instagram is already starting
to hide the likes in different countries. Now it is Facebook itself who
is experimenting with hiding the amount of 'likes' from the feed of
publications.

The
change has been discovered by engineer Jane Manchun Wong and
subsequently confirmed by Facebook in response to Techcrunch. Instead
to show the number of likes, information will simply appear
about people who have reacted to a post, but not
the number of times they have done it will appear.

Facebook is working to hide like counts, too! Https: //t.co/WnUrM12aZg
Tip @Techmeme pic.twitter.com/TdT73wT6A0

– Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) September 2, 2019

The goal would be the equivalent of Instagram, where you want to avoid the comparison between those who get many likes and those who do not.

We’re currently running a test that hides the total number of likes and video views for some people in the following countries:
✅ Australia
✅ Brazil

✅ Canada
✅ Ireland
✅ Italy
✅ Japan
✅ New Zealand pic.twitter.com/2OdzpIUBka
– Instagram (@instagram) July 17, 2019

Through the Facebook application for Android, the
engineer has detected these changes where some users are seeing as
I don't like the number of 'likes' anymore. While they still do the number
of comments and the number of times the post has been shared.

Facebook has not been informed of these tests or in what
countries is being tested. Yes we know that the tests have been activated
officially on Instagram, however we don't know if it will expand to more countries
nor what kind of results have they obtained from these tests.

Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, said that with this change they seek
Minimize the stress of publishing something online. Real stress as
different studies point.

On the other hand, this movement also involves hiding a key fact in the
Facebook usage. The use of the social network has continued to grow according to the figures
official, but Facebook's popularity among the youngest has declined.
Hiding the number of likes is a strategy to follow
maintaining the appearance that the social network is just as used as
forever, even though the posts might be getting every
less 'likes'. Unfortunately, this data is not among those who
Facebook shares periodically.