Instagram and Facebook let you hide the number of likes to be less anxious
It is now the end of an era.Facebook and Instagram users will be able to deactivate the "likes" counting in all the contents of their thread, but also under their posts.The option is being deployed.
The different tests will have finally convinced.Instagram and Facebook announced on Wednesday May 26, the possibility for Internet users on Wednesday, May 26 to be able to hide the "I love" mentions on their publications.If this remains optional, enough to reassure users for whom the "like" system remains important, especially in the accounting of their audience, this change still sounds like a small revolution.Concretely, it will be possible to no longer display the Like counter on all the contents of your thread or only by those published by the people you follow, or finally on your own publications.
To get there, you will have to go to the new "Publications" section in the settings of your applications.The option is being deployed and will take a few weeks before being available around the world.
Reduce pressure
This modification comes after several requests from experts calling in particular Instagram to modify its platform.Indeed, the service was classified as "the most harmful to mental health and the well-being of young people" in a study carried out in 2017 by the Royal Society for Public Health Uk.Experts argued that the removal of the "I love" button could considerably help reduce anxiety and social pressures for some Facebook and Instagram users.Hide the Likes counter would make it possible to take more perspective, less compared to others and therefore not be on the lookout for their approval.
A Washington Post survey dating from 2016 precisely shows this weight that Likes weigh on part of the youth.Among the testimonies put forward by the big daily newspaper of the American capital, some young people admitted to keeping in their thread only the clichés arousing the most commitments without necessarily what they prefer ...
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