Facebook’s Newest Testing Drops the Like Count, So Now How Will I Quantify My Self-Worth?

After prototyping whatLike count - lessFacebook would wait like before this month , Facebook moved forrad with official testing Thursday and roll out this new format to Australian users .

“ We are hunt a special test where like , reaction , and video recording view counts are made private across Facebook . We will pull together feedback to empathise whether this change will better citizenry ’s experience , ” a Facebook spokesperson told Gizmodo .

kinfolk will still be capable to see all these wholly - not - self - validating total on their own posts , just not on everyone else ’s . Without this mold of comparative popularity to compare to ( and subsequently agonise over ) , Facebook hopes the move might make user more comfortable to give tongue to themselves openly on its platform . It could also advance users to decide to operate with a mail service solely base on its content rather than blindly join some number - game bandwagon .

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The fellowship ’s been conducting similar testing on another of its apps , Instagram , since April . contribute the differences between the two platforms , the testing announced Thursday is a completely separate savage run by Facebook ’s News Feed team .

Facebook has n’t disclosed any of this data from Instagram as its begun to dribble in , but reaction seem to be positive given that the visitation were elaborate to six additional countries in July fit in toTechcrunch . This novel Facebook format could likewise roll out further depending on how the society gauges users ’ reactions in this first rung of testing .

Anything that cut down on the anxiety of checking my word provender is a winnings in my Good Book . Though I ’m mirthfully surprised to see one of the progenerators of the Capitol Building “ L ” Like and this whole online employment git race leading the charge to make social media platforms a little less soul - crushing . plainly Facebook will still have plenty of other result with or without a populace Like count , but at least it seems one of the tech behemoths is start to actualize how our always - online lifestyles could stand to be a little healthier .

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