Instagram wants to get rid of likes and people are not happy about it.
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I also wanna know, would it be so bad if instagram got rid of likes?
tell me your thoughts down there in the comments.
Likes have taken over our lives.
did you even do something cool if your post didn't get a bunch of likes on instagram?
When you get a lot of likes on an instagram photo, it makes you feel good, but if you
don't get a lot of likes, you feel pretty much worthless.
A lot of the time people even delete posts from their feed that dont get what they see
is an adequate number of likes.
Its insane how much value we have placed on those double taps, but we have, and instagram
knows it.
Thats why they are thinking about changing up one of the main aspects of their app, they
want to get rid of likes.
According to screenshots, instagram is testing out a way to hide the like counts on instagram
posts so that the number of likes is only viewable to the person who's post it is.
The screenshots were leaded by researcher Jane Manchun Wong, and they show that instagram
feed posts didn't show like counts, but instead they showed that a post was liked by a few
handles, and quote, others.
During the test, instagram shared this message in app.
We want your followers to focus on what you share, not how many likes your posts get.
During this test, only the person who shared a post will see the total number of likes
it gets.
So it appears that hiding the likes was just a test for some users.
In a statement, an instagram spokesperson said that the feature is not being tested,
at the moment, but that they are exploring the ways to reduce pressure on instagram is
something they're always working on.
Instagram has been criticised heavily in the past for its affect on mental health.
In 2017, the royal society for public health conducted a survey of 15 hundreds 14 to 24
year olds in the uk, and they asked users about their experiences with the 5 main social
media sites, twitter, youtube, facebook, snapchat and instagram.
According to this survey, instagram was found to have the most negative influence overall,
and it affeted users body image, fear of missing out, sleep, and it had an effect on anxiety
depression, feelings of lonliness and bullying.
To be honest, i've had conversations with my best friend about the fact that she hates
instagram and she always compares herself to other people, how skinny they are compared
to her, how nice people's clothes are in comparison to hers.
This isn't necessarily all instagram's fault.
Its more of a problem with our generation.
Milennials as well as generation x are obsessed with the need for validation, and likes have
become a facilitator of that validation.
In fact, instagram likes are pretty much a legal way of getting a drug fix.
According to a 2016 study by UCLA, like were associated with greater activity in neural
regions implicated in reward processing, social cognition, imitation and attention.
Your brain feels rewarded when you get a lot of likes, its the same type of stimulation
that happens in the brain when you do drugs, and it can also be very addictive.
I personally am conflicted about the idea of instagram taking away likes.
Sure, i will admit that likes affect my mental health, and i'm not the only one.
I guess i have put less importance on likes because I do get likes, but i also find it
frustrating that i'm driven by likes.
A meaningful moment in my life gets far less praise than a photo of me in a bathing suit.
What do you think, should instagram get rid of likes?
let me know some of your personal experiences with instagram and how it's made you feel
down there in the comments.
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